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Stella Tennant

Stella Tennant's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Scottish
Birthday:
December 17, 1970
Born in:
Scotland
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
DNA
Known for:
My hair, my height, my androgynous look
Status:
Cover girl, established, retired (mostly)
Muse for:
Karl Lagerfeld (2002)
Married:
David Lasnet
Children:
Marcel, Cecily, Jasmine, Iris
Famous family:
Honourable Tobias William Tennant, Lady Emma Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Duke of Devonshire
Friends with:
Alice Dellal, Christopher Bailey, Erin O'Connor, Hannelore Knuts, Jacquetta Wheeler, Kirsten Owen, Kristen McMenamy, Nadja Auermann, Philip Treacy
Feuding with:
Claudia Schiffer (who was bitter about being replaced by Tennant at Chanel)
Model turned…
Designer (Burberry)
Interests:
Gardening, sculpture, embroidery

Career

Italian Vogue, 2003

Dec 17, 1970
Born in Scotland
1981
Attends boarding school
1991
Graduates from college with a degree in fine arts
1991
Gets nose and navel pierced in London
Dec 1993
Discovered by British Vogue writer and featured in a spread of real people titled “Anglo-Saxon Attitudes,” photographed by Steven Meisel
1993
Steven Meisel photographs Tennant alongside Linda Evangelista for Versace
1994
Dyes light-brown hair to black
1995
Meets French photographer David Lasnet on a Mario Testino photo shoot
1996
Appears in Gap campaign
1996
Signs exclusive contract with Chanel
Feb 1996
Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel
Aug 1996
Appears on cover of L’Officiel
Aug 1996
Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Oct 1996
Appears on cover of W
Sep 1997
Walks the spring Christian Dior, Chanel, and Dolce & Gabbana shows in Paris and Milan
Nov 1997
Appears on the cover of Vogue
Dec 1997
Featured on the cover of British Vogue behind the headline “Star Models”
1998
Announces her retirement from modeling
Feb 1998
Appears on the cover of Vogue
Aug 25, 1998
Gives birth to Marcel, her first child
Feb 1999
Featured on the cover of Vogue
May 22, 1999
Marries David Lasnet in a small 18th-century Calvinist church with about 70 guests; wears Helmut Lang dress
Sep 1999
Walks the spring Helmut Lang, Jil Sander, Prada, Alexander McQueen, and Yohji Yamamoto shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
2000
Shoots Burberry ad campaign while seven-months pregnant
Feb 2000
Walks the fall Burberry show in Milan, while five-months pregnant
Jun 2000
Gives birth to daughter Cecily
Apr 2001
Appears on cover of i-D
Oct 19, 2001
Wins VH1/Vogue Model of the Year award
2002
Buys Georgian mansion in Berwickshire
2002
Gives birth to third child, Jasmine
Jan 2002
Appears on the cover of British Vogue
Jan 2005
Pregnant with fourth child, Iris
2006
Appears in campaigns for Burberry, Givenchy, and Louis Vuitton
Jul 2006
Closes the fall Christian Dior couture show in Paris
Nov 2006
Appears in an editorial for Italian Vogue
Sep 2007
Featured on the cover of Italian Vogue couture supplement, photographed by Steven Klein
Jun 2008
Appears on the cover of Japanese Vogue, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
2008
Juergen Teller photographs Tennant for Marc Jacobs, replacing Victoria Beckham
Oct 2008
Appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld

Quoted

“Sometimes I see myself and I have no idea why they booked me.”

Hello magazine

“It never occurred to me I'd be modeling at 35. I thought I was shooting myself in the foot when I had my first child.”

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