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Stella Tennant

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Nationality
Scottish
Birthday
December 17, 1970
Born In
Scotland
Lives Now
New York, NY
Agencies
DNA
Known For
Hair, Height, Androgynous look
Status
Established, retired (mostly), cover girl
Muse For
Karl Lagerfeld (2002)
Feuds
Claudia Schiffer (who was bitter about being replaced by Tennant at Chanel)
Friends
Philip Treacy, Christopher Bailey, Nadja Auermann, Jacquetta Wheeler, Erin O'Connor, Hannelore Knuts, Kristen McMenamy, Kirsten Owen, Alice Dellal
Married
David Lasnet (since 5/99)
Children
Marcel (born 1998), Cecily (born 2000), Jasmine (born 2002), Iris (born 2005)
Interests
Gardening, sculpture, embroidery
Model Turned...
designer

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On the Runway Photos

Stella Tennant's Career Highlights

17 DEC, 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
25 AUG, 1998
Gives birth to Marcel, her first child
FEB 1999
Featured on the cover of Vogue
22 MAY, 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
19 OCT, 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
FEB 2009
Makes a runway appearance, opening the fall Aquascutum and Julien Macdonald shows in London
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