Stella Tennant

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Stella Tennant
Born(1970-12-17)17 December 1970
Scotland or London, England[a]
Died22 December 2020(2020-12-22) (aged 50)
Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
Occupation(s)Model, fashion designer
Years active1993–2020
Spouse
David Lasnet
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(m. 1999; sep. 2020)​
Children4
Modelling information
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Hair colourBrown[1]
Eye colourBlue[1]
AgencyDNA Model Management (New York)
VIVA Model Management (Paris, London, Barcelona)
Mega Model Agency (Hamburg)[1]

Stella Tennant (17 December 1970 – 22 December 2020) was a British model and fashion designer.[2] In 1993, she attracted the attention of photographers such as Steven Meisel and Bruce Weber and became a fashion model, posing for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar; Numéro; and the French, British and Italian editions of Vogue.[3]

Early life and education

Stella Tennant was born on 17 December 1970[4] in either Scotland or London, England,[a] the youngest of three children of Tobias Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Lady Emma Cavendish.[6] She was the granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Deborah Mitford, the youngest of the Mitford sisters.[7][5] Tennant was raised on a 1,500-acre sheep farm in the Scottish Borders.[7] She attended St Leonards School in St Andrews[5] and Marlborough College,[8] before completing a degree in sculpture at the Winchester School of Art.[9]

Career

In 1993, Tennant sent photographs of herself to a high fashion magazine, and a friend introduced her to fashion writer Plum Sykes (Victoria Rowland). She had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time.[10] Steven Meisel then used her on the cover of Italian Vogue.[10] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract.[3][11] He is reported to have thought her reminiscent of Coco Chanel.[12][13] She also modelled frequently for other influential fashion photographers of the 1990s, including Mario Testino, David Sims and Mark Borthwick.[8] Priya Elan, writing in her Guardian obituary, credits her, together with Kate Moss and Erin O'Connor, with having "introduced an era of androgyny on the catwalk".[12]

Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. She was a muse of the designers Karl Lagerfeld,[14] Gianni Versace,[13][15] Alexander McQueen, Nicolas Ghesquière, Riccardo Tisci and Victoria Beckham.[12] She also appeared in numerous other advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Hermès, and in 2002 in an influential campaign for Burberry.[8] In 2010, she starred in L.K.Bennett's Spring Summer campaign photographed by Tim Walker.[16] During the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, Tennant along with Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss was one of the British models wearing fashions created by British designers specifically for the event.[8][17]

In 2016, Tennant and Lady Isabella Cawdor premiered a new ready to wear collection they designed for the gunmaker and clothing retailer Holland & Holland.[18] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant.[8][14]

Personal life

Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in her home village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. They had four children together.[19] The family lived near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, also in the Scottish Borders.[3] In August 2020, Tennant and Lasnet announced they had separated.[20]

Tennant died on 22 December 2020, aged 50,[13][21] in Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Police described the death as "sudden" and said there were no suspicious circumstances. [22]

Activism

In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. She made a video and became one of the faces of its campaign titled Turn Up the Style, Turn Down the Heat.[23] She also supported initiatives aimed at reducing fashion's effect on the environment,[13] including Oxfam's "Second Hand September".[24]

In August 2014, Tennant was one of 200 celebrities who signed a letter to The Guardian newspaper expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.[25]

Honours and awards

In June 2012, Tennant was inducted as Model of the Year into the Scottish Fashion Awards Hall of Fame at its annual awards event.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Stella Tennant". models.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Model Profile – Stella Tennant". Free BMD. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Model Profile – Stella Tennant". New York. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b FashionModelDirectory.com, The FMD-. "Stella Tennant - Fashion Model | Models | Photos, Editorials & Latest News | The FMD". The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ a b c Trebay, Guy (23 December 2020). "Stella Tennant, Aristocratic British Model, Is Dead at 50". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ "the peerage". the peerage. 31 March 1920.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Colman, David (16 June 1996). "Chanel's Upper-Class Face". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e Hess, Liam (23 December 2020). "Stella Tennant, the Iconic British Model, Has Died at 50". Vogue. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  9. ^ Tennant, Stella (5 November 2018). "Cover Star Stella Tennant Reflects On The Vogue Shoot That Launched Her Career". Vogue. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b Krupnick, Ellie (29 October 2011). "Stella Tennant's Pierced Nose Covers Vogue Italia". HuffPost. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Chanel S/S 13". Models.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  12. ^ a b c Priya Elan (23 December 2020). "Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d "Stella Tennant: Model dies days after 50th birthday". BBC News. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  14. ^ a b Hirschmiller, Stephanie (14 October 2013). "Stella Tennant's gilded talents". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  15. ^ "British supermodel Versace's muse Stella Tennant dies at 50". USA Today. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Various Campaigns L.K. Bennett S/S 10". Models.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  17. ^ Karmali, Sarah (31 August 2012). "Olympics | Closing Couture". Vogue (UK). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  18. ^ D'Souza, Christa (8 August 2016). "Stella Tennant and Lady Isabella Cawdor Are Reinventing Holland & Holland". W Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  19. ^ Colacello, Bob. "Inside Paris's 25th Annual le Bal des Débutantes". Vanity Fair.
  20. ^ Scanlan, Rebekah (24 December 2020). "British supermodel Stella Tennant dies suddenly at 50". News.com.au. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  21. ^ Petrarca, Marisa. "Remembering Stella Tennant: Her life in images". Grazia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  22. ^ Mcilkenny, Stephen (23 December 2020). "Stella Tennant dies aged 50". The Herald. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Stella Tennant helps you Turn Up The Style, Turn Down The Heat". Global Cool. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  24. ^ Ellie Violet Bramley (27 August 2019). "Why Stella Tennant wants you to stop buying new clothes". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  25. ^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  26. ^ Milligan, Lauren (12 June 2012). "Scottish Fashion Awards". Vogue. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Sources differ. Some state she was born in Scotland[4] while others state she was born in London, England.[5]

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