Birth name
Laura Hollins
Date of birth
16 February 1983 (1983-02-16) (age 26)
Place of birth
Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair colour
Blonde
Eye colour
Blue
Measurements
(US) 32-24-34 ; (EU) 81-61-86
Dress size
(US) 4 ; (US) 34
Shoe size
(US) 9 ; (EU) 40
Trivia
Is a member of a band named "Lucky Knitwear".
The Face & Figure of fashion giants Burberry, Giorgio Armani and Galliano, she even has a handbag/purse named after her - Mulberry's Putty-colored Agyness bag. [2008]
Voted British Fashion Council Model of the Year. [2007]
Became an overnight supermodel when she landed on the November 2006 cover of Italian "Vogue" magazine, a striking portrait photographed by Steven Meisel.
Discovered browsing in London's Kentish Town district.
On 19th February 2008 appeared on the cover of the TIME magazine Style & Design issue.
Is the professional muse of designer Christopher Bailey of Burberry Prorsum label.
Is employed by the agencies DNA, Viva and Why Not.
Has over taken Kate Moss as the most glamorous face of fashion since 2007.
Biograpy
"Agyness Deyn" (born "Laura Hollins" on 16 February, 1983) is an English model. Deyn is hailed as 'the fashion industry's next great supermodel' and an 'ambassador of British youth culture.'
Deyn is from Failsworth in Greater Manchester. The daughter of a nurse, Lorraine, and second of three children she attended All Saints RC High School , as well as Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School and Sixth Form in Waterfoot, Rossendale. Deyn has a younger sister, Emily and an older brother Greg.
Deyn's name was apparently coined after she consulted her mother's friend, a numerology expert who advised her of the most 'fortuitous' way to spell the name 'Agnes'. It was reported that her mother Lorraine and sister Emily have both changed their surname to Deyn, while Lorraine has changed the I in her first name to Y.
Deyn's working life started serving part-time aged 13, at a fish and chip shop in Ramsbottom. Even at an early age she had an eye for style and by 17 she had already had her head shaved. 'I've had short hair since I was 13, and when I was 17, I had a skinhead.? In 1999, she won the Rossendale Free Press 'Face of '99' competition, aged just 16. She then moved to London, working in a fast-food restaurant during the day and a bar at night but admits: 'It didn't quite work.? During this time she says she was also at college in Hull, studying drama and music. She was signed up by Models 1 when she visited the agency. |
