Laura Emily Bailey (born 6 August 1972) is an English model and photographer. She has modelled for brands such as

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, L'Oreal,

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, Jaeger, and

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, among others.

Early life and education

Bailey was born in

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on 6 August 1972. She went to Wheatley Park School, and was called Laura Birks then attended the

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Career

Bailey's most notable campaigns include

jeans, L'Oreal,

, Jaeger,

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, Ray-Ban, Oetker Collection hotel, Bodas,

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and Solange Azagury-Partridge. Bailey is the brand ambassador for the House of Chanel. As a photographer her work has been published in ''Vogue, Violet Book, FT How To Spend It'' and more, alongside personal portrait and documentary projects. Bailey has also produced and starred in a number of short films for fashion labels including

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, Trager Delaney, and Shrimps. In 2020 Bailey, in partnership with stylist Cathy Kasterine, collaborated with British menswear brand,

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to create a collection of shirts and nightwear for women under the Bailey x Budd label.

Other activities

Bailey also works as a writer and has written on travel and style for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'', the FT, ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has been a contributing editor at British ''Vogue''. In 2010, along with a host of other celebrities, she was photographed by celebrity photographer Cambridge Jones for an exhibition opened by then Mayor of London

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, intended to encourage people to participate in his

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project. She is a cultural ambassador for the

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and an ambassador for

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Laura Alumni of the University of Southampton English female models Living people Models from London 1972 births Models from Oxford