On the cover of Love magazine #6; (?)
We might call her the ultimate supermodel of the past two years or so, but that’s not nearly enough to say about Lara. Obviously, this Dutch phenomenon is anything but a regular model, super or not. Her beauty is surreal and striking, her body is beyond perfection, outside the usual size zero standard, and the expressiveness of her features allows her to play every possible and impossible role in fashion photography. What I love about her is her naturalness that makes her slip into these opposite personalities with great ease. She is equally convincing as a glam diva of the forties, as a 16 year old blonde with a virginal face, as a total vamp with a masochistic sexuality, or as Brigitte Bardot, Faye Dunaway or Farah Fawcett. Truth be told, her body exudes sensuality and eroticism, so in every one of three editorials she makes, she gets rid of some pieces of clothing and lingerie. She is a muse for Riccardo Tisci from Givenchy, Francisco Costa from Calvin Klein and for Carine Roitfeld, who dedicated an entire issue of Paris Vogue to her. Her alcohol-related problems and struggle with the ‘plus size model’ etiquette (!) in the fashion world have made her even more popular. Although you don’t get to see her on the runway much ( she has very small feet for her height, so walking in the killer runway heels is a torture she is not willing to embrace much), she is omnipresent in magazine editorials and on covers, and in ads for the most notorious brands. Lara is one face to remember, for sure.
Vogue Paris Feb. 2009
Vogue Paris Feb. 2009
Vogue US June 2009
Vogue Paris Feb. 2009
“I kept saying ‘Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me,’ because I had to get to the catwalk, but she just kept posing. So I pushed her. It was only a few stairs.” (Lara, for Vogue UK, about pushing a fellow model on the stairs)
Vogue Japan Nov.2011
Vogue Japan Nov.2011; Vogue Paris Nov.2011
V Magazine Sep. 2011
Vogue Paris Sep. 2009
Vogue Paris Feb. 2009
Vogue Italy April 2010; GQ UK Oct. 2011
NY Times Style magazine Oct.2011
”If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be. I think of dieting, then I eat pizza. I’m a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier. Unfortunately.” (Lara)
NY Times Style magazine Oct.2011; i-D magazine Oct.2011
‘I still get called ugly. It hurts when you’re having a tough day and someone says, “She’s so f*****g ugly I wouldn’t let my dog near her.” (Lara)
i-D magazine Oct.2011; Vogue US July 2011
Vogue Paris Feb. 2007
“I haven’t been on a date in six months. I’ve just started a club with a girlfriend, called the We Hate Men But We Can’t Be Gay Club.”(Lara, in 2008. She got married, though, this year)
On the cover of Vogue Paris (Feb. 2009) and Vogue UK (Dec. 2009)
On the runway: Prada (Fall 2008, 2009 and 2010)
Miu Miu ( Fall 2008, Spring 2010), Louis Vuitton (Fall 2010)
Christopher Kane (Spring 2009 and 2010), Max Mara
Givenchy (Fall 2010), Balmain (Fall 2009); Stella McCartney (Fall 2009)
Advertising for Calvin Klein
With Francisco Costa (CK); At the Museum of Modern Art: A Tribute to Pedro Almodovar.
She’s an incredible, incredible character. I mean she’s amazing, she’s a
chameleon. Her face is just very, very beautiful. Her bone structure is more
than beautiful, and her body in indescribable. But I really love how womanly she
is, but at the same time really fresh, you know. There’s almost this little girl
trapped in this very gorgeous body. She represents the moment. She’s very
current. ( Francisco Costa )
Photos via Models.com, NYmag and fuckyeahLaraStone.
