Eva Riccobono

Eva Riccobono in Milan

Eva Riccobono (born 7 February 1983) is an Italian model.

Biography

Riccobono was born in 1983 in Palermo, the largest city in Sicily. She has three older sisters and a brother who died when she was four. Friends of hers include fellow models Mariacarla Boscono, Bianca Balti, Natalia Vodianova, Julia Stegner, Andreea Stancu, Jeisa Chiminazzo and Beatrice Borromeo.

Modeling career

When Riccobono was 17, the Italian magazine Corriere della Sera named her "the new Laetitia Casta" because of facial similarities.^{[citation needed]} She started traveling internationally and has appeared on magazine covers such as Vogue, Elle, Twill France, Rouge Canada, Cosmopolitan, L'Officiel, Vanity Fair, and Italian Playboy, and appeared in advertisements for the likes of Chanel, Hermès, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferré, Dolce & Gabbana, Sonia Rykiel, Roberto Cavalli, Trussardi, Celine, L'Oréal, Alberta Ferretti, Valentino and Lee, shot by notable photographers such as Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Steven Meisel. In 2007, she became the face of Hybris, shot by singer Bryan Adams.

Her runway credits including top fashion designers like Alberta Ferretti, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Balmain, Blumarine, Bottega Veneta, Burberry Prorsum, Calvin Klein, Celine, Cerruti, Chanel, Chloé, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Costume National, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karen, Dsquared2, Dries van Noten, Elie Saab, Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Etro, Fendi, Gianfranco Ferré, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Gucci, Hermès, Hugo Boss, Iceberg, Jean-Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, Jil Sander, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenzo, Lanvin, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Missoni, Miu Miu, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sonia Rykiel, Trussardi, Valentino, Versace, Viktor & Rolf, Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, Yves Saint Laurent and Zac Posen. Additionally, in July 2008, she walked for Lancetti during a TV special in memory of the Italian designer.

In 2002, she appeared on the TV program Stasera Pago Io with host Fiorello. She has also posed for the 2003 Pirelli Calendar, shot by Bruce Weber. In 2008, Riccobono was engaged to be the testimonial for a new satellite channel about luxury and lifestyle: High Life TV. Riccobono was shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz for the 2009 "Lavazza Calendar", for which she was featured on the cover.

In 2009, she became the new face of Argentovivo for their spring/summer campaign by Marco Glaviano.

2010: Face of Valentino handbags & Design by Enzo Fusco campaigns. Featured in the Fall/Winter 2010 cover of Independent Style by photographer Angelo Ghidoni.

Featured in "Specialty Of The House": an editorial by Stefano Triulzi in the November issue of Harper's Bazaar Japan.

2011: Featured on the February cover of Max by Ellen Von Unwerth. Fourth time as face of Valentino handbags for the S/S 2011 campaign.

September 30th: She returns on the catwalk closening the Vivenne Westwood Spring/Summer 2012 show in Paris.

January 17, 2012: She returns on the catwalk again for Diesel Black Gold Fall/Winter 2012.13 Menswear in Milan

Becomes the face of Caractère Spring/Summer 2012 photographed by Stefano Galuzzi.

Filmography

• Grande, grosso e Verdone (2008) ....Blanche Duvall

Agencies

• D'management Group - Milan
• Marilyn Agency - Paris
• Storm Model Management - London
• Mega model management - Miami
• Place Models - Hamburg
• Next Company - Vienna
• Fotogen - Zürich

Measurements

• 85-62-89 (EU), 33-24-35 (US)
• dress size: 34(EU), 4 (US)
• height: 180 cm (EU), 5'11" (US)

External links

• Eva Riccobono, at the Fashion Model Directory
• Eva Riccobono at the Internet Movie Database