Sophie Dahl

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Attending the 2005 Costume Institute Gala Celebrating Chanel

 

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From style.com

 

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[irmelle]

think how awful she must have felt on the runway when she was so curvy...compared to the sticks around her...she must have felt like people were making a joke of her.

 

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In NYC with her boyfried Daniel Baker:

 

[Nader]

i think she looks so much better when she shows teeth when she smiles

 

[mimi_belle]

Wow - she looks amazing as a redhead!!!

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[elysee]

Absolutely love her face! So unique!

Here are some fabulous shots courtesy by Ilan Rubin Photography from the Art Department (www.art-dept.com), originally shot for NYLON magazine.

-E

 

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Pics from UK Vogue:

 

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random pic from UK Vogue:

 

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Hello magazine profile:

"I don't think I could be a wallflower with a body like this," said a 21-year-old Sophie Dahl in 2000, referring to her outgoing nature and her six foot, size 14 figure. The British model was credited with helping to bring back the curves into Nineties fashion, mesmerising designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Jean-Paul Gaultier with her voluptuous Fifties look.
Born on September 15, 1979, Sophie is the granddaughter of legendary British author Roald Dahl, and was the inspiration for the character of Sophie, the Big Friendly Giant's helpmate in his book The BFG. A bohemian childhood – she was constantly moved between her parents' home in LA and her boarding school in the English countryside – and an unstable lifestyle led to bouts of teenage depression and anorexia.

Sophie always imagined that she would end up writing like her grandfather - she released her first book, The Man With The Dancing Eyes, in 2003 - or following in the footsteps of her father, the actor Julian Holloway, pursuing a career in cinema. But one night in 1996, after rowing with her mother, Sophie was spotted by Vogue stylist Isabella Blow, crying her eyes out in a London street. Within weeks, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Sophie was signed to Storm, one of London's hottest model agencies.

But Sophie's arrival on the fashion scene wasn't quite as spectacular as her figure. Stylists and photographers complained they couldn't find clothes to fit her, and on her first shoot for Vogue, Sophie's beautiful Gianfranco Ferré outfits were all held together by pins. In fact, many photographers, like Herb Ritts for the 1999 Pirelli calendar, have opted to capture Sophie's curves au naturel.

These days, she seeks stability in her private life and tries to avoid the unhealthier temptations of the fashion industry. She is rarely out of the gossip columns, however, and trysts with aging rock star Mick Jagger have made headlines and brought about the end of her three-year relationship with 45-year-old film director Griffin Dunne. In 2002, Sophie was spotted stepping out with a new beau, up-and-coming New York artist Jonathan Cramer, and she was later linked to Cold Mountain actor Charlie Hunnam and American business student Dan Baker.

Her 2000 appearance in an advert for Opium, wearing nothing more than a string of pearls and a pair of high-heeled shoes, caused a sensation in the British press and complaints from some quarters. "I think the photograph is beautiful...it was seen as being anti-women, when in fact I think it is very empowering to women," said the sensual blonde. And though she's since lost some of her famous curves, perhaps Sophie should be celebrated for precisely that: putting a dent in the super-waif craze and bringing realistic proportions back to fashion.

 

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Random pics from Hello magazine:

 

[centrestage88]

i liked her best when she was neither thin nor fat.
She's still pretty now...but kinda boring.....nothing outstanding

 

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Attending Matthew Williamson S/S 2006 RTW show

style.com

 

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Sophie Dahl attends the Matthew Williamson Spring 2006 collection, held in Industria, Tuesday, September, 13, 2005 in New York