- Nationality
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Italian
- Birth Date
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December 14, 1987
- Lives Now
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New York, NY
- Status
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Established
- Known for
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Cheekbones,
Smile
- Agencies
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IMG
- Friends
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Arlenis Sosa,
Ariel Meredith,
Gael García Bernal,
Christian Louboutin,
Ekaterina Kiseleva,
Genevieve Jones,
Karolina Kurkova,
Magdalena Frackowiak,
Eniko Mihalik,
Annabelle Dexter-Jones,
Freja Beha ,
Rachel Chandler,
Vanessa Hessler
- Model Turned
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Actress (Eastern Drift, Bus Palladium)
- Interests
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Speaking languages,
Music,
Photography,
Yoga
Quoted
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“I don't want to know what the future will be. I want to live it.”
—Vogue.it
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“French are a bit difficult sometimes, they like to say no as an answer for everything ...”
—Vogue.it
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“It was important for me to be able to use other qualities, my sensitivity and the other qualities that sometimes in fashion are not very useful. Actually they can turn against you. In fashion you have to be very strong.”
—Vogue.it
Elisa Sednaoui's Career Highlights
- 14 DEC, 1987
- Born in Italy
- 1994
- Parents divorce, and Sednaoui moves to France
- 2006
- Beings to model
- APR 2006
- Moves to New York to pursue modeling
- 2007
- Signs with One Model Management in New York
- 2007
- Appears in H&M ad campaign
- 2007
- Models for Coach catalog
- SEP 2007
- Begins to shoot Neither Before Nor After, directed by Sharunas Bartas
- 2007
- Models for Victoria's Secret
- 2008
- Becomes the face of Brioni
- JUL 2008
- Debuts at the cruise D&G show in New York
- 2008
- Signs contract with Love Moschino, photographed by Tom Munro
- 2008
- Signs fragrance contract with Diesel's Fuel for Life, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth
- AUG 2008
- Featured on the cover of French L'Officiel, photographed by Jon Compson
- SEP 2008
- Walks the spring Betsey Johnson, Diane Von Furstenberg, Tuleh, and Vivienne Tam shows in New York
- OCT 2008
- Appears in French L'Officiel editorial, photographed by Nico
- 2009
- Renews contract with Love Moschino
- 2009
- Signs contract with John Frida
- FEB 2009
- Walks the fall Kai Kühne, Catherine Malandrino, Diane von Furstenberg, and Tuleh shows in New York
- APR 2009
- Appears in Italian Marie Claire editorial, photographed by Thierry Le Goues
- MAY 2009
- Appears in editorials for German Vogue and Italian Marie Claire
- SEP 2009
- Appears in Italian Flair editorial, photographed by Magnus Unnar
- SEP 2009
- Walks the spring Diane von Furstenberg show in New York
- NOV 2009
- Featured on the cover of Italian Flair, photographed by Magnus Unnar
- DEC 2009
- Appears in German Vogue editorial, alongside Luca Gadjus and Bianca Balti, photographed by Vincent Peters
- 2010
- Becomes the face of Diesel
- 2010
- Models for Hogan spring ad campaign, photographed by Jessica Craig Martin
- MAR 2010
- Appears in Numéro editorial, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld
- APR 2010
- Appears in editorials for Italian Vanity Fair and Italian Marie Claire
- APR 2010
- Featured in French Elle for her style
- APR 2010
- Vogue.it features Sednaoui as a rising star Story»
- MAY 2010
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by her cousin, Stephane Sednaoui
- JUN 2010
- Featured on the cover of Japanese Spur, photographed by Tisch
- JUL 2010
- Appears in W editorial, photographed by Terry Richardson
- 2010
- Becomes one of the faces of Diane Von Furstenberg
- SEP 2010
- Closes the spring Diane Von Furstenberg show in New York
- SEP 2010
- Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Miles Aldridge
- OCT 2010
- Appears in Dazed & Confused editorial, photographed by Collier Schorr
- NOV 2010
- Appears in French L'Officiel editorial, photographed by Xevi Muntane
- DEC 2010
- Appears in Russian Vogue editorial, photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth
- JAN 2011
- Appears in Chinese Vogue editorial, photographed by Stephane Sednaoui
- FEB 2011
- Featured on the cover of Italian Elle, photographed by Matt Jones
- MAR 2011
- Appears in editorials for Harper's Bazaar and Italian Vogue
- JUN 2011
- Appears in Spanish Vogue editorial, photographed by Astrid Munoz
- OCT 2011
- Appears in Russian Vogue editorial, photographed by Ali Mahdavi
- NOV 2011
- Featured on the cover of Italian Amica, photographed by Driu and Tiago
- JAN 2012
- Featured on the cover of Argentinian Harper’s Bazaar, photographed by Nico