Lily Aldridge

Birth Name: Lily Maud Aldridge

Born: November, 15 1985, Santa Monica, California, USA

Height: 5′ 7¾” (1.72 m)

Hair color Brown

Eye color Brown

Manager IMG Models (Worldwide), Iconic Management (Hamburg), Stockholmsgruppen (Stockholm)

Trademarks: Olive skin Brunette hair Gap teeth High cheekbones Her smile

California native Lily Aldridge comes from a family of fashion royalty and celebrated professionals. Starting with her mother a former Playboy Bunny and Playmate Laura Lyons. Her father is a well known English illustrator Alan Aldridge. Her brother is a fashion photographer and her two sisters are of course in the modeling business as well. Lily is represented by IMG Model.

She started modelling at the age of 16, for Abercrombie & Fitch. Since then she has never looked back. She has been photographed by the world’s top photographers, including Patrick Demarchelier, Bruce Weber, Terry Richardson, Walter Chin, and Matt Jones. The Anglo-American beauty has also had the great fortune of shooting with Ben Watts, Angelo Pennetta, Russell James, Tom Munro, Regan Cameron, Boo George, and Cliff Watts. The list goes on and on. Her vast inventory of iconic covers she has graced include. Vogue Mexico, Spain, Elle Brazil, Glamour France, and many many more. You can see a partial list at Models.com. Among the many covers she has graced she was on the cover of the 50th Anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Which was photographed by James Macari.

Lily Aldridge first walked the runway for Victorias Secret in 2009 and earned her wings as a Victoria Secret’s Angel in 2009. She also walked the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 fashion shows. On December 2015 She wore the “Fireworks Fantasy Bra, made by Mouawad, valued at $2 million dollars.

Lily Aldridge has also been the face for many advertising campaigns such as, Salvatore Ferragamo, Saks Fifth Avenue, J Brand, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Alberta Ferretti, Anthropologie, Levi’s, Banana Republic, and XOXO; Aldridge’s beauty partnerships include Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Smashbox Cosmetics, and Herbal Essences.

Clothing Line

She is the face of fashion label Velvet Tees based out of California, since 2004. Aldridge released her own clothing line with Velvet Tees called Lily Aldridge for Velvet.

Family

Lily Married Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon on May 12, 2011. They have a daughter, Dixie Followill, born on June 21, 2012.

Humanitarian

According to Lily Aldridge facebook profile “Off duty, Aldridge is a cultural omnivore, and divides her time between New York City and Nashville, Tennessee. She enjoys traveling internationally (Sydney, Australia is her favorite destination), and attending film festivals, museums and galleries, and rock concerts with her husband, Kings of Leon lead vocalist, Caleb Followill

Aldridge is a generous philanthropist actively involved with St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and Baby Buggy, an organization dedicated to providing essential resources to families in need. Additionally, she partnered with Vogue and Demarchelier for the official Born Free Africa campaign, an initiative aimed at ending mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015.”