Daisy Lowe
{{Short description|British model (born 1989)}}
{{for|the founder of Girl Scouts/Girl Guides also known as Daisy Low|Juliette Gordon Low}}
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{{Infobox model
| name = Daisy Lowe
| image = Daisy Lowe Catwalk (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Lowe in 2018
| birth_name = Daisy Rebecca Lowe
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Westminster, London, England{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4L-5LGM|title=FamilySearch.org|access-date=23 June 2023}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| partner = Jordan Saul (engaged)
| children = 1
| parents = Gavin Rossdale (father)
Pearl Lowe (mother)
| occupation = Fashion model
| yearsactive = 1991–present
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| haircolour = Brown
| eyecolour = Hazel
| agency = {{Plainlist|
- ZZO (Paris)
- Elite Model Management (Milan, London){{Cite web|url=https://models.com/models/daisy-lowe|title=Daisy Lowe – Model|website=MODELS.com|accessdate=23 June 2023}} }}
}}
Daisy Rebecca LoweBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2006 listed birth name as 'Daisy Rebecca Lowe'. (born 27 January 1989) is an English fashion model who has modelled for editorial photo shoots, commercial advertising campaigns and fashion shows. She is the daughter of Pearl Lowe, the singer-songwriter turned textile and fashion designer, and Gavin Rossdale, lead singer of the rock band Bush.{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/fashion/vivienne-westwood-nominates-daisy-lowe/ |title=Daisy Lowe – Page |date=18 February 2009 |publisher=Interview Magazine |access-date=2 December 2011}}
Early life
Lowe was born in Westminster, London, England, on 27 January 1989.{{cite web |title=Daisy Lowe – Fashion Model |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Daisy_Lowe/ |website=The Fashion Model Directory |access-date=27 December 2021}} She grew up in Primrose Hill, North London, and stayed with grandparents to continue her education at South Hampstead High School, when her mother, Pearl Lowe, moved to Hampshire. Lowe has two younger half-brothers and a half-sister from her mother's marriage to Danny Goffey: Alfie, Frankie, and Betty. She also has three younger half-brothers from her father's marriage to Gwen Stefani: Kingston, Zuma, and Apollo.{{cite web|url=http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Kingston-Zuma-Rossdale-Pictures-Daisy-Lowe-Uncle-Monty-20085035#photo-20085196|title=Gwen Stefani Does London as Kingston and Zuma Say Hi to Sister Daisy and Uncle Monty|first=Allie|last=Merriam|date=20 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2014041018097/gavin-rossdale-daisy-lowe-lunch/|title=Gavin Rossdale takes daughter Daisy Lowe for lunch|date=10 April 2014}} She is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/daisy-lowe-dedicates-her-strictly-appearance-to-her-late-grampy/|title = Daisy Lowe dedicates Strictly appearance to late 'grampy'}}
Until 2004, Lowe was believed to be the daughter of Pearl Lowe's ex-lover Bronner Handwerger, but a paternity test revealed that her godfather, Bush singer/guitarist Gavin Rossdale, was her biological father.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/tv-radio-reviews/daisy-lowe-pearls-girl-is-the-new-queen-bee-of-the-rocknroll-itgirls-819211.html |title=Daisy Lowe: Pearl's girl is the new queen bee of the rock'n'roll It-girls|access-date=10 June 2008 |author=Jane Reid, Alison |date=4 May 2008 |work=The Independent | location=London}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/12/10/stpearl10.xml&page=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090122055641/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2006/12/10/stpearl10.xml&page=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2009 |title=The Highs and Lowe |access-date=17 January 2008 |author=Cunliffe, Naomi |date=10 December 2006 |work=The Daily Telegraph| location=London}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/02/pearl-lowe-amy-raphael-saturday-interview|title=The Saturday interview: Pearl and Daisy Lowe|first=Amy|last=Raphael|date=1 April 2011|website=The Guardian}} Her mother Pearl Lowe wrote about the situation in her book All That Glitters.
