Sessilee Lopez

{{short description|American model|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox model

| name= Sessilee Lopez

| image= Sessille Lopez in Barbie 50th Anniversary show, Photographed by Ed Kavishe.jpg

| caption = Lopez in the Barbie 50th Anniversary show

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1989|1|4}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Sessilee_Lopez|title=Sessilee Lopez|work=fashionmodeldirectory.com|access-date=2009-03-28}}

| birth_place= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| height= {{height|m=1.78}}

| haircolor= Black

| eyecolor= Brown

| agency = {{Plainlist|

  • Major Model Management (New York City)
  • Scoop Models (Copenhagen)
  • Modelwerk (Hamburg)
  • MP Stockholm (Stockholm){{Cite web|url=https://models.com/models/Sessilee-Lopez|title = Sessilee Lopez - Model}} }}

}}

Sessilee Lopez (born January 4, 1989) is an American model.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/fashion/models/slopez/sessileelopez/|title=Sessilee |work=NYmag.com|access-date=2009-05-17}} She has appeared in Vogue and graced one of the four covers of its "All Black" issue.

Career

Lopez is of Dominican descent. Her career started in 2004, when she signed with IMG Models.{{cite web|url=http://models.com/model_culture/model_of_week/sessilee/index.html|title=Model of the Week, April 2, 2004|work=models.com|access-date=2009-05-17}} Sessilee is currently represented by Major Model Management.{{cite web|url=http://majormodel.com/details.asp?modelid=210420&subid=3960&Mainsubid=3960&curpage=2, April 22, 2010|work=Major Model|access-date=2010-04-22|title=Sessilee Lopez's page}} Her runway debut was at the Vivienne Tam and Daryl K Fall 2004 shows. In 2007, she switched representation to Major Model Management Worldwide. She has appeared in editorials for American, Italian, French, Japanese, and German Vogue, V Magazine, W Magazine, Allure, i-D, Dazed & Confused, Marie Claire, Numéro, Swedish, American, French Elle, and Spanish and American Harper's Bazaar.

She has appeared on the covers of Vogue Italia, Harper's Bazaar, and French Numéro.

She has been a muse for photographer Steven Meisel for years.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/fashion/models/slopez/sessileelopez/|title=Sessilee at NY Mag}}NY Mag, Retrieved May 11, 2015

In September 2009, Lopez appeared alongside fellow models Arlenis Sosa, Chanel Iman, and Jourdan Dunn on the cover of I-D magazine. Lopez appeared in the 2008 and 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Lopez has walked the runways for Givenchy, Hermés, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar De La Renta, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lanvin, Emporio Armani, Diane Von Furstenberg, Dries Van Noten, Rag & Bone, Tory Burch, Fendi, Carolina Herrera, Mulberry, Tommy Hilfiger, La Perla, Missoni, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander Wang, and Zac Posen.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for Hermés, Calvin Klein, Lanvin, DKNY, Halston, Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, Uniqlo, Barneys New York, H&M, Benetton, Nordstrom, Macy's, Sak's Fifth Avenue, Levi's, and MAC Cosmetics.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

She appeared in the 2015 film, Supermodel with Tyson Beckford.{{cite web|url=https://hiphollywood.com/2017/06/joan-smalls-chanel-iman-jourdan-dunn-what-is-it-really-like-being-a-black-supermodel/|title=Joan Smalls, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn … What Is It Really Like Being A Black Supermodel?|access-date=July 20, 2017|date=June 1, 2017|author=Barnett, Vanessa|work=Hip Hollywood}}

Personal life

Sessilee has two sisters, Kristian Lorén (a fashion designer) and Latoya Mendez (a medical student).{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} Sessilee appeared on Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss when her sister Latoya was trying on dresses, along with her mother, Janice Celeste (business woman and author).{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

References

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