Karen Elson

Karen Elson is a signal models Britannique born the January 14th 1979 with Bolton, England. It is also singer.

Career like mannequin

The physical characteristics of Karen Elson are its hair russet-red and its eyebrows, which it already shaved with the suggestion of the Photographe of mode Steven Meisel. Elson was model for Marc Jacobs (which made it ravel when it was pregnant), Chanel and Roberto Cavalli. It appeared in the international campaigns of Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

In 2002, the mannequin has admitted to be compulsive eater for four years.

In 2005, it was preferred with his/her colleagues Lily Donaldson and Danny Beauchand like better model signal with the British Fashion Awards.

Musical career

Karen Elson performe with a troop of cabaret of New York, The Citizen' S Band. The collective, critiquement acclaimed, often offers resumptions of the Velvet Underground and Leonard Cohen. The voice of Karen Elson sometimes was compared with that Hope Sandoval of the group Mazzy Star.

Karen Elson also lent its voice to several musical works, in particular " Last Time I Saw Her" of Robert Plant.

In 2006, Elson sang in duet with Cat Power the part " I Coil You (Me Either) " , a taken again of " I love you… me either " of Serge Gainsbourg, for the album homage Mr Gainsbourg Revisited .

Personal life

Karen Elson already attended the ex- Guitariste of the Smashing Pumpkins, James Iha.

July 1st 2005, with the Brazil, Karen Elson married the American musician Jack White, singer and guitarist of the White Stripes and The Raconteurs. The first child of the couple, a fore-mentioned girl Scarlett Teresa, was born the May 2nd 2006 in the Tennessee. Elson and White had met during the turning of the Vidéo clip of the song " Blue Orchid" of White Stripes.

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