02 April 2009

Eva Riccobono, b 1983, Italy






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  1. Riccobono was born in 1983 in Palermo, the largest city in Sicily. Her parents are Sicilians of primarily Norman ancestry. She has 3 older sisters and a brother who died when she was 4.

    When she was only 17, the Italian magazine Corriere della Sera named her "the new Laetitia Casta" because of facial similarities with Casta.

    Friends of hers include fellow models Mariacarla Boscono, Bianca Balti, Natalia Vodianova, Julia Stegner, Andreea Stancu, Jeisa Chiminazzo, and Beatrice Borromeo.

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  2. After a tv-show hosted with Fiorello in 2002 and 2003 Riccobono signs an exclusive with Dolce & Gabbana for ads and catwalks.

    Eva Riccobono has worked with photographers like Mario Testino, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Marco Glaviano (to name a small number) and she has appeared on the cover of magazines like Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, L'Officiel, GQ, Playboy, Bmm, Amica, Twill, Rouge, Tush and many more.

    She has appeared in international adv campaigns for Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Celine, Gianfranco Ferrè, Hermès, Christian Dior, Sonia Rykiel, Missoni, La Perla, Trussardi, Alberta Ferretti, Cartier, Francesco Scognamiglio, Carlo Pignatelli, Fuzzi, Exte, L'Orèal StudioLine, Leo Cut Diamond, Audi, Gilli...

    She has also walked in houndreds of fashion shows between New York, London, Milan and Paris. She has walked for the likes of: Fendi, Chanel, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Blumarine, Oscar de la Renta, Zac Posen, Paco Rabanne, Paul Smith, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Moschino, Emilio Pucci, Christian Dior, Rocco Barocco, Gai Mattiolo, Gianfranco Ferrè, Giorgio Armani, Lanvin, Kenzo, Givenchy, Guy Laroche, Dries Van Noten, Chloè, Guy Laroche, Girbaud, Sarli, Balmain, Elie Saab, Vivienne Westwood, Ermanno Scervino, Frankie Morello, Emanuel Ungaro, Giambattista Valli, Christian Lacroix, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Prada, Gucci, Hermès, Jean Paul Gaultier, Costume National, Karl Lagerfeld, Krizia, Missoni, John Galliano, Dsquared2, Rosa Cha, Salvatore Ferragamo, John Richmond and many others.

    Eva has appeared in the: "2003 Pirelli Calendar" by Bruce Weber and in the "2009 Lavazza Calendar" by Annie Leibovitz.

    In 2008 she was "Blanche Duvall" in the italian movie: "Grande, Grosso e Verdone" by Carlo Verdone.

    Eva Riccobono was the favourite supermodel of Gianfranco Ferrè and she's close friend with designers Giorgio Armani, Giambattista Valli, Francesco Scognamiglio, Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli and Vivienne Westwood.
    She's slso in friendship with Margherita Missoni, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Emina Cunmulaj, Asia Argento, Lucilla Bonaccorsi.
    Now (2009) she's in love with sound designer Matteo Ceccarini.

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  3. In her career as international supermodels Eva Riccobono has walked also for maison like: Alexander McQueen, Hugo Boss, Bottega Veneta, Alberta Ferretti, Cerruti, Matthew Williamson, Alexander Wang, Borbonese, Etro, Iceberg, Antonio Berardi, Perry Ellis, Lacoste, Cacharel, Ralph Lauren, TSE, Calvin Klein, Trend Les Copains, Carolina Herrera, Catherine Malandrino, Max Mara, Mariella Burani, Guerriero, Balizza, Roland Mouret, Emporio Armani, Zuhair Murad, Andrew Gn, Leonard, Atsuro Tayama, Junya Watanabe, Antonio Marras, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Simonetta Ravizza, Diesel and a lot of other fashion designers.

    Riccobono ads listing includes also: Lancetti, Argentovivo, Alviero Martini, Valery Blu, Love Sex Money, Hybris, Kiton, Alberto Biani, Anteprima, Lee, Stefanel, Tim, Toni Gard, Fausto Sarli Couture, High Life Tv, Jaeger Le Coultre and many other brands.

    In 2002 she has also appeared in the L'Orèal Calendar by Aldo Coppola.

    Mariacarla Boscono, Bianca Balti and Eva Riccobono are the crop of the new italian supermodels generation after Carla Bruni and Monica Bellucci in the 90's.
    The three girls are friends and high payed for their appeareance on covers, editorials, adv campaigns and runway shows.

    Riccobono commands 15.000$ per runway show and she is represented by Women Model Management, Storm Models, MuseNyc, Mega Models Miami...

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