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Stella Tennant
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- Nationality
- Scottish
- Birth Date
- December 17, 1970
- Lives Now
- New York, NY
- Status
- Cover girl, Established, Retired (mostly)
- Known for
- Androgynous look, Hair, Height, Septum ring
- Agencies
- DNA
- 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, Amber Valletta, Guinevere van Seenus
- Children
- Cecily (Born 00), Iris (Born 05), Jasmine (Born 02), Marcel (Born 98)
- Married
- David Lasnet (Since 5/99, French photographer)
- Model Turned
- Designer (Burberry)
- Interests
- Embroidery, Sculpture, Gardening
Quoted
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“The nose ring was my act of rebellion. The hole hasn't closed so every now and again I put a safety pin through my nose to freak the children out.”
—RUSSH -
“If the elegant gene was going to kick in, I think it would have done so by now, don't you?”
—RUSSH -
“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.”
—Vogue
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
- MAY 2009
- Appears in Vogue editorial, photographed by Steven Meisel

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