Lara Stone
{{Short description|Dutch fashion model (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox model
| name = Lara Stone
| image = Lara Stone NYC.jpg
| caption = Stone at Fashion Week NYC 2011
| birth_name = Lara Catherina Stone
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Geldrop, Netherlands{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/lstone/larastone/ |title=Lara Stone – Model Profile |access-date=27 December 2007 |work=New York}}
| occupation = Model
| ethnicity =
| spouse = {{unbulleted list
| {{marriage|David Walliams|16 May 2010|2015|reason=divorced}}{{cite news|title=Little Britain actor David Walliams and model Lara Stone granted 'quickie' divorce|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/little-britain-actor-david-walliams-and-model-lara-stone-granted-quickie-divorce/story-fnk825aa-1227522010274|access-date=10 September 2015|work=News}}
| {{marriage|David Grievson|17 July 2021}}
}}
| children = 2
| height = {{height|m=1.77}}{{FMD model|lara_stone}}
| hair_colour = Blonde
| eye_colour = Hazel
| years_active = 1999–present
| agency = {{Plainlist|
- The Lions (New York)
- Elite Model Management (Paris)
- Perspective Management https://perspectivemanagement.co.uk/lara-stone {{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/lara-stone|title=Lara Stone|website=Model.com|access-date = 11 August 2024}}}}
}}
Lara Catherina Stone (born 20 December 1983)[http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=david-walliams-and-lara-stone-to-wed-in-just-13-days%26method=full%26objectid=22109782%26siteid=93463-name_page.html David Walliams and Lara Stone to wed in just 13 days] Retrieved 24 March 2010 is a Dutch model. She was discovered at the age of 12 in the Paris Metro and later participated in the Elite Model Look competition at 15. Stone has appeared on the covers of W and Vogue and has worked with various brands, including Fendi, Chanel, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Versace. She has been represented by The Lions, IMG Models, and Elite Model Management.
Early life
Stone was born in Geldrop and grew up in Mierlo, a small town in the Netherlands. Her mother, Kathryna, is Dutch, and her father, Michael Stone, is English. She was discovered in the Paris Metro while on holiday with her family when she was 12. She took part in the Elite Model Look competition in 1999 when she was 15,{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/biographies/091027-lara-stone-biography.aspx|last=Milligan|first=Lauren|title=Lara Stone|date=27 October 2009|publisher=Vogue UK|access-date=2 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101231240/http://www.vogue.co.uk/biographies/091027-lara-stone-biography.aspx|archive-date=1 January 2011}} and although she did not win, she caught the attention of Elite executives, who signed her to their modeling agency.
Modeling career
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=Breakthrough: 2006–2008=
After leaving Elite, Stone signed with IMG Models worldwide in 2006. In January, she made her catwalk debut in Riccardo Tisci's Givenchy couture shows, during Paris Fashion Week. Later that year, she signed an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein.[http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/100719-calvin-klein-on-lara-stone.aspx Calvin's New Model] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722173015/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/100719-calvin-klein-on-lara-stone.aspx |date=22 July 2010 }}. Vogue, July 2010. In March 2007, Stone appeared in a Vogue Paris editorial and was featured on the magazine's April cover. The New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn called Stone the "anti-model".{{cite web|url=http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/the-anti-model/|title=The Anti-Model|last=Horyn|first= Cathy|date=1 March 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=27 April 2011}} She was also ranked No. 2 on New York Magazine's "Top Ten Models to Watch" for New York Fashion Week.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2007/08/the_top_ten_models_to_watch_th.html|title=The Top Ten Models to Watch This Fashion Week|last=Herbst|first=Kendall|date=30 August 2007|work=New York|access-date=28 April 2011}} Stone has walked in shows for designers including Giles Deacon, Isabel Marant, Christopher Kane, Fendi, and MaxMara, and closed for Chanel, Diesel, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, and Balmain. She signed a "semi-exclusive" agreement with Prada in 2008.
