Over a 30-year career, Bart helped shape the careers of many of the most sought-after models in the business such as Carolyn Murphy, Stephanie Seymour, Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen, Joan Smalls, Kate Upton, and Tyra Banks. Bart was well regarded in the industry as an energetic and charismatic executive.
“During the course of three decades at IMG Models, Ivan quite literally changed the shape and face of the modeling industry from within. His relentless pursuit for diversity and inclusion challenged fashion’s gatekeepers and created household names whose omnipresence has inspired generations,” Shapiro related in the e-mail.
“Being in Ivan’s world was awe-inspiring,” said Shapiro. “Attending fashion shows and events with him in Milan, Paris, Miami, Lisbon, London and New York and just tailing him, being at his side, witnessing him work the room, was exhilarating,” said Shapiro.