Erin O

Fashion's famous waif

The Age - Found 2 hours ago
Representatives include model Erin O'Connor, who has also spoken out about the lack of food at shows and has since set up the Model Sanctuary...
Carola Long: Why fashion loves the super-thin - The Independent
Fashion's famous waif Moss follows trend and admits being too thin - The Age
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Posted on August 28, 2008, 9:55 am

Only the clotheshorses can buck fashion's thin fixation

Guardian Unlimited - Found Aug. 27, 2008
... to be this skinny.' Erin O'Connor and Karen Elson, like Moss, also started modelling as teenagers in the 90s and have also spoken out. O'Connor...

Posted on August 27, 2008, 7:54 am

Weekend news roundup

Drapers - Found Aug. 26, 2008
The newspaper also reported that one of the faces of Marks & Spencer, supermodel Erin O'Connor, hopes to raise £10,000 fro the British...

Posted on August 26, 2008, 9:20 am

Daphne Guinness wasn't advocating the usual kind of disposable ...

British Vogue - Found Aug. 22, 2008
And Erin O'Connor joined Laura Bailey on the campaign trail at Jaeger in 2005. Leisa Barnett TAGS: Erin O'Connor, Jaeger, Daphne Guinness...

Posted on August 22, 2008, 6:03 am

Do stars still sell?

Retail Week - Found Aug. 22, 2008
An obvious example is Marks & Spencer's ads featuring its posse of celebrities comprising Twiggy, Erin O'Connor et al.

Posted on August 22, 2008, 5:51 am

Erin OConnors wardrobe for sale

Charities Aid Foundation - Found Aug. 21, 2008
Model Erin O'Connor is to auction off items from her own wardrobe in aid of charity.

Posted on August 21, 2008, 5:15 am

» Anti-anorexia plan ditched

IAfrica.com - Found Aug. 20, 2008
Also sitting on the panel were Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management, British model Erin O'Connor and designers Betty Jackson and...
British plan to combat anorexic models ditched - South Asian Womens Forum
Sized up, and found wanting - The Australian
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Posted on August 20, 2008, 4:38 am

High school preview: Boys and girls cross country

Raleigh News & Observer - Found Aug. 17, 2008
15) and senior Molly Spencer (24).Durham AcademySenior Adrianne Soo was the 2007 champion. Junior Erin O'Connor also returns from No.

Posted on August 17, 2008, 4:24 am

Boys and girls cross country

Raleigh News & Observer - Found Aug. 16, 2008
15) and senior Molly Spencer (24).Durham AcademySenior Adrianne Soo was the 2007 champion. Junior Erin O'Connor also returns from No.

Posted on August 16, 2008, 12:04 pm

erin o'connor auctions off wardrobe (gbr)

MPDClick - Found Aug. 15, 2008
British supermodel Erin O?Connor will be auctioning off around 30 designer items from her wardrobe on September 16 at the prestigious auction house ...

Posted on August 15, 2008, 11:36 am

Erin O'Connor Biography

Erin O'Connor
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Erin O'Connor

Erin O'Connor
Date of birth February 9, 1978 (1978-02-09) (age 30)
Place of birth Brownhills, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Hair color dark brown
Eye color hazel
Measurements 86-64-89
Dress size 6

Erin O'Connor (born February 9, 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, England[1] and went to Brownhills Community School (now Brownhills Community Technology College/ Brownhills C.T.C). On a school trip to the Birmingham Clothes Show she was spotted by a Models 1 scout.[2]

Modelling career

Her first published pictures were by Juergen Teller for a 1996 issue of i-D, and are creditedcitation needed with launching an ‘alternative concept of beauty’. O’Connor is noted for her angular, highly symmetrical profile and porcelain-pale complexioncitation needed.

She is synonymouscitation needed with Charlotte Cotton’s notion of 'imperfect beauty' in 1990s fashion photography, and Karl Lagerfeld has described her as "one of the best models in the world".[1] O’Connor has been associated with luxury labels from Chanel, Versace, Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Armani, and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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, Dolce & Gabbana and Ermanno Scervino among many others. She has worked with many leading fashion photographers including Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, David Sims, and Jonathan de Villiers, and featured in magazines including Vogue, W, ELLE, Nova, Harper's Bazaar, Harpers & Queen, i-D, and Visionaire. She was on the January cover of British Vogue. In March 2003, O'Connor featured in a three-part Channel 4 documentary This Model Life.[2]

Since 2005, she has been one of the faces of the iconic 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.

She writes a Column for London Fashion Week paper The Daily Rubbish, currently contributes a regular blog to the online presence of British Vogue, has written for The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail and recently wrote & presented a Documentary on Fashion Erin's model world for BBC Radio 4.

She is signed to 2pm Model Management in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Independent Models in London.

Personal life

She once dated TV presenter Jamie Theakston and had a long-term relationship with Sky News producer John Kent.[1][2]

Trivia

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.[3]

O'Connor is the vice chair of the British Fashion Council.

The Long Blondes second album "Couples" includes a track called Erin O'Connor.

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NAME O'Connor, Erin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English model
DATE OF BIRTH 1978-02-09
PLACE OF BIRTH Brownhills, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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