Alexandra Agoston

{{short description|Australian fashion model}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox model

| name = Alexandra Agoston

| image = Alexandra Agoston in Camilla (6880650143).jpg

| image_size =

| birth_name = Alexandra Agoston-O'Connor{{cite web|url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/alexandra_agoston-o%27connor/|title=Alexandra Agoston-O'Connor|work=Fashion Model Directory}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|06|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| nationality = Australian

| occupation = Fashion model

| years_active =

| height = 6 ft 0 in

| haircolor = Brown

| eyecolor = Brown

| agency = {{Plainlist|

  • IMG Models{{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/alexandra-agoston|title=Alexandra Agoston - Model|publisher=models.com}} }}

}}

Alexandra Agoston-O'Connor, known professionally as Alexandra Agoston,{{cite web | title=This Sustainably Made Oil is the Secret to Alexandra Agoston's Otherworldly Glow | website=Vogue | date=2021-01-08 | url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandra-agoston-the-one | access-date=2023-11-15}} is an Australian fashion model.

Career

Agoston is of Hungarian, Irish, English, and Austrian descent. She was discovered in Paris while on holiday with her family.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/a-model-life-20120213-1t0lo.html|title=A model life|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 February 2012 }}

Her first modelling jobs were for Proenza Schouler, Monique Lhuillier, Christian Lacroix, Elie Saab, Armani Privé, Dior,{{cite web|url=https://intothegloss.com/2015/03/alexandra-agoston/|title=Alexandra Agoston, model|work=Into the Gloss|date=24 February 2016 }} Comme des Garçons and Jean-Paul Gaultier.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/aagoston/alexandraagoston/|title=Alexandra Agoston|work=New York Magazine}} She's also walked for Naeem Khan, Badgley Mischka, John Galliano, Off-White, Christian Siriano, and David Jones.

She is considered to be Gaultier's muse.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/news/g26533/what-its-really-like-to-walk-during-paris-couture-week/|title=Experience the Couture Shows in Paris Through the Eyes of a Model|work=Elle|date=12 July 2015}}

Agoston has been the face of Kookai.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/lily-donaldson-and-alexandra-agoston-the-two-new-faces-of-kookai/news-story/41ccb0315178d547d8f37fee093936b1|title=Lily Donaldson and Alexandra Agoston: the two new faces of Kookai|first=Julia|last=Frank|date=4 March 2015|website=Vogue.com.au}}

Personal life

Agoston is in a relationship and has two children with photographer Chris Colls.{{cite web|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/alex-agoston/|title=Meet Alexandra Agoston, a model stepping into acting one line at a time|work=V magazine|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=1 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101121422/https://vmagazine.com/article/alex-agoston/|url-status=dead}}

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