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Ai Tominaga

Ai Tominaga's photoIMAXTREE

Nationality:
Japanese
Birthday:
January 8, 1982
Born in:
Kanagawa-ken, Japan
Agencies:
Marilyn Agency, Storm, Why Not
Known for:
My hair, my cheekbones
Status:
Established
Friends with:
Eugenia Mandzhieva, Laura Blokhina, Philip Huang, Serafima Vakulenko, Tao Okamoto
Model turned…
Activist (Fashion Targets Breast Cancer)

Career

Gucci, 2003

Aug 1, 1981
Born in Kanagawa, Japan
Jan 2001
Debuts on the fall couture runways for Christian Dior and Valentino in Paris
2001
Featured in a 16 page editorial in Harper’s Bazaar photographed by Carter Smith
Jan 2003
Produces a women’s underwear fashion show in Japan; makes the 12-minute video program available online at the “Yahoo Beauty” site
Mar 2003
Closes the fall Alexander McQueen show in Paris
Apr 2003
Becomes the spokesperson for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer in Japan
2003
Face of Gucci II Parfum
2004
Appears in the Pirelli calendar, splattered with paint to emulate American painter Jackson Pollock’s work
2004
Appears in Japanese television commercial for McDonald’s, dipping chicken fingers and “lovin’ it” Video »
2004
Appears in Banana Republic ad campaign
2004
Becomes the spokesperson for Tag Heuer
2004
Opens clothing boutique for her own line, Deep Sweet Easy, in the upscale Tokyo residential area Ura-Daikanyama
Jul 2004
Designs a beaded belt featuring Hello Kitty for the “Kitty Exhibit” in Tokyo
Oct 9, 2004
Plays the villain Sirene in Japanese action film Devilman
Oct 2005
Appears in the Gap Japan 10th Anniversary ad campaign
2005
Gives birth to a baby boy
Mar 2006
Opens the fall John Galliano show in Paris
2006
Appears in an editorial in The New York Times T Style magazine
2006
Appears in Yves Saint Laurent ad campaign
Nov 2006
Celebrates the opening of the Gucci store in Ginza
2007
Face of Vivienne Tam spring ad campaign
Feb 2007
Opens the fall Vivienne Tam show in New York
Mar 2007
Finishes off a BLT sandwich before an interview with Life! Magazine to illustrate her comment that Asian models are naturally thin and do not diet
May 2007
Attends the opening of the Bottega Veneta flagship store in Tokyo with other guests Du Juan, Liz Goldwyn, and actress Kyoko Hasegawa
2007
Appears in Japanese brand Lux commercials Video »
Oct 2007
Attends the spring Valentino show in Paris
Jan 2008
Walks the spring Chanel, Christian Dior, and Elie Saab couture shows in Paris
Feb 2008
Walks the fall Celine, Elie Saab, and Maison Martin Margiela shows in Paris
Jul 2008
Walks the fall Armani Privé and Elie Saab couture shows in Paris

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