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Biography |
Lara Stone is a Dutch model.
Stone is the daughter of a Dutch mother and a British
father. She grew up in the small Dutch town of Mierlo, but
was expelled from school and sent to Paris by her mother.
Stone was first approached by an agent in the Paris Metro,
at age 12. Stone entered the Elite Model Look contest in
1999, as a 15-year-old. Although she didn't win, she
impressed Elite executives and was signed to the Elite
Modeling Agency.[citation needed] After years of working as
a struggling model, her career took a positive turn when she
was signed by IMG in 2006. Soon after, she opened the
Givenchy haute couture show in Paris.[citation needed]
She has walked shows for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Lanvin, Miu
Miu, Fendi, MaxMara, Pollini, Prada, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs,
Michael Kors, Stella McCartney, Zac Posen, Balmain, Celine,
Hermès, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, D&G, Givenchy,
Karl Lagerfeld, Missoni, Emanuel Ungaro, and Victoria's
Secret. Stone has opened shows for Giles Deacon, Isabel
Marant, Christopher Kane, Fendi, and MaxMara, and closed for
Diesel, Stella McCartney, and Balmain. She has also been a
prestigious "semi-exclusive" for Prada, meaning she could
not walk any other shows during New York fashion week or any
shows in Milan before the Prada show.
Her campaigns include Calvin Klein Make-Up, Calvin Klein
Jeans, H&M, Jean Paul Gaultier, Time, DKNY Jeans, Nicole
Farhi, Belstaff, CK Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss Orange, De'
Type, Revlon, TSUM, Just Cavalli, Max Mara, Malizia by La
Perla, Sisley, Jil Sander and Givenchy (for 5 consecutive
seasons). Her covers include international versions of
Vogue, Elle, The Journal, V magazine, i-D, and W alongside
Kate Moss and Daria Werbowy.
Stone was also photographed alongside Malgosia Bela, Daria
Werbowy, Randal Moore, Mariacarla Boscono, Emanuela De
Paula, and Isabeli Fontana for the 2009 Pirelli Calendar.
She was one of the 10 new models to watch, according to
Vogue and was featured in the Elle article "Supermodel
Generation 2006", along with Jessica Stam, Gemma Ward,
Hilary Rhoda and Natasha Poly. Stone was featured on the May
2009 cover of American Vogue alongside Liya Kebede, Anna
Jagodzinska, Natalia Vodianova, Caroline Trentini, Jourdan
Dunn, Raquel Zimmermann, Natasha Poly, and Isabeli Fontana
as one of the front-running faces in fashion today.
Her trademarks include the gap between her front teeth and
her wobbly runway walk, which can be attributed to her size
7 feet, smaller than the regular runway shoe which are size
8-10. In the February 2009 edition of Vogue Paris, which
featured Stone on the cover and sole model in the magazine,
she said she does not like the runway; that her unusually
small feet for a person her size do not fit in shoes, and
she often thinks, "Do not fall, do not fall."
Stone was featured on the August 2009 cover of W, declaring
her the most-wanted face of the moment. |
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since August 4, 2009