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Brad Kroenig

Brad Kroenig's photoPATRICK MCMULLAN

Nationality:
American
Birthday:
April 23, 1979
Born in:
St. Louis, MO
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Ford
Known for:
My hair
Status:
Established
Muse for:
Karl Lagerfeld
Friends with:
Crystal Renn, Irina Lazareanu, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Tyson Ballou
Interests:
Soccer, real estate

Career

Fendi, 2004

Apr 23, 1979
Born in St.Louis, Missouri
1999
Attends Florida International University in Miami on a soccer scholarship
1999
Drops out of school to pursue a modeling career
2002
Begins to model for Abercrombie & Fitch
2002
Mario Testino photographs Kroenig for D&G alongside Naomi Campbell and Amanda Moore
2003
Appears on the cover of fall V Man
2004
Featured in an editorial in Numéro Homme
2004
Discovered by Karl Lagerfeld, and photographs Kroenig for Fendi
Aug 2004
Appears in Allure editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
2004
Appears in Roberto Cavalli spring ad campaign
2005
Renews contract with Fendi
2005
Appears in DKNY fall ad campaign, photographed by Peter Lindbergh
2005
Appears in Adidas print ads
2005
Featured in 500 images of Karl Lagerfeld’s photography show
2007
Appears in a short film, Room Service, by Johan Renck, alongside Eva Herzigova Video »
Mar 2007
Walks the fall Chanel show in Paris
Nov 2007
Subject of the book Metamorphoses of an American, by Karl Lagerfeld, in which Lagerfeld explores the development of Kroenig as a model
2008
Models for Gap ad campaign
2008
Karl Lagerfeld photographs Kroenig for Chanel, Chanel Sport, and Karl Lagerfeld
Mar 2008
Walks the fall Chanel show in Paris
May 2008
Walks the resort Chanel show in Miami

Quoted

“After that, one day I quit, and I called my dad and mom from Miami—I’m from St. Louis—I said I quit school and am going to start modeling, and they almost fell over. I told mom I would be the number one model...someday. So it’s kind of funny that it worked out.”

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