House of Style was an
MTV show that premiered January 1, 1989, focusing on
America's growing fascination with the "
supermodel" craze. The show focused on fashion, lives of models, the modeling industry, and controversial topics such as
eating disorders.
The show was directed by Joshua Homnick and Steve Paley and during its 11 year run, featured a variety of hosts, most of which were professional models. The most famous host of
House of Style was original host
Cindy Crawford,
whose six year run as the host of
House of Style helped make her a household name. Indeed, many credit Cindy Crawford as the reason for the show's success during its early years and point to the fact that after she left the series, MTV drastically cut the number of episodes ordered for each year after her departure until the show was reduced to a yearly special and then ultimately cancelled in 2000.