Saturday, February 26, 2011

Comeback Kid

British Vogue - December 2010
Photographer - Robin Derrick

British model Jourdan Dunn has made a stunning comeback at the Fall/Winter 2011 shows blazing a trail which included runway appearances for Calvin Klein, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, Derek Lam, Rodarte, Altuzarra, Proenza Schouler, Michael Kors, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Reed Krakoff, Burberry Prorsum, Aquascutum, Jaeger London, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Tom Ford, Giles and Gucci. 

Michael Kors F/W 2011
Photographer - Yannis Vlamos

Alexander Wang F/W 2011
Photographer - Yannis Vlamos

Calvin Kein F/W 2011
Photographer - Marcus Tondo

Gucci F/W 2011
Photographer - Monica Feudi

Burberry F/W 2011
Photographer - Yannis Vlamos
All runway images courtesy of style.com

Dunn's return to modelling since giving birth to her son Riley in December 2009, has been somewhat gradual until now. Dunn was recently photographed by Emma Summerton for the February issue of Vogue Italia and has editorial appearances in the March editions of US Vogue and British Vogue, lensed respectively by Mario Testino and Norman Jean Roy. Designer Christopher Bailey recently selected Dunn to be the face for Burberry Prorsum's Spring/Summer 2011 campaign shot by Mario Testino alongside model Sacha M'Baye. The momentum for 2011 is already in overdrive with Dunn also scoring her first cosmetics campaign for Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Eclat Spring 2011, photographed by Terry Richardson.

Arlenis Sosa, John Legend & Jourdan Dunn
US Vogue - March 2011
Photographer - Norman Jean Roy

Vogue Italia - February 2011
Photographer - Emma Summerton

British Vogue - March 2011
Photographer - Mario Testino

At only twenty years of age, Dunn has an incredible future ahead of her. Since her return to modelling, Dunn appears to exude a soulful worldliness and an air of sophistication which may stem perhaps from the experience of motherhood and her hiatus from modelling. Dunn clearly has support from the top of the modelling industry with casting agent James Scully describing Dunn as "a total star" and Women Direct agent Duncan Ord listing Dunn as one of his all top ten all-time favourite models.

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat Spring 2011
Photographer - Terry Richardson

Jourdan Dunn & Sacha M'Baye
Burberry London S/S 2011
Photographer - Mario Testino