VITAL STATS
AGE: 31
NATIONALITY: French
RÉSUMÉ: Began modeling aged 23; was cast exclusively in Balenciaga’s SS11 show. Starred as Yves Saint Laurent’s muse, Betty Catroux, in the 2014 biopic Saint Laurent
Instagram: @aymelinevalade
IF I COULD TELL YOU ONE THING... I would say be inspired
but don’t follow. Pick up what you like from people, but be yourself and do your own thing because
you don’t have to be a certain person to be loved.
HOME IS… Where your friends are, where your people are. It’s not the location; wherever you are, if you are with the right people, you are in the right place.
GROWING UP… My dad was in the military and we moved around a lot. I still do – once you’ve started, you can’t stop. Right now, I live between Paris and New York.
MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX IS… Lying on the grass, looking at the trees and the sun, being beside my friends and doing nothing.
MY WORKOUT ROUTINE IS… Stretch classes and yoga. I did classic dance, modern and cabaret from the ages of 2 to 22 and I want to start again – my soul misses it. My yoga class is very relaxed; it’s full of great older women and we all talk to each other.
THE BEST THING ABOUT MY JOB IS… Traveling. A lot of people are grounded by their job but I get to move. And I get to see the insides of an industry people dream about.