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Lydia Hearst

Lydia Hearst's photoGETTY

Real Name:
Lydia Hearst-Shaw
Nationality:
American
Birthday:
September 19, 1984
Born in:
Wilton, CT
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Elite
Known for:
My hair, my family
Dated:
Justin Bartha, Joe Barney, Oliver Hammond, Cisco Adler
Famous family:
William Randolph Hearst, Patty Hearst, Amanda Hearst
Friends with:
Daisy Lowe, Michelle Trachtenberg, Missy Rayder, Richie Rich, Traver Rains, Tyson Beckford
Model turned…
Designer (for Puma, 2007)

Career

Roberto Cavalli for H&M, 2007

Sep 19, 1984
Born in Connecticut
2003
Debuts at fall Fashion Week on the New York runway for Zang Toi to the applause of Patricia Hearst Shaw and other family members
2003
Plays a drug-loving club girl in Ladies Room, a short film by Kate Bernstein
2003
Dates Oliver Hammond
2003
Featured in a People story on wealthy young people
2004
Photographed by Steven Meisel for the cover of Italian Vogue
2004
Fights with ex-boyfriend Oliver Hammond when he crashes a party at the Central Park Zoo
2004
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot photographs Hearst of Louis Vuitton
2004
Steven Meisel photographs Hearst for Prada
2005
Becomes one of the faces of Moschino, with Lisa Cant and Vlada Roslyakova
2006
Appears on cover of Nylon
2006
Begins dating actor Justin Bartha Story »
2006
Appears in Bottega Veneta spring ad campaign
2006
Claims there is “no other standout redhead on the runway;” dyes her hair red
2006
Suffers a minor concussion and whiplash after a taxi rear-ends her car before VH1’s Best Week Ever party in New York
2006
Admits to supergluing her feet to her shoes because of her small feet in a New York Times article
2006
Signs cosmetics contract with Clinique
2006
Face of M.A.C fall ad campaign
2007
Organizes a charity auction to donate money toward the Darfur cause
2007
Talks about her involvement in the Darfur cause in an interview with SuChin Pak Video »
May 2007
Almost dies after leaving a gas oven on overnight in her Chateau Marmont suite Story »
2007
Appears in print ads for Roberto Cavalli for H&M
2007
Co-designs a purse with Puma called the Puma Lydia bag
2007
Models the Puma Lydia bag in Heatherette’s “Over the Rainbow” show at New York Fashion Week Video »
Aug 2007
Breaks up with actor Justin Bartha; he screams at her publically Story »
2007
Models T-shirts for a new clothing line from Tyson Ritter (front man of the All-American Rejects)
2007
Appears in the new Lord & Taylor ads as part of the company’s $10 million rebranding campaign
2007
Lands cosmetics contract with NARS cosmetics
Jan 2008
Begins dating Joe Barney, an old high school classmate Story »
2008
Renews contract with NARS cosmetics
Feb 2008
Becomes the face of Escada's new fragrance
Apr 2008
Leaves 1 Model Management and signs with Elite Models Story »
May 2008
Walks in the Life Ball's Agent Provocateur charity fashion show in Vienna wearing sequined pasties

Quoted

“I'm a good little Irish girl.”

NYMag.com (October 27, 2006)

“I don't actually go out very often. I wake up and go to the gym for about three hours every morning at about 6 a.m., and I pack meals in a soup kitchen. ”

NYMag.com (May 11, 2007)

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