Advertising

Skip to content, skip to search, or go to the top of the page.

Clear 61° » 5-day

You are not logged in

New York Magazine

Models

Featured Shows

Most Viewed
Most Recent

Lily Cole

Model Profile

New York

Thumbnails

Close

Rate this look

Hit
Miss

Top 100 Looks »

Advertising

View off-the-runway photos

Nationality: British
Birthday: May 19, 1988
Born In: Torquay, England
Lives Now: London
Agencies: IMG, Marilyn Agency
Known For: Hair
Status: Established, good girl
Friends: Gemma Ward, Caroline Winberg, Hilary Rhoda, Erin O'Connor, Jade Parfitt, Tasha Tilberg, Rosie Huntington, Yasmin Warsame
Model Turned...: actress

Quoted

“Modelling is great, but studies came first.”
—FemaleFirst.co.uk

Lily Cole's Career Highlights

19 MAY, 1988: Born in Torquay, England

2002: Discovered by model scout while walking through Covent Garden in London

2003: Steven Meisel shoots her for an editorial in Italian Vogue

SEP 2003: Debuts at spring Fashion Week opening for Anna Sui in New York

2004: Appears in Prada ad campaign

NOV 2004: Named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards

2005: Appears in Moschino print ads

JUL 2005: Appears on the cover of British Vogue

SEP 2005: Profiled by World Fashion TV; talks about splitting her time between school and the modeling industry Video»

DEC 2005: Makes the Vogue Best-Dressed List

7 DEC, 2005: Named one of New York’s Movers and Shakers in Time Out, which also calls her the “face of the future”

2006: Appears in print ads for Max Studio

4 MAY, 2006: Co-hosts the after-dinner dance for the Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Lily Donaldson and Gemma Ward

JUL 2006: Ends spokesmodel gig for De Beers due to eviction of Kalahari bushmen to free up land for diamond mining

JUL 2006: Opens the fall Jean Paul Gaultier couture show and closes the fall Christian Lacroix couture show in Paris

4 JUL, 2006: Hosts party with fellow model Agyness Deyn at the Hotel Marais to celebrate the opening of Mulberry’s Paris store

AUG 2006: Accepted by Cambridge University for Social and Political Sciences

OCT 2006: Awarded the Mikdadi Prize for Politics by Latymer Upper School

7 OCT, 2006: Stars in Jean Paul Gaultier’s 30th-anniversary show in Paris; Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington appears on the runway inside of a cage with a velvet curtain draped over it, and seconds later Cole appears holding a cat

2007: Speaks out for WaterAid’s End Water Poverty campaign Video»

FEB 2007: Opens and closes Christian Lacroix fall show

12 FEB, 2007: Announces plans to star in a modern version of Alice in Wonderland in the film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, directed by Marilyn Manson

MAR 2007: Signs a plaster cast of her torso for an eBay auction to raise money for charity organization Comic Relief

APR 2007: Makes the Sunday Times Rich List as the 83rd richest young person in Britain with an estimated net worth of 6 million pounds

MAY 2007: Names Christy Turlington as her all-time favorite model in Vogue

DEC 2007: Plays Poly, a mischievous pupil, in the film St. Trinnian’s

OCT 2007: Opens the spring Akris show in Paris

DEC 2007: Appears in British Vogue editorial

JAN 2008: Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Arthur Elgort

2008: Becomes one of the faces of Tiffanys & Co. alongside Hye Park and Shalom Harlow

SEP 2008: Appears in i-D editorial, photographed by Pierre Bailey

OCT 2008: Featured on the cover of French Playboy, photographed by Xevi Muntané

Advertising