Stella Tennant – a life in pictures

The British model has died aged 50, five days after her birthday on 17 December. We take a look at career on and off the catwalk

Main image: Stella Tennant wearing a suit by Christopher Kane during the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games Photograph: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images

  • Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show in Paris, 1993
    Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Show in Paris, France - 1993

  • Stella Tennant walking the catwalk for Anna Sui ready-to-wear in spring 1994
    Stella Tennant walks Anna Sui RTW (pret a porter) Spring 1994 Runway collection

  • Karl Lagerfeld and Stella Tennant during the autumn/winter fashion shows in Paris, 1995
    Karl Lagerfeld and Stella Tennant during the autumn/winter fashion shows in Paris in 1995

  • Stella Tennant pictured for Vogue in 1995 on a bicycle, wearing a jacket by Helmut Lang and pants and leather boots by Gucci
    Stella Tennant pictured for Vogue in 1995 on a bicycle, wearing a jacket by Helmut Lang and pants and leather boots by Gucci.

  • Karl Lagerfeld (centre) surrounded by (from left) Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Amber Valletta, Kate Moss and Stella Tennant backstage at the Chanel ready-to-wear spring/summer show in October 1996
    Karl Lagerfeld (centre) surrounded by (from left) Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Amber Valletta, Kate Moss and Stella Tennant backstage at the Chanel ready-to-wear spring/summer show in October 1996.

  • Stella Tennant on the cover of The Face magazine in January 1997
    Stella Tennant on the cover of The Face magazine in January 1997

  • Stella Tenant at her wedding to French-born David Lasnet in the small parish church of Oxnam in the Scottish Borders on 22 May 1999
    Stella Tenant at her wedding to French-born David Lasnet in the small parish church of Oxnam in the Scottish Borders on 22 May 1999

  • Stella Tennant pictured for Vogue in 2001 on a bluff overlooking the sea
    Stella Tennant is wearing a sky-blue and white striped keyhole halter dress by Celine

  • Walking the runway during the Versace haute couture fall/winter 2001-02 show in Paris
    Walking the runway during the Versace haute couture fall/winter 2001-02 show in Paris, 2001

  • Stella Tennant with designer Karl Lagerfeld during the Metiers d’Art Show for Chanel in Paris, 2011
    Stella Tennant with designer Karl Lagerfeld during the Metiers d’Art Show for Chanel in Paris in 2011

  • (From left) Stella Tennant, Lily Cole, Karen Elson, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jourdan Dunn and David Gandy performing at the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games
    Stella Tennant at the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony

  • Stella Tennant presenting a creation for Chanel during the 2014-15 autumn/winter ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris, 2014
    Stella Tennant presenting a creation for Chanel during the 2014/2015 autumn/winter ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris in 2014

  • Stella Tennant during a photocall before the Metiers d’Art Show for Chanel in Paris, 2016
    Stella Tennant poses during a photocall before the Metiers D’Art Show for Chanel fashion house in Paris, 2016

  • Stella Tennant during Paris fashion week in 2016
    Stella Tennant during Paris fashion week in 2016

  • Stella McCartney and Stella Tennant at the Edward Enninful dinner celebrating the December issue of British Vogue in 2017
    Stella McCartney and Stella Tennant at the Edward Enninful dinner celebrating the December issue of British Vogue, Nov 2017

  • Stella Tennant at the Chanel spring/summer 2018 show, Paris
    Stella Tennant Chanel show, ummer 2018

  • Stella Tennant and her youngest daughter, Iris, styled by Bay Garnett and photographed by Tom Craig for Oxfam’s Second Hand September. “I love Oxfam because it does two things at once: it gives clothes a new life and it helps the poorest people in the world,” Tennant said.
    Stella Tennant and her youngest daughter Iris, styled by Bay Garnett, photographed by Tom Craig for Oxfam’s Second Hand September

  • Stella Tennant presenting a creation from the women’s spring/summer 2020 collection by Saint Laurent during Paris fashion week in September 2019
    Stella Tennant presenting a creation from the women spring/summer 2020 collection by Saint Laurent during the Paris fashion week in September 2019

  • Stella Tennant walking the runway during the Valentino haute couture spring/summer 2020 show as part of Paris fashion week in January 2020
    Stella Tennant walks the runway during the Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 22, 2020 in Paris
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