Women shouldnt fear curves, says Erin O'Connor
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Belfast Telegraph - Found Mar. 10, 2010 Supermodel Erin O'Connor has come to the defence of curvy catwalk models hitting back once more at the fashion industry's obsession with size zero. |
Women shouldn?t fear curves, says Erin O'Connor
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Belfast Telegraph - Found Mar. 9, 2010 Supermodel Erin O'Connor has come to the defence of curvy catwalk models ? hitting back once more at the fashion industry's obsession with size ... |
London Fashion Week Fall '10. Celeb MVP: Erin O'Connor
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Second City Style - Found Mar. 4, 2010 ... wearing a slinky dress and getting her bangs blown out for a runway walk at the Fashion for Relief show, tall and slick model Erin O'Connor... |
Erin O'Connor's London Fashion Week show for 'ordinary people'
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Times Online - Found Feb. 19, 2010 Supermodel Erin O'Connor is leading a charge to try to make London Fashion Week more accessible. |
Erin O'Connor finds a model lover
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Telegraph - Found Feb. 6, 2010 Since she split up with the television presenter Jamie Theakston, Erin O'Connor has tried to ensure that her boyfriends have lower profiles. |
Erin O'Connor's Positive Fashion
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MaleFirst Mens Magazine - Found Jan. 27, 2010 Erin O'Connor wants the fashion world to be seen in a positive light. |
Rags to riches: Erin O'Connor's fairtrade fashion
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Observer - Found Jan. 23, 2010 Supermodel and Traid spokesperson Erin O'Connor reveals how it is giving thousands of skilled women the chance of a better life I have by no... |
Erin O'Connor finds a model lover
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Evening Herald - Found Feb. 8, 2010 Model Erin O'Connor pictured with boyfriend Dan Stewart Also in Around Town Search Query: Herald.ie Web Search Erin O'Connor has found love with an |
Walsall's Erin O'Connor uses her loaf for British Fashion ...
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Sunday Mercury - Found Feb. 24, 2010 Walsall Supermodel Erin O?Connor has teamed up with Hovis to help keep models looking good, feeling good and eating healthy. |
KORS OPENS NEW STORE WITH ERIN O'CONNOR
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Metro.co.uk - Found Apr. 28, 2009 Michael Kors and Erin O'Connor (wearing Michael Kors) at his store opening party |
Erin O'Connor Biography
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| Date of birth | 9 February 1978 |
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| Place of birth | Brownhills, England |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) |
| Hair colour | Dark brown |
| Eye colour | Hazel |
| Measurements | (US) 34-25-35 ; (EU) 86.5-63.5-891 |
| Dress size | (US) 4 ; (EU) 341 |
| Shoe size | (US) 9 ; (EU) 411 |
Erin O'Connor (born 9 February 1978) is an English fashion model.
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Early life
Erin O'Connor was born and brought up in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England2 and went to Brownhills Community School (now Brownhills Community Technology College/Brownhills C.T.C). She was raised Catholic and her father is from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.3 On a school trip to the Birmingham Clothes Show she was spotted by a scout.4
Modelling career
Her first published pictures were by Juergen Teller for a 1996 issue of i-D.citation needed She has modelled on the catwalk for John Galliano, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace, Miu Miu, Giorgio Armani, Julien MacDonald, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Badgley Mischka, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has worked with many leading fashion photographers including Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, David Sims, Bryan Adams, and featured in magazines including Vogue, W, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Harpers & Queen, i-D, and Visionaire. She was on the January cover of British Vogue. Since 2005 she has been one of the faces of the British high-street chain Marks and Spencer and in 2008 she launched the haircare line model.me for Toni & Guy, alongside Jamelia and Helena Christensen.citation needed
Karl Lagerfeld has described her as "one of the best models in the world."2
She is signed to 2pm Model Management in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Tess Management in London.
In other media
In March 2003, O'Connor was featured in a three-part Channel 4 documentary This Model Life.4 She writes a column for London Fashion Week paper The Daily Rubbish, contributes a regular blog to the British Vogue online, has written for The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail, and wrote and presented a documentary on fashion, Erin's Model World, for BBC Radio 4.
In 2009when?, she will appear as a mentor and judge on the Irish reality TV series The Model Agent for RTE 2.
On 20 May 2009, she officially opened the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (University of Dundee) VIP degree show preview night, "Designs on the Future", featuring amongst the various disciplines, a fashion show of work from both jewellery and textiles final year students.
In 2007, The Sunday Times considered her to be the 39th richest person under 30 in the United Kingdom, with an estimated wealth of 12 million pounds.5
O'Connor is the vice chair of the "British Fashion Council" and runs the "Model Sanctuary," an area of relaxation for catwalk models between shows.citation needed
In 2001 she appeared as herself in the "Paris" episode of Absolutely Fabulous.citation needed
Personal life
She once dated TV presenter Jamie Theakston and had a long-term relationship with Sky News producer John Kent.24.
She lives in Camberwell, London.citation needed
References
- ^ a b c Erin O'Connor at Fashion Model Directory
- ^ a b c Freeman, Hadley (2006-09-21). "Standing tall". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1877254,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article5613519.ece
- ^ a b c "Erin O'Connor - Model Profile". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/fashion/models/eoconnor/erinoconnor/. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
- ^ "Sunday Times - Rich List - Erin O’Connor". The Sunday Times. London. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,48362,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
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