Jen Dawson
Encyclopedia
Jen Dawson is a British model from Sheffield
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agency Bookings and subsequently worked for photographers Steven Meisel
and David LaChapelle
(she was the front cover model for his controversial celebrity book "Hotel LaChapelle"), and for top fashion houses Givenchy
and Marc Jacobs
. Dawson has also been the face of several campaigns for major brands, including Fred Perry
and Moschino
.
Dawson is signed to top London Agency Premier Model Management
and has recently done TV advertising campaigns for Samsung
and Body Shop
(for their fragrance "Love ETC"). She also has a video Blog JenTV http://www.jentv.co.uk/Welcome.html its sort of a sneaky look into the life of a successful model, and all the crazy things she gets up to.
Dawson caused a media stir in February 2008 when, for lingerie brand Agent Provocateur
, she posed naked in the window of the London department store Selfridges
for the launch of their new perfume Strip. She also starred in the short film "Lady Behave", directed by John Malkovich
, in which she plays one of a bunch of bad girls who join a ladies school of etiquette.
on 11 June 2008 and they live in London.
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
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Career
Dawson was discovered in Sheffield by LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
agency Bookings and subsequently worked for photographers Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book Sex...
and David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique, sexualized, and often humorous style.-Early life:...
(she was the front cover model for his controversial celebrity book "Hotel LaChapelle"), and for top fashion houses Givenchy
Givenchy
Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...
and Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...
. Dawson has also been the face of several campaigns for major brands, including Fred Perry
Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row...
and Moschino
Moschino
Moschino is an Italian fashion design house and manufacturer of women's, men's and children's fashion.-History:The brand was originally created in 1983 by the late Franco Moschino...
.
Dawson is signed to top London Agency Premier Model Management
Premier Model Management
Premier Model Management is one of the world's leading model agencies, founded in 1981 by former model Carole White and her brother Chris Owen....
and has recently done TV advertising campaigns for Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
and Body Shop
Body shop
Body shopping is the practice of consultancy firms recruiting information technology workers in order to contract their services out on short-term bases...
(for their fragrance "Love ETC"). She also has a video Blog JenTV http://www.jentv.co.uk/Welcome.html its sort of a sneaky look into the life of a successful model, and all the crazy things she gets up to.
Dawson caused a media stir in February 2008 when, for lingerie brand Agent Provocateur
Agent Provocateur (lingerie)
Agent Provocateur is a British lingerie retailer founded in 1994 by Joseph Corré and Serena Rees. The first shop was opened on London's Broadwick Street in the Soho district in 1994. Since then, the company has opened 30 stores in 13 countries across the globe. In 2007, Agent Provocateur was...
, she posed naked in the window of the London department store Selfridges
Selfridges
Selfridges, AKA Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK and was opened on 15 March 1909.More recently, three other stores have been...
for the launch of their new perfume Strip. She also starred in the short film "Lady Behave", directed by John Malkovich
John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...
, in which she plays one of a bunch of bad girls who join a ladies school of etiquette.
Personal
Dawson was born to Martin and Pamela Dawson; she has an older brother called Robert. She married British musician Virgil HoweVirgil Howe
-Biography:Virgil is the second son of guitarist Steve Howe . Alongside his brother, drummer Dylan Howe, he has played keyboards for a number of his father's projects, including the Steve Howe solo albums The Grand Scheme of Things and Spectrum , as well as in Steve Howe's Remedy...
on 11 June 2008 and they live in London.