Fran Summers
Fran Summers | |
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 Summers in 2020 | |
| Born | Francesca Summers 12 August 1999 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Modelling information | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Eye colour | Blue |
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Francesca Summers is a British fashion model. Discovered at 15 at a MAC Cosmetics store in London, she was signed by Storm Management and made her runway debut at Christopher Kane in 2016; the following year she was an exclusive for Prada.[2][3] She has appeared on the covers of British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Japan, and American Vogue.[4][5][6] In 2020 she became a face of Givenchy Parfums and Burberry Beauty.[7][8]
Early life
[edit]Summers was born in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, to Keith and Sandra Summers, who own a carpet and flooring business; she has an older sister named Danielle and a brother named Lucas.[9] She was scouted at 15 while visiting her sister in London, when a make-up artist at a MAC Cosmetics store in Westfield London asked if she had ever considered modelling. The artist took Summers and her sister to Storm Management on her next day off, and the agency offered her a contract on the spot.[2][9]
Career
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Summers made her runway debut at Christopher Kane's Spring/Summer 2017 show in 2016.[3] For the Spring/Summer 2018 season she was first spotted at J.W. Anderson's London show, walked as an exclusive for Prada in Milan, and appeared for Saint Laurent, Loewe, Céline, Miu Miu, and Louis Vuitton in Paris.[2] She went on to walk for Chloé, Valentino, Fendi, Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy, including the 2018 haute couture shows.[9][3] She has said that watching shows like Ugly Betty and America's Next Top Model gave her a negative impression of the fashion industry and initially discouraged her from pursuing modelling.[10]
She appeared on her first Vogue cover for the January 2018 issue of Vogue Italia, photographed by Craig McDean.[11] She was on the cover of the May 2018 issue of British Vogue as part of a portfolio of new models, and that July she opened the Valentino fall 2018 couture show in Paris.[9] Clare Waight Keller cast her in the finale look of the fall 2018 Givenchy couture show, a dress inspired by Audrey Hepburn.[9][12] Her second British Vogue cover, for the November 2018 issue, was photographed by Inez and Vinoodh in Times Square.[4] She also appeared in 2018 campaigns for Prada, Chloé, and Versace.[9]
In 2019 she was the cover star of the March issue of WSJ. Magazine,[12] and one of the models on the covers of the September 2019 issue of Vogue Japan, photographed by Luigi & Iango.[5] In May 2019 she attended her first Met Gala as a guest of Burberry's Riccardo Tisci, wearing a custom black silk dress by Tisci.[13] She walked in some 70 shows that year, with closing appearances for Burberry, Etro, Matty Bovan, and Valentino, and was included in the Business of Fashion's annual BoF 500 index of people shaping the fashion industry.[7][3]
In February 2020, Givenchy Parfums named Summers the face of a forthcoming women's fragrance.[7] She was one of 30 models photographed by Tyler Mitchell for the April 2020 issue of American Vogue, a portfolio representing 25 international editions of the magazine.[6] Later that year she became the face of Burberry Beauty and starred in the campaign for the brand's Her fragrance, photographed by Mario Sorrenti.[8][14]
In 2021, having moved to Innsbruck, Austria, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she appeared on the cover of the Autumn 2021 issue of i-D.[15] In 2026 she appeared on the covers of novembre magazine and Harper's Bazaar Korea.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Fran Summers". models.com. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Fran Summers Is The Yorkshire Teen Turned SS18 Fashion Favourite". British Vogue. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Fran Summers". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2 September 2026. (subscription required)
- 1 2 Newbold, Alice (1 October 2018). "Inside Fran Summers's November Vogue Cover Shoot". British Vogue. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Vogue Japan September 2019 Covers". models.com. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 Nnadi, Chioma (12 March 2020). "Models From Around the World Celebrate Today's Global Runway—in a Gorgeous Mosaic of Denim". Vogue. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Fran Summers will be the face of Givenchy Parfums' next fragrance". FashionNetwork. ETX Daily Up. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Model Fran Summers Is The New Face Of Burberry Beauty". Grazia. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pithers, Ellie (1 October 2018). "How Fran Summers Became The Brit Girl Of The Season". British Vogue. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Fashion's next generation of faces". Interview. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Vogue Italia January 2018 Cover". models.com. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- 1 2 Bailey, Sarah (5 February 2019). "Why Fran Summers Is a Model to Know". WSJ. Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2026. (subscription required)
- ↑ Freeman, Liam (7 May 2019). "Fran Summers On Her First Ever Met Gala". British Vogue. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Interview: The story of Fran Summers, the star of the Burberry Her campaign". L'Officiel Malaysia. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Fran Summers channels Sloane-y chic". i-D. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2026.