Adut Akech

Adut Akech
Born Adut Akech Bior
(1999-12-25) December 25, 1999[1]
South Sudan[2]
Nationality Sudanese
Occupation
  • Model
Years active 2016-present
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) [3]
Hair color Black [3]
Eye color Brown [3]
Agency

Adut Akech Bior[5] (born December 25, 1999) is a Sudanese-Australian model. Akech made her fashion week runway debut as an exclusive in the Saint Laurent S/S 17 show and went on to close both their F/W 17 and S/S 18 shows as an exclusive.[6]

Early life

Akech was born in South Sudan, and raised in Kakuma, Kenya. She was seven years old when she moved away from Kenya along with her mother to Adelaide, Australia as South Sudanese refugees.[7] Akech has 5 siblings.[8] Akech is known in Adelaide as "Mary", as Australian teachers were unable to pronounce her name.[9]

Career

Akech was introduced to the fashion industry by her family, and despite getting scouted multiple times by local modeling agencies when she was 13 and 14 years old, she started her modeling career at 16 years old, signing to her mother agency, Chadwick Models, in Sydney, Australia. Within the fashion industry, she prefers her birth name, Adut.

Akech's runway debut was in a local fashion show, put together by her aunt. She then went on doing Melbourne Fashion Week, where she took digitals for a Saint Laurent casting in Paris Fashion Week. After Melbourne Fashion Week, back home in Adelaide, she got a call from her agent confirming her for the Saint Laurent show, and took a flight to Paris a day after, making her major Fashion Week debut at Saint Laurent's S/S 17 show and signing to Elite Model Management in Paris. Since then, Akech has done 4 campaigns and closed 2 shows for Saint Laurent, 1 campaign and 2 shows for Valentino,[10][11] one campaign for Zara,[12] and one campaign for Moschino,[13] as well as walked for Alexander McQueen,[14] Givenchy,[15] Kenzo, Prada,[16] Lanvin, Loewe, Miu Miu, Acne Studios, Tom Ford, Tory Burch, Jason Wu, Bottega Veneta, Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, JW Anderson, Simone Rocha, Burberry, Off-white, Ellery, Giambattista Valli, Proenza Schouler and Versace.

She's done editorials for American Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris,[17] I-D Magazine, Le Monde M Magazine, Modern Matter, Numéro, The Gentlewoman, WSJ., T Magazine and Vogue Australia.[18] Akech has done magazine covers for I-D Magazine, 10 Magazine Australia, Elle Croatia, L'Officiel Singapore and Le Monde M Magazine.[19][20] She is set to do the 2018 Pirelli Calendar, shot by Tim Walker, alongside Sasha Lane, Lil Yachty, Sean Combs, Whoopi Goldberg, RuPaul, Adwoa Aboah, Naomi Campbell and Slick Woods.[21]

Akech is currently ranked on the Hot List on models.com.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Akech, Adut. "The new face of David Jones, Adut Akech, writes a letter to her 6-year-old self - Vogue Australia". www.vogue.com.au.
  2. ↑ "Adut Akech Bior on Instagram: "As @vogueitalia April Issue cover girl, I've done a quick get to know me interview. I talk about things such as the start of my modelling…"". Instagram.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Society Management – New York City". www.thesocietymanagement.com.
  4. ↑ "Adut Akech - Model".
  5. ↑ "Meet the new "black magic girl" Adut Akech Bior, who is raising the flag of Africa high". 19 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Wallace, Francesca. "Australian model Adut Akech just closed Saint Laurent's Paris show - Vogue Australia". www.vogue.com.au.
  7. ↑ Spring, Alexandra (27 September 2017). "Adut's triumph: the Australian refugee taking on the fashion world". the Guardian.
  8. ↑ "adut akech isn't a star on the rise, she's a supernova". 17 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Meet Adut Akech: The 17-Year-Old Australian Model Who Closed Saint Laurent Between HSC Studies".
  10. ↑ "A Shades of Gray Show That Was Genuinely Worth Watching". 5 March 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ↑ "See Valentino's Spring 2018 Ad Campaign Here". fashionista.com.
  12. ↑ "Zara - Spring / Summer 2018 - Ad Campaign". fashiongonerogue.com. 26 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Moschino - Spring / Summer 2018 - Ad Campaign". fashiongonerogue.com. 17 January 2018.
  14. ↑ Pithers, Ellie. "Meet Adut Akech, The South Sudanese Beauty Walking Every Major Autumn Catwalk". www.vogue.co.uk.
  15. ↑ Pithers, Ellie. "Meet Adut Akech, The South Sudanese Beauty Walking Every Major Autumn Catwalk". www.vogue.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "At Prada, Supermodels, Virtual Models, and a History-Making Moment". vogue.com.
  17. ↑ English, Vogue. "Kaia Gerber stars on the cover of Vogue Paris' February issue". vogue.fr.
  18. ↑ "Pure jean-ius (Vogue Australia)". models.com.
  19. ↑ "Create a Cool Look This Season with These Perfect Pieces". wsj.com.
  20. ↑ "Vogue Italia January 2018: Restarting issue". vogue.it. 4 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "An all-black Cast for the 2018 Calendar". pirellicalendar.pirelli.com.
  22. ↑ "MODELS.com's The Hot List". models.com.
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