Venetia Scott | |
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| Born | Venetia Lucy Scott 25 June 1963 UK |
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| Years active | 1984－present |
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| Partner(s) | Juergen Teller (1990－2003) |
| Children | 1 (Lola Teller) |
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| Family | Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family |
Venetia Scott (born 25 June 1963) is a British photographer, fashion stylist and author. She is contributing Fashion Director at British Vogue .
Scott was born on 25 June 1963 in Tidworth, the youngest child of Lt.-Col. John Jervoise Fitzgerald Scott and Susan Fiennes. As her father was a military attaché she lived her young life in Germany, France, Iran and the UK. Aged seven, Scott was sent to Leaden Hall School in Salisbury, England as a boarder. She later attended St Mary's School, Calne in Wiltshire from 11 to 17. [1]
Scott joined British Vogue in 1984 as the personal assistant to Beatrix Miller and later became fashion assistant to Grace Coddington. [2]
In 1987 she went freelance as a stylist/art director and worked with fashion photographers including Juergen Teller, [3] [4] Corrine Day, [4] David Sims, [5] Glen Luchford, [6] Helmut Newton, [4] Mario Sorrenti, [4] Inez and Vinoodh [7] [8] and Alasdair McLellan [9]
In the early 1990's, Scott’s collaboration with Juergen Teller became synonymous with the British grunge scene. [10] She was credited for steering Teller into the style that remains his sometimes controversial signature. [11] [12] [13]
From 1997 Scott started working closely with Marc Jacobs and was appointed Creative Director of Marc Jacobs in 2001, heading the Marc by Marc Jacobs line from its launch. [3]
In 2005 Scott started taking photographs. She has shot campaigns for Margaret Howell, [14] A.P.C., [14] Moschino, [14] M Missoni, [15] Valentino RED, [16] Fendi, [17] and Agent Provocateur. [18]
She has contributed to British Vogue, [19] [20] [21] [22] Vogue Italia, [20] [11] Vogue France, [23] Vogue China, [24] AnOther, [20] [11] Self Service, [20] i-D, [20] The Face, [20] W, [11] [25] Dazed & Confused, [26] Purple, [27] Interview, [28] [29] POP, Arena, [20] Arena Homme +, [30] Nova [20] and Document Journal. [31]
Her portraits include Barry Keoghan, [19] [32] Rosamund Pike, [19] Cate Blanchett, [33] Kate Moss, [26] [34] [35] Isabelle Huppert, [36] Marina Abramović, [37] Willem Dafoe, [37] Elle Fanning, [38] Nicholas Hoult, [39] Liv Tyler, [40] Dua Lipa, [41] Bella Hadid, [42] Jacob Elordi, [19] Richard E. Grant, [19] Archie Madekwe, [19] Alison Oliver, [19] Thomas Brodie-Sangster [43] and George MacKay. [43]
In 2017, Scott was appointed as Fashion Director of British Vogue under editor-in-chief Edward Enninful. [44] She returned to freelance work in 2020 while remaining as contributing fashion director for British Vogue. [45]
Scott is the author of Fragile Face Lay Flat. Cropping into photographs taken from a 12 year archive of fashion editorials and campaigns so that only the faces of the models remained. (Mast Books), published by Sion and Moore. [46] [47]
Other publications containing sections for Venetia Scott include:
Scott has one daughter with Juergen Teller; Lola Teller was born in August 1997. [53] Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family