Career
Lowe began modelling at the age of two, and did some photoshoots when she was 12 and 14 years old.{{Cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1636067.ece |title=The Daisy chain |access-date=10 June 2008 |author=Lazaro, Claire |date=4 April 2007 |work=The Times|location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829173043/http://www.women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article1636067.ece |archive-date=29 August 2008 }} At 15, she was approached by a talent scout in Camden Town and she signed with Select, a London modelling agency.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/02/pearl-lowe-amy-raphael-saturday-interview|title=The Saturday interview: Pearl and Daisy Lowe|last=Raphael|first=Amy|date=1 April 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 September 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
In February 2006, Lowe was featured in Vogue Italia, shot by New York photographer Steven Klein, who also shot her in March 2007 for a W magazine pictorial called "Xurbia". In September 2006, Lowe modelled for the Urban Outfitters catalogue, appeared in French Connection printed advertisements and was profiled in British Harper's Bazaar. She was featured in an editorial in Jane magazine alongside fellow model Lydia Hearst-Shaw in March 2007, appeared in Vogue Italia for the second time in May and, in August, posed nude on the cover of i-D magazine with her then-partner, Will Cameron of the band Blondelle, photographed by Terry Richardson.{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/dlowe/daisylowe/ |title=Daisy Lowe biography |access-date=10 June 2008 |work=New York Fashion Magazine |archive-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731004114/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/dlowe/daisylowe/ |url-status=dead }} She again shot for Italian Vogue in 2009 at Bancroft's School in a shoot by Miles Aldridge
On the runway, Lowe was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to model for Chanel, and has appeared on catwalks in New York, Milan and London for Topshop and designers such as PPQ, Nanette Lepore, Sue Stemp, Charlotte Ronson, Henry Holland, and Vivienne Westwood. She has modelled for Agent Provocateur lingere for the past three years, and has been used by Burberry, Converse shoes, Dr. Martens, Hooch, Wheels and Doll Baby, Ben Sherman, Frost French, Hari, Karen Millen, Diesel SpA and Whistles, as well as for her mother's recent collection of lace dresses.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/2007-08/070802-thomas-the-rock-legend.aspx|title=Thomas the rock legend|access-date=13 June 2008|author=Barnett, Leisa|date=2 August 2007|work=Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915102714/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/2007-08/070802-thomas-the-rock-legend.aspx|archive-date=15 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
Of the Whistles campaign, Lowe said, "[It] was a favourite shoot of mine. ... Modelling is a cool outlet for me to express myself, and fashion has always fascinated me. I love that fashion crosses into my other passions – music and art."{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/2007-03/070308-daisys-whistling.aspx|title=Daisy's whistling|access-date=13 June 2008|author=Roe, Louise|date=8 March 2007|work=Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915102709/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/2007-03/070308-daisys-whistling.aspx|archive-date=15 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
Lowe's magazine work includes editorials and covers of publications such as Tatler, Elle, GQ, Vogue, Paradis, Marie Claire, Interview, Jalouse, Teen Vogue, Dirty Glam, Grazia, InStyle, Nylon, and The Sunday Times Style amongst many others.
File:Dayse_Lowe_for_Top_shop_by_Walterlan_Papetti_2014.jpg
She has recently{{when|date=December 2017}} appeared in campaigns for Marc by Marc Jacobs, Pringle of Scotland, DKNY,{{Cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion-news/first-look-daisy-lowe-for-marc-jacobs-201010|title=FIRST LOOK: Daisy Lowe for Marc Jacobs|website=marieclaire.co.uk|date=5 January 2009}} Louis Vuitton,{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2010/09/07/daisy-lowe-is-the-face-of-biba_n_7416210.html|title=Daisy Lowe Is The Face of Biba|date=7 September 2010|work=HuffPost UK|access-date=18 September 2017|language=en-GB}} Mango, and Esprit.
Lowe has some experience in other media, including being the focus of the BBC Two eight-part fly on the wall documentary series Class of 2008, co-hosting Glamour
2009 also saw Lowe feature in The First Days of Spring, Noah and the Whale's film accompaniment to their second album.{{cite web|title=The First Days of Spring (2009)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1450322/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=28 May 2011}}
She was chosen to be in the 2010 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Terry Richardson in Bahia, Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/06/terry_richardson_and_most_of_t.html|title=Terry Richardson and Most of the World's Models Gang Up for Pirelli Calendar 2010|last=Bell|first=Gabriel|date=18 June 2009|magazine=New York|access-date=21 February 2011|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021151814/http://nymag.com/thecut/2009/06/terry_richardson_and_most_of_t.html|url-status=dead}} Throughout May 2010 Lowe documented her daily fashion and style choices for Vogue.co.uk's "Today I'm Wearing" feature.{{cite news|title=Daisy Lowe: Today I'm wearing...|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/photo-blogs/daisy-lowe/100430-daisy-lowe-day-3.aspx|access-date=28 May 2011|newspaper=Vogue UK|date=3 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611121625/http://www.vogue.co.uk/photo-blogs/daisy-lowe/100430-daisy-lowe-day-3.aspx|archive-date=11 June 2011|url-status=dead}} In August 2010, Lowe became the face of the newly relaunched sixties label Biba.{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Ella|title=Daisy's Biba|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/100824-daisy-lowe-for-biba.aspx|access-date=28 May 2011|newspaper=Vogue UK|date=24 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611123625/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/100824-daisy-lowe-for-biba.aspx|archive-date=11 June 2011|url-status=dead}} She is also the face of Stephen Webster's 2011 jewellery campaign.{{cite news |last=Marfil |first=Lorelei |title=Daisy Lowe sparkles for Stephen Webster |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/new/daisy-lowe-for-stephen-webster-001 |access-date=28 May 2011 |newspaper=Harper's Bazaar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528041818/http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/new/daisy-lowe-for-stephen-webster-001 |archive-date=28 May 2011 }}
