Every
once in a while, there’s a face that comes along in the fashion world that
leaves the rest of the world breathless once discovered.
The
world first took Cara Delevingne seriously in 2011 when she was seen in ad
campaigns for Burberry and H&M. And after just two years, she was named
model of the year last November at the British Fashion Awards. And it was an
award that was well earned. She's been photographed by Mario Testino for the
cover of British Vogue; she's appeared in ad campaigns for Chanel,
Burberry, and H&M, among others; and she seems to have walked almost every runway in New
York, London, Milan, and Paris for most major designers.
Recently
she’s been seen in a small role in the film Anna Karenina alongside Keira
Knightly and on the Victoria's Secret ramp
modelling the Pink line for teens.
But
even at only 21 years old these milestones and achievements, revered in the
fashion industry, hardly seem to encompass the powerhouse that is Cara.
She
has “the” look; the delicate mouth, the elfin cheekbones, the bushy eyebrows
that need no introduction. Then there's her colourful lineage and background
straight out of a movie script: her
grandfather, Sir Jocelyn Stevens, was a prominent newspaper executive; her
eccentric mother, Pandora, a personal shopper; her father, Charles, a handsome
man about town; and her older sister Poppy, also a successful model and
socialite.
But
perhaps the best part of Cara, the part that her facial features and body
language epitomise so intriguingly, is that punch-to-the-gut personality that
make so many of the headlines about her. She’s witty, quirky, and enchantingly
unpredictable.
A
perfect fit for the fashion world, Cara gives the photographer what they want
before they even realize they want it. She’s a photographer’s dream, daring and
experimental, and has even gone pretty much nude in November last year for a
shoot with Nick Knight for SHOWstudio
and Garage magazine. She always manages
to be classy and sultry – a combination not easily achieved.
Renowned
photographer Mario Testino has called her “the new Kate Moss” – but this
wild-child who cites Charlie Chaplin as her style icon and the Milan-based
street-wear brand You Need This Shit
as a favourite label – isn’t replacing anyone in the fashion world but is
carving out her own niche.