Her spring/summer 2008 campaigns included Givenchy, Belstaff, Just Cavalli, and H&M.{{cite web|url=http://models.com/models/Lara-Stone|title=Lara Stone|work=MODELS.com}} Her campaigns for autumn/winter 2008 included Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Belstaff, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein Cosmetics, and Jil Sander. Stone was one of the models chosen to be on one of the fourteen covers of V magazine's September 2008 issue.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/09/v_mag_slideshow.html |title=Ogle 'V' Magazine’s Fourteen New Cover Models |last=Lim |first=James |date=10 September 2008 |work=New York |access-date=21 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018081307/http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/09/v_mag_slideshow.html |archive-date=18 October 2010 }}
=2009–present=
In the February 2009 edition of Vogue Paris, which featured Stone on the cover, she said she does not like the runway and that her unusually small feet for a person of her size do not fit in shoes. Stone was featured on the August 2009 cover of W, declaring her "Fashion's It Girl" and the reasons she is the most-wanted face and body in the business. Vogue Paris named her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[http://www.vogue.fr/mode/en_vogue/091218-les-mannequins-des-annees-2000.aspx Les 30 Mannequins des Années 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410211147/http://www.vogue.fr/mode/en-vogue/diaporama/les-30-mannequins-des-annees-2000/1662 |date=10 April 2012 }}. Retrieved 20 January 2010. Stone made her American Vogue debut on the May 2009 cover alongside Liya Kebede, Anna Jagodzinska, Natalia Vodianova, Caroline Trentini, Jourdan Dunn, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Natasha Poly, Karen Elson, and Isabeli Fontana as one of the "Faces of the Moment." It was also a special issue because the cover featured models instead of celebrities.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/04/liya_kibede_lands_vogues_may_c.html|title=Liya Kebede Lands Vogue’s May Cover|last=Odell|first=Amy|date=13 April 2009|access-date=2 May 2011}} An international racial controversy arose when she appeared in an editorial for French's Vogue October 2009 issue with her face and body blackened.
In 2010, Stone replaced Sasha Pivovarova as the new face for Prada's fragrance Infusion d'Iris, shot by Steven Meisel.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/03/lara_stone_replaces_sasha_pivo.html|title=Lara Stone Replaces Sasha Pivovarova in Prada Campaign; Akon’s His-and-Her Fragrances Now Available|last=Clott|first=Sharon|date=16 March 2010|work=New York|access-date=2 May 2011}} Her other spring/summer campaigns included Louis Vuitton, Versus by Versace Fragrance, Jaeger, and H&M. This same year her look sparked a trend in: blonde, gap-toothed, big-lipped models like Georgia May Jagger, Lindsey Wixson, and Ashley Smith. The look even inspired Tyra Banks to have a contestant's tooth gap widened on cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model.{{cite web |publisher=Jezebel.com |title=The Terrible Rise of the Lara Stone Lookalikes |url=http://jezebel.com/5708530/the-terrible-rise-of-the-lara-stone-lookalikes/gallery/?skyline=true&s=i |access-date=11 December 2010}}
Stone signed an exclusive deal with Calvin Klein Inc., making the 26-year-old model the face of the Calvin Klein Collection, CK Calvin Klein, and Calvin Klein Jeans for fall 2010. It marked the first time in years the fashion house had chosen to use one model for three of its brands, and Stone would be exclusive to CKI for all apparel advertising and runway appearances for fall.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwd.com/media-news/calvin-klein-in-exclusive-with-lara-stone-3099791|title=Calvin Klein in Exclusive With Lara Stone|last=Karimzadeh|first=Marc|date=7 June 2010|work=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=27 April 2011}} At the end of the year, she won the British Fashion Awards Model of the year 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/phoebe-philo-named-designer-of-the-year-at-british-fashion-awards-3397931|title=Phoebe Philo Named Designer of the Year at British Fashion Awards|last=Conti|first=Samantha|date=7 December 2010|work=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=27 April 2011}}
Stone was featured in the 2010 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Terry Richardson, as well as the 2011 version shot by Karl Lagerfeld.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Stone was part of Vogue UK{{'}}s first multi-cover in the publication's 95 years, landing one of the three May 2011 covers in celebration of the Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton.{{cite web|url=http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2011/04/vogue_uks_tripl.html |title=Vogue UK's triple treat: Lara Stone, Natalia Vodianova & Freja Beha Erichsen |last=Foster |first=Kimberley |date=5 April 2011 |access-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408140409/http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2011/04/vogue_uks_tripl.html |archive-date= 8 April 2011 }} She debuted on Forbes' World's Top-Earning Models list, ranking No. 7, with estimated earnings of $4.5 million since May of last year (2010–2011).{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/05/05/top-earning-models_slide_14.html|title=The World's Top-Earning Models|last=and Steven Bertoni|first=Keren Blankfeld|date=5 May 2011|work=forbes|access-date=11 May 2011}}
