Laura Bailey (model)
{{Short description|English model and photographer}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2023}}
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| name = Laura Bailey
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| caption = Bailey in 2013
| birth_name = Laura Emily Bailey
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| birth_place = Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
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| alma_mater = University of Southampton
| occupation = Model, writer
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| partner = Eric Fellner
| children = 2
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Laura Emily Bailey (born 6 August 1972) is an English model and photographer. She has modelled for brands such as Guess, L'Oreal, Jaguar, Jaeger, and Marks and Spencer, among others.
Early life and education
Bailey was born in Oxford on 6 August 1972.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=bOcjMGEPM2CAov%2BSezEDtw&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=18 April 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}
She went to Wheatley Park School,{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.wheatleypark.org/notable-alumni|title=Index entry|accessdate=7 December 2023}} and was called Laura Birks then attended the University of Southampton.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Career
Bailey's most notable campaigns include Guess jeans, L'Oreal, Jaguar, Jaeger, Marks and Spencer, Bella Freud, Ray-Ban, Oetker Collection hotel, Bodas, Temperley London and Solange Azagury-Partridge. Bailey is{{when|date=May 2023}} the brand ambassador for the House of Chanel.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
As a photographer her work has been published in Vogue, Violet Book, FT How To Spend It and more, alongside personal portrait and documentary projects.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Bailey has also produced and starred in a number of short films for fashion labels including Bella Freud,{{cite AV media|url=http://vimeo.com/65506363|title=je t'écoute|work=Vimeo}} Solange Azagury-Partridge,{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxjGf_BYVYM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XxjGf_BYVYM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Solange Azagury-Partridge Exclusive: Metamorphosis Film – LoveGold|date=15 October 2013|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Trager Delaney,{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/09/04/laura-bailey-trager-delaney-film-producer|title=Laura Bailey Trager Delaney Film Producer (Vogue.co.uk)|work=Vogue UK|date=4 September 2013}} and Shrimps.{{cite web|url=http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/watch/episode/1620/shrimps |title=Shrimps | i-D Magazine |accessdate=4 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103957/http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/watch/episode/1620/shrimps |archivedate=7 April 2014 }}
In 2020 Bailey, in partnership with stylist Cathy Kasterine, collaborated with British menswear brand, Budd (shirtmakers) to create a collection of shirts and nightwear for women under the Bailey x Budd label.{{Cite web|last=Simons|first=Baya|date=2020-11-13|title=Best Budd: the finest menswear shirts are now available for women|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d5702e6b-fe43-4787-852e-dad6b2054350|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205101351/https://www.ft.com/content/d5702e6b-fe43-4787-852e-dad6b2054350|archive-date=5 December 2021|url-access=subscription|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-12|title=Laura Bailey Has Delivered The Men's Shirt That Every Woman Wants|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/bailey-budd-shirts|access-date=2021-07-21|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB}}
Other activities
Bailey also works as a writer and has written on travel and style for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, The Independent, the FT, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} She has been a contributing editor at British Vogue.{{cite web | title=Laura Loves: Laura Bailey's Weekly Edit | website=British Vogue | date=18 June 2018 | url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/laura-loves-laura-baileys-weekly-edit | access-date=20 May 2023}}
In 2010, along with a host of other celebrities, she was photographed by celebrity photographer Cambridge Jones for an exhibition opened by then Mayor of London Boris Johnson, intended to encourage people to participate in his climate change project.{{cite web | author=London SE1 website team | title=Boris Johnson opens climate change City Hall photo exhibition | website=London SE1 | date=9 February 2010 | url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4338 | access-date=20 May 2023}}
She is a cultural ambassador for the British Fashion Council and an ambassador for Save The Children.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
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