Yasmin Le Bon Biography

Yasmin Le Bon
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Yasmin Le Bon
Birth name Yasmin Parvaneh
Date of birth October 29, 1964 (1964-10-29) (age 45)
Place of birth Oxford, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair colour Dark brown
Eye colour Brown
Measurements 86.5-66-93 (EU); 34-26-36½ (US)
Dress size 38 (EU); 8 (US)
Shoe size 40 (EU); 8 (US)
Spouse(s) Simon Le Bon (1985 - present)

Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh; born 29 October 1964, in Oxford, England) is a British Iranian fashion model.1 She was born to an Iranian father, Iraj A. A. Parvaneh, and an English mother. Yasmin Le Bon is currently represented by Elite+ in New York City and Models 1 in London.2 She is a vegetarian.3

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Biography

In 1981, the young Yasmin was discovered by a local modeling agency while working a part-time sales job in a boutique.

In mid 1984, Yasmin Parvaneh met Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran. The couple married on 27 December 1985.

Yasmin Le Bon took a brief hiatus from modeling in 1986 to recover from a miscarriage.citation needed Soon she returned to the business and in April 1987 was hired by GUESS? for a key advertising campaign.4 In the late 1980s She appeared on the cover of the first American and British issues of Elle. She has also been on the covers of Vogue, V, I.D., Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and many others.

Le Bon eventually gave birth to a daughter, Amber Rose, in August 1989. She was back on the catwalks within weeks.5 In September 1991, Le Bon had her second daughter, Saffron Sahara, and then, in 1994, had her third, Talullah Pine. In the spring of 2001, Le Bon, a 36-year-old mother of three, modeled bikinis for Marks & Spencer. In 2003, she signed an exclusive deal with designer Matthew Williamson and his sponsor, Ariel Essential.

As a model, Le Bon has represented Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bergdorf Goodman, Biotherm, Bloomingdale's, Bonwit Teller, Calvin Klein,Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clairol, Escada, Filene's, Frasercard and Gianfranco Ferré, amongst others.2

On July 1 2009 she suffered a Wardrobe malfunction: Yasmin Le Bon was left red faced after her dress was blown open as she arrived for the Ark Charity Dinner in London.6

Fashion Designer

In September 2009, Yasmin Le Bon will partnering with Wallis to design her first women's clothing and jewellery collection called YLB.

References

  1. ^ Fair play to Yasmin the supermodel
  2. ^ a b Yasmin Le Bon profile Fashion Model Directory. retrieved 09 February 2008
  3. ^ http://www.famousveggie.com/biodetail.cfm?&PEOPLEID=205
  4. ^ Yahoo! model profile: Yasmin Le Bon
  5. ^ Yasmin Le Bon biography | YasminLeBon.net
  6. ^ Liz Thomas (2 July 2009). "Yasmin Le Bon's modesty gone with the wind as she suffers embarrassing fashion faux pas". MailOnline. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1191072/Yasmin-Le-Bons-modesty-gone-wind-suffers-embarrassing-fashion-faux-pas.html. Retrieved 30 August 2009. 

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