In 2012 Stone featured again in the Pirelli Calendar, photographed by Mario Sorrenti. She was also the face of Calvin Klein's 2012 Underwear campaign.{{cite web|url=http://ldnfashion.com/news/lara-stone-x-calvin-klein-underwear-campaign/|title=Lara Stone x Calvin Klein underwear campaign|access-date=17 August 2012}}
Stone was ranked #1 on models.com's "Top 50 Models" list from Spring 2010 to Summer 2012 before moving to their "Industry Icons" list and she was also ranked the 9th sexiest model on their Top Sexiest Models list.{{cite web|url=http://models.com/rankings/ui/TopSexiest|title=MODELS.com's Top Sexiest Models|work=MODELS.com}}
In March 2014, Stone again appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris and, in April, American Harper's Bazaar.{{cite web|url=http://en.vogue.fr/magazine/diaporama/the-march-issue-of-vogue-paris/14339|title=Inside the March 2014 Issue of Vogue Paris|work=Vogue Paris}}{{cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/models/a1803/lara-stone-interview-0414/|title=Fab at Every Age: Lara Stone|work=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=10 July 2015}}
In March 2015, Stone appeared on one of three Vogue Paris covers alongside Kate Moss and Daria Werbowy.{{cite web|url=http://en.vogue.fr/magazine/articles/le-numro-de-mars-2015-de-vogue-paris-kate-moss-lara-stone-daria-werbowy-lara-stone-mert-marcus/24060|title=Inside Vogue Paris March 2015|work=Vogue Paris}} Stone was also on the August cover of British Vogue, shot by Mario Testino.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/style-file-lara-stone|title=Style File - Lara Stone|work=British Vogue|access-date=20 December 2018}}
Acting career
In 2016, Stone made a cameo appearance in Mandie Fletcher's Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.{{cite web|url=http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/absolutely-fabulous-the-movie-celebrity-cameos-kate-moss-alexa-chung-lara-stone-10418347/|title=Celebrity Cameos Revealed for 'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'|author=Lorelei Marfil|date=26 April 2016|access-date=6 May 2016|work=Women's Wear Daily}} In the same year, Stone starred with Yvan Attal, Mathilde Bisson, Arthur Igual and Akaji Maro in the short film En Moi ("In Me") directed by Laetitia Casta. The film was selected for the closing ceremony of the Critics' Week section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.semainedelacritique.com/EN/films/2016/2016_spe_EnMoi.php|title=Special screening - closing En Moi|date=18 April 2016|access-date=6 May 2016|work=Critics' Week}}
Personal life
In the December 2009 issue of Vogue UK, Stone said she was undergoing inpatient rehabilitation for alcoholism earlier in the year.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091221120823/http://www.vogue.com/feature/2009/12/vogue-lara-stone-size-four-healthy-model/ Lara Stone Opens Up] . Retrieved 21 February 2010.
Stone began dating English comedian David Walliams in September 2009. They were engaged in January 2010[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/lara-stone-and-david-walliams-finalise-divorce/ It's over: Lara Stone and David Walliams finalise separation], The Telegraph and married at London's Claridge's Hotel on 16 May 2010. On 6 May 2013, Stone gave birth to a baby boy, Alfred. It was reported on 4 March 2015 that, following five years of marriage, the pair had decided to try a trial separation, after "drifting apart".{{cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG11448612/Lara-Stone-and-David-Walliams-split.html|title=Lara Stone and David Walliams 'split after five years of marriage'|work=The Telegraph|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716075014/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG11448612/Lara-Stone-and-David-Walliams-split.html|archive-date=16 July 2015}} On 9 September 2015, Walliams filed for divorce from Stone, citing "unreasonable behavior". The couple were granted a decree nisi the next day, dissolving the marriage six weeks after the date of filing.{{cite news|last1=Strang|first1=Fay|date=10 September 2015|title=David Walliams and Lara Stone's marriage over in 60 second divorce|work=Daily Mirror|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/david-walliams-lara-stones-marriage-6416813|access-date=}} On 17 July 2021, she married property developer David Grievson.{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/bazaar-brides/a37064860/lara-stone-wedding-dress/|title=Lara Stone marries David Grievson|work=Harper's Bazaar|accessdate=19 July 2021}}
Filmography
References
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External links
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Category:Dutch people of English descent
Category:Elite Model Management models