Fuel For Rebel: Model Of The Week : Edita Vilkeviciute

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Model Of The Week : Edita Vilkeviciute

Edita Vilkeviciute is a Lithuanian model. She is the current face of Karl Lagerfeld, GAP in Japan, Dior Beauty and Emporio Armani, Etro, Rag & Bone and Calvin Klein.

Born : Edita Vilkevičiūtė
           January 1, 1989 (age 23)
           Kaunas, Lithuania
Height : 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color : Light Brown
Eye color : Blue/Green
Measurements : 31.5-23.5-34.5 (US)(80-60-88)
Dress size : 4 (US)
Manager : Traffic Models Barcelona
                  Viva Models
                  Why Not Model Agency
                  DNA Model Management

After her discovery, she signed to Women Management in Milan, and later, VIVA in Paris in 2006. Her runway debut was at Just Cavalli for the spring/summer 2007 shows. She later walked for Paul Smith, Preen, and Marios Schwab in London. She made a comeback after not participating in fashion weeks at Milan and New York at the spring/summer 2008 Paris fashion week, walking for Balenciaga, Chanel, Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, and Louis Vuitton. In late 2008, she participated in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008, in the PINK section. During the Spring/Summer 2009 season she walked over 35 runways for some of the world's top designers, such as Shiatzy Chen, Chanel, Stella McCartney, Givenchy, Zac Posen, and Dolce & Gabbana then she participated again in Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2009 in two sections "All Aboard" and "Enchanted Forest". She also participed in the Victoria's Secret Fashion 2010 in the segments "Country Girls" (where she wore 'Angel' wings for the first time) as well as "PINK Planet". She missed the 2011 show in favor of walking the "Versace for H&M" show.

She is the current face of Karl Lagerfeld, GAP in Japan, Dior Beauty and Emporio Armani.In the autumn/winter 2008 campaigns, Vilkevičiūtė replaced Hilary Rhoda as the face of clothing line Etro. She also did a campaign for Louis Vuitton's Mon Monogram range of personalised leather goods.Took her own self-portrait for the new Rag & Bone Do-It-Yourself ad campaign spring 2011 along with models Sasha Pivovarova, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Candice Swanepoel, Karolina Kurkova and Lily Aldridge. As of 2012 she is the model for Calvin Klein's new fragrance Eternity Aqua for her.

Let's see her work:

Vogue:

On the catwalk:

Some of her campaigns:

Who says a high fashion model can't be sexy? Edita Vilkeviciute handles both sides of the market with ease and grace, vamping it up as she flanks Tom Cruise on the cover of W one minute, then adding classic elegance to Calvin Klein's fragrance ads the next - best of both worlds!

As one of the busiest models in the industry, Edita Vilkeviciute's pristine face can be found within the pages of every fashion glossy worth mentioning. The Lithuanian beauty's popularity with a diverse range of clients and her unforgettable face, set her apart from the crowd.

What do you think about Edita?