Ola Rudnicka

Ola Rudnicka
Rudnicka walking the runway for Ralph Lauren, 2015
Born
Aleksandra Rudnicka

(1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30)
Warsaw, Poland[2]
Modeling information
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Hair colorPlatinum blonde
Eye colorBlue
Agency
  • View Management (Barcelona)
  • Seeds Management (Berlin)
  • Unique Models (Copenhagen)
  • Model Management (Hamburg)
  • Next Management (Los Angeles, Paris, Milan)
  • MIKAs (Stockholm)
  • Donna Models (Tokyo)
  • METRO Models (Zürich)
  • Models Plus (Warsaw) (mother agency)[1]

Aleksandra "Ola" Rudnicka (born 10 October 1994) is a Polish fashion model based in Paris, France. She is known as a muse for Chanel.

Career

Rudnicka walking for Lacoste in 2020

Rudnicka was discovered in Warsaw at the age of 15 at a Zara store,[3] and she started her career after moving to Paris to rejoin her mother and attend university.[4] Rudnicka debuted as a Prada exclusive (both on the runway and in the campaign with an ensemble cast);[5] after doing so, she became one of the "Top 50" models on models.com.[6] In 2014, she appeared in a Vogue editorial which paid homage to a 1948 photo by Cecil Beaton.[7] According to Vogue Poland and Vogue France, she has appeared in every Chanel show since 2014.[8][4] She is the face of the 2022 pre-collection.[9] Directed by Sofia and Roman Coppola, she appeared alongside models including Gigi Hadid, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke, Anna Ewers, Vittoria Ceretti, and Mona Tougaard in a short film for Chanel dedicated to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.[10]

Rudnicka has walked the runway for 3.1 Phillip Lim, Dolce & Gabbana,[3] Victoria Beckham, Chloé, Dior, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Diane von Fürstenberg and others.

References

  1. ^ "Ola Rudnicka - Model". models.com.
  2. ^ Borgna, Marilena. "Ola Rudnicka". Vogue Italia.
  3. ^ a b "Jak odkryto znane modelki". Vogue Poland (in Polish).
  4. ^ a b Salessy, Héloïse; Martin, Isabella (13 July 2021). "How to become a model? This Chanel muse shares her advice for making it in the industry". Vogue France. Condé Nast.
  5. ^ "Prada: the new campaign". Vogue Italia. EDIZIONI CONDÉ NAST. 27 January 2014.
  6. ^ Stansfield, Ted (27 September 2015). "The Prada faces you're about to see a lot more of". Dazed.
  7. ^ "Amazing Grace: the genius eye of Vogue's Grace Coddington – in pictures". The Guardian. 5 September 2016.
  8. ^ Van Horn, Maja (24 June 2021). "Modelka Ola Rudnicka nie tylko o przyjaźni z Chanel". Vogue Poland (in Polish).
  9. ^ Beljanski, Tanya (27 July 2021). "CHANEL Fall-Winter 2021/22 pre-collection". L'Officiel Arabia.
  10. ^ Wojtkiewicz, Kamila (27 July 2020). "Kulisy kolekcji Chanel okiem rodzeństwa Coppolów". Vogue Poland (in Polish).