Erin O'Connor

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Erin O'Connor (born February 9 1978) is an English fashion model.

Early life

Erin O'Connor was born and brought up in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, Englandcite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1877254,00.html |title=Standing tall |accessdate=2007-11-27 |last=Freeman |first=Hadley |date=2006-09-21 |work=The Guardian] 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.cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/eoconnor/erinoconnor/ |title=Erin O'Connor - Model Profile |accessdate=2007-11-27 |publisher=New York Magazine]

Modelling career

Her first published pictures were by Juergen Teller for a 1996 issue of i-D, and are creditedFact|date=June 2007 with launching an ‘alternative concept of beauty’. O’Connor is noted for her angular, highly symmetrical profile and porcelain-pale complexionFact|date=June 2007.

She is synonymousFact|date=June 2007 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". 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".

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.

In July 2008, O'Connor appeared on the cover of Singaphore "Harpers Bazaar".

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.

In 2009, she will appear as a mentor & judge on the Irish Reality TV series "The model agent" for RTE 2.

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.

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. [cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,48362,00.html |title=Sunday Times - Rich List - Erin O’Connor |accessdate=2007-11-27 |work=The Sunday Times]

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.

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

References

External links

*fashionmodel|id=Erin_O%27Connor|name=Erin O'Connor
*imdb name|id=1555649|name=Erin O'Connor
* [http://www.daviddownton.com/html/erinportfolio.htm Erin O'Connor's Pictures]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=cMG784m71e4 Fashion TV Profile on Youtube]

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DATE OF BIRTH= 1978-02-09
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