Alexander McQueen, Michael Kors, Chanel, Jacquemus, Valentino… All the fashion houses covet her. At 28, Jill Kortleve is shaking up fashion show standards. Since the start of the week, she has continued to seduce couture with her size 40 silhouette, incidentally the size most worn by French women (according to the French Institute of Fashion). We saw her on the catwalks of Chanel and Valentino shows. The latter has also decided to celebrate all ages, all body types with a collection called
Anatomy of Couture
.
In short, a big step for the Haute Couture sphere, which had barely touched on “plus size” fashion until now. As for Jill Kortleve, she has become the
body positive figure
many brands.
Advertising campaigns, parades, magazine covers or simply on her Instagram account, she reveals her shapes and asserts herself in the face of the diktats of fashion.
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"Muses rather than measurement"
Born in 1993 in the Netherlands, the young woman of Dutch, Surinamese, Indonesian and Indian origin joined the agency The Movement Models, created by her best friend.
The company then defends values that it likes, seeking to further upset the codes of modeling: "Health rather than form, Potential rather than pigmentation, identity rather than sex, muses rather than measure, 'equality rather than diversity'.
His first contracts began with advertising campaigns for Nike, Zara, Fenty Beauty and H&M.
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
Alexis Ruby for Mark Cross.
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These models who move the lines
Alexis Ruby.
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These models who move the lines
Ashley Graham for Michael Kors.
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These models who move the lines
Ashley Graham.
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These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
These models who move the lines
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It was then quickly spotted by the major fashion houses.
Alexander McQueen then offers him his first show during Fashion Week fall-winter 2019-2020 in Paris.
The following year, she was asked by Chanel and took her first steps to represent Virginie Viard's label for the spring-summer 2021 collection. Success was immediate and she made the cover of
Vogue
Russia, Spain and even Hong Kong.
A model, therefore, and a model.
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