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Irina Lazareanu

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Nationality
Canadian
Birthday
June 8, 1982
Born In
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lives Now
New York, NY
Agencies
Why Not, Marilyn Agency
Known For
Style, bangs
Status
Bad girl, established
Muse For
Nicholas Ghesquiere, Karl Lagerfeld
Dated
Sean Lennon, Pete Doherty
Friends
Kate Moss, Theodora Richards, Jarrod Branch, Tasha Tilberg, Sean Lennon, Angela Lindvall, Bette Franke, Eden Clark, Freja Beha, Lily Donaldson, Patricia Schmid, Brad Kroenig, Lindsay Lohan, Genevieve Lenneville, Daul Kim, Hye Park
Interests
Writing poetry
Model Turned...
activist, Musician (Some Place Along the Way, 2007)

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Quoted

  • “The masculine/feminine look fascinates me. It is not only an issue of empowering women, but I think the shapes look great.”
    —Style.com - Model Citizen

Irina Lazareanu's Career Highlights

8 JUN, 1982
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1995
Sent to London to study ballet at the Royal Academy of Arts
1997
After meeting British musician Pete Doherty at a party in London, becomes his muse and lover
1999
Signs with Montreal modeling agency Giovanni
2004
Co-writes the song “La Belle et la Bete” with Doherty; Kate Moss sings backup vocals Video»
2004
Tours the world with Doherty’s band, Babyshambles, in the Shamble Mobile
JUL 2004
Opens the fall Anne Valerie Hash couture show in Paris, also walks for Chanel
2005
Writes musical score for film The Passenger, directed by former boyfriend Francois Rotger
DEC 2005
Picked by Moss to star in editorial “Extravagence de plumes” for French Vogue
2006
Begins work on a folk album titled Some Place Along the Way, with producer and collaborator Sean Lennon
2006
David Sims photographs Lazareanu for Balenciaga; Nicolas Ghesquière claims Irina as his muse
JAN 2006
Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
JAN 2006
Opens the spring Anne Valerie Hash couture show in Paris
FEB 2006
Closes the fall Marc Jacobs show in New York, also walks for Prada, Christian Lacroix, Miu Miu, and Yves Saint Laurent in Milan and Paris
MAR 2006
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial with Du Juan, photographed by Paolo Roversi
2006
Models for Gap
2006
Steven Meisel photographs Lazareanu alongside Lily Donaldson for Mulberry
MAY 2006
Appears in Numéro editorial, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
JUL 2006
Opens and closes the fall Chanel couture show in Paris
JUL 2006
Fashion TV previews the Sean Lennon and Irina duet titled “Strange Places” Video»
SEP 2006
Profiled by Fashion TV as fashion’s new “It” girl Video»
SEP 2006
Walks the spring Burberry, Marni, Fendi, Alexander McQueen, and Dries van Noten shows in Milan and Paris
OCT 2006
Appears in editorials for Italian Vogue, Japanese Vogue, and W
2007
Participates in charity work for Amnesty International
2007
Becomes the face of Chanel's Paris-Monte Carlo collection, as shot by Karl Lagerfeld, who calls her a “mix of Coco Chanel and [the French-Romanian poet] Anna de Noailles”
FEB 2007
Announces collaboration with Sean Lennon and Pete Doherty on a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country”
MAR 2007
Appears in a Harper’s Bazaar editorial with Jessica Stam
MAR 2007
Wears haute couture for an editorial in Italian Vogue, photographed by Paolo Roversi
MAR 2007
Appears in L'Uomo Vogue editorial with Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, photographed by Greg Kadel
APR 2007
Appears in editorials for Harper's Bazaar, photographed by Camilla Akrans and Japanese Vogue, photographed by Terry Richardson
MAY 2007
Rumored to be dating Sean Lennon Story»
MAY 2007
Picked by Kate Moss, who she calls a “sister,” to model skinny jeans and waistcoats for Moss’s Topshop collection
JUN 2007
Roberto Cavalli announces that Irina and Doherty will be the faces of his women’s and men’s collections, respectively
JUL 2007
Appears in V editorial, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
SEP 2007
Opens the spring 3.1 ohillip lim show in New York
SEP 2007
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Klein
OCT 2007
Engaged to Pete Doherty Story»
OCT 2007
Opens the spring John Galliano show in Paris
2008
Appears in Saks Fifth Avenue print ads alongside good friend Hye Park
FEB 2008
Opens the fall Y-3 show in New York
FEB 2008
Closes the fall Anne Valérie Hash show in Paris, also walks for Akris, Chanel, John Galliano, and Yohji Yamamoto
JUN 2008
Walks the fall Anne Valérie Hash, Christian Dior, and Chanel couture shows in Paris
JUL 2008
Appears on the cover of MIXTE, photographed by Chad Pittman
2008
Appears in Sonia Rykiel fall ad campaign
OCT 2008
Appears in Italian Marie Claire editorial, photographed by Francois Rotger
DEC 2008
Japanese Vogue features Lazareanu as the Model of the Month
JAN 2009
Walks the spring Christian Dior couture show in Paris
MAR 2009
Appears in Japanese Vogue editorial, photographed by Tisch
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