May 2May 2 L'Wren Scott (April 28, 1964 – March 17, 2014; real name Laura "Luann" Bambrough) was an American model, fashion designer, and stylist.Scott was named Laura Bambrough by her Mormon adoptive parents, who raised her in Roy, Utah, with two siblings, also adoptees. Laura was soon nicknamed "Luann". Known for her tall frame, she had already reached 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) in height by age 12, and eventually grew to 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m). Because of her height, she had to sew her own clothes. She learned clothing construction and fabric quality starting at age 12. Comp cards 1986L'Wren Scott's career moved from model, stylist, to fashion designer. There are two versions of how she got her start.The first has her being spotted at age 16 by photographer Bruce Weber when he came to Utah on a photo shoot. He advised her to go to Paris. It is said that a year later she flew to Europe on a one-way ticket, after telling her parents she was going to New York. According to the other version, Scott moved to Los Angeles one and a half years after graduating from high school, where she was spotted by a scout with agency ties in Paris and began calling herself "L'Wren".Working with Paris-based agencies, Glamour, and Marilyn Gauthier, she went on to work for Thierry Mugler, Chanel, and Helmut Newton, and modeled for photographers such as Guy Bourdin, David Bailey, and Jean-Paul Goude. Her first commercial success was as the legs on a clock for Pretty Polly hosiery ads, with photographs by Bailey.L'Wren in the Pretty Polly adScott moved to California in the early 1990s and established herself as a stylist, initially in collaboration with photographer Herb Ritts, and later with Helmut Newton, Karl Lagerfeld and Mario Sorrenti. One of her early assignments was an ad campaign for Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds, eventually the world's top-selling celebrity fragrance.In 2006, Scott launched her first collection as a designer.After a long period of depression, L'Wren Scott was found dead by her assistant at her apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on March 17, 2014. Comp cards 1987sources: modelscomposites.com; Wikipedia
May 2May 2 Author Fendi 365 adsScanned by @missparker7 from GRAZIA Italy 27. September 1987 #2431 & GRAZIA Italy 4. October 1987 #2432
May 2May 2 Author Vogue US May 2012"Parisian Perch"Photographer: François HalardSittings Editor: Hamish BowlesHair: Frédéric BaratMakeup: Sandrine CanoOriginally posted by @Vogue Girl
May 2May 2 Author Vogue US April 2009"Stretch and Glide"Photographer: Annie LeibovitzSittings Editor: Phyllis PosnickHair: Marc LopezMakeup: Val GarlandOriginally posted by @Vogue Girl
May 2May 2 Author L'Wren with Linda EvangelistaOriginally posted by @tito You can see how tall she was, even compared to a supermodel levangelista.net
May 2May 2 @danny-19 Nice thread! Thank you! ❤️Can't remember her without sadness.Such a strange life trajectory...
May 2May 2 Author 3 minutes ago, parisienne said:@danny-19Nice thread! Thank you! ❤️Can't remember her without sadness.Such a strange life trajectory...Absolutely.She was a gorgeous woman, a fantastic model, a very talented person and, it seems, a nice human being as well. It’s heartbreaking to know how tragically her life ended.Thierry Mugler F/W 1989
May 2May 2 Author petra Germany June 1988 by Steven Silverstein with Lori Chase & Jennifer Gingrich"DER GROSSE KNALL"Scanned by @missparker7
May 2May 2 Author Vogue Italia November 1987"Tutto corto dal persiano allo zibellino / Pelliccia e il brivido delle gambe nude" with Jennifer SounessPhotographer: Gian Paolo Barbieri archivio.vogue.it via justaguy @ tFS
May 2May 2 Author Vogue Italia December 1987"Classico orologio maschile: e' la sua ora"Photographer: Gian Paolo Barbieri archivio.vogue.it via justaguy @ tFS
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