In 2011, Lowe went topless for Esquire{{cite web|url=http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/entertainment/235653/topless-daisy-lowe-goes-gaga-over-lara-stones-massive-tits/|title='Topless' Daisy Lowe goes gaga over Lara Stone's 'massive tits'|date=5 October 2011|publisher=Indiavision news|access-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110194524/http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/entertainment/235653/topless-daisy-lowe-goes-gaga-over-lara-stones-massive-tits/|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}} and nude for Playboy.{{cite web|author=Gavin Rossdale |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/gavin_rossdale_daughter_daisy_lowes/256739 |title=Gavin Rossdale Daughter Daisy Lowe's Playboy Cover—See It Now! |publisher=E! Online |date=8 August 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011}} Also in 2011, she was featured in the music video for Miles Kane's "Come Closer".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7g8zhk5KZM|title=Miles Kane – Come Closer|last=MilesKaneVEVO|date=16 December 2010|via=YouTube}}
In October 2014, Lowe appeared in a comedy sketch with Jimmy Carr for Channel 4's The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night raising awareness of testicular cancer. In the sketch Carr lures Lowe to a hotel suite to check his testicles. The sketch also features Jamie Cullum, Lance Armstrong and Rylan Clarke. She was number 89 on FHM 100 Sexiest of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/100-sexiest-2015|title=FHM 100 Sexiest 2015|work=FHM|access-date=30 January 2016|archive-date=3 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403050920/http://www.fhm.com/100-sexiest-2015|url-status=dead}} She also had a small part in the action film Pressure.
On 17 August 2016, Lowe was announced as a contestant for series 14 of Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered up with Aljaž Škorjanec and left in week eight.
During the winter months, early in 2017, she came to a photo shoot in Val d'Isere for GQ magazine.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Daisy launched podcast Femme: It's All About Being A Woman{{cite podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/femme-its-all-about-being-a-woman/id1294994734 |title=Femme: It's All About Being A Woman |website=podcasts.apple.com |publisher=apple.com |host=apple.com |date= 4 December 2017}} and in 2019 worked with artist Jemima Sara to launch her clothing line for Femme{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/jemima-sara-and-daisy-lowe-attend-the-launch-of-femme-by-news-photo/1189228866 |title= Jemima Sara and Daisy Lowe attend the launch of femme |date=21 November 2019 |website=gettyimages.co.uk |publisher=Getty Images |access-date=21 November 2019 |quote=Femme By Daisy Lowe x Jemima Sara}}
Personal life
In 2013, Lowe learned Transcendental Meditation and said London Fashion Week that year "was so much less stressful, so much more fun. I wasn't taking it all on so much."{{cite web|last=Spicer|first=Kate|title=Meditation generation|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/living/Wellbeing/article1333264.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104152900/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/living/Wellbeing/article1333264.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=3 November 2013|quote=The model and actress Daisy Lowe started practising transcendental meditation earlier this year. "I do it morning and evening, for 20 minutes, wherever I am.}}
She was in a relationship with actor Matt Smith from 2010 to 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9788664/Has-Doctor-Who-star-Matt-Smith-rekindled-his-romance-with-model-Daisy-Lowe.html|title=Has Doctor Who star Matt Smith rekindled his romance with model Daisy Lowe?|last=Walker|first=Tim|date=9 January 2013|website=The Telegraph|access-date=3 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a14115/daisy-lowe-matt-smith-split-5/|title=Daisy Lowe and Matt Smith split|date=24 November 2011|website=Cosmopolitan|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303023021/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a14115/daisy-lowe-matt-smith-split-5/|archive-date=3 March 2020|url-status=live}}
In October 2022, Lowe announced that she was expecting her first child with fiancé Jordan Saul, a real estate developer.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/daisy-lowe-pregnant-expecting-first-baby-fiance-jordan-saul|title=Daisy Lowe Expecting First Baby with Fiancé Jordan Saul: 'Bursting at the Seams with Happiness'|last=Slater|first=Angela|date=4 October 2022|website=People|access-date=21 October 2022}}
Lowe gave birth to daughter Ivy Love Saul in April 2023.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/daisy-lowe-welcomes-first-baby-with-jordan-saul/|title= Daisy Lowe Welcomes First Baby with Fiancé Jordan Saul: 'Our Dream Girl'|last=Rice|first=Nicholas|date=9 April 2023|website=People|access-date=12 April 2023}}
Selected works
- {{cite book|last=Lowe|first=Daisy|title=Sweetness and light: 60 recipes for healthy sweet treats|location=London|date=2014|ISBN=9781849495370}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.purepeople.com/article/daisy-lowe-plus-sensuelle-que-jamais-avec-un-simple-jean_a68529/1 Daisy Lowe pour BLAST – shooting Hotel Le Burgundy Paris]
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