Gemma Ward
With her wide-set sober gaze, ivory brow, and bee-stung pout, Gemma Ward could
be a Regency beauty—although she's actually a teenager from Perth, Australia. (Yes,
that porcelain skin comes from a nation of devoted sun worshippers.) As the
freshest—and, some would argue, oddest—face to emerge in the last few rounds of
fashion shows, Ward is far removed from the prevailing runway population of
exuberant Brazilian bombshells and coolly androgynous Northern Europeans, but her
ethereal allure is hard to shake. She's already been shot by Steven Meisel for Miu Miu
and Prada ad campaigns, walked the runway as a space alien for Alexander
McQueen, and done covers of W and Vogue Italia. If this is the launch pad, imagine
what the journey will look like.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/09f.jpg[/IMG]
With a slight hint of razzle-dazzle, at Zac Posen.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/01f.jpg[/IMG]
Straightforward and fresh-faced, at Prada.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/02f.jpg[/IMG]
White-eyed and otherworldly, at Alexander McQueen.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/03f.jpg[/IMG]
In a halo of blond, at Emanuel Ungaro Couture.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/04f.jpg[/IMG]
Done-up and dramatic, at Valentino haute couture
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/05f.jpg[/IMG]
Pale, bohemian chic, at Marc Jacobs.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/06f.jpg[/IMG]
Clear-eyed and serene, at Luella
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/07f.jpg[/IMG]
A sun-kissed, dewy amazon, at Michael Kors.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/08f.jpg[/IMG]
All dolled up and ready to roll, at Anna Sui
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/10f.jpg[/IMG]
As a neoclassical demigoddess, on the cover of W, April 2004.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/11f.jpg[/IMG]
Ward, shot by Mario Sorrenti for an Italian Vogue issue this spring.
With her wide-set sober gaze, ivory brow, and bee-stung pout, Gemma Ward could
be a Regency beauty—although she's actually a teenager from Perth, Australia. (Yes,
that porcelain skin comes from a nation of devoted sun worshippers.) As the
freshest—and, some would argue, oddest—face to emerge in the last few rounds of
fashion shows, Ward is far removed from the prevailing runway population of
exuberant Brazilian bombshells and coolly androgynous Northern Europeans, but her
ethereal allure is hard to shake. She's already been shot by Steven Meisel for Miu Miu
and Prada ad campaigns, walked the runway as a space alien for Alexander
McQueen, and done covers of W and Vogue Italia. If this is the launch pad, imagine
what the journey will look like.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/09f.jpg[/IMG]
With a slight hint of razzle-dazzle, at Zac Posen.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/01f.jpg[/IMG]
Straightforward and fresh-faced, at Prada.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/02f.jpg[/IMG]
White-eyed and otherworldly, at Alexander McQueen.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/03f.jpg[/IMG]
In a halo of blond, at Emanuel Ungaro Couture.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/04f.jpg[/IMG]
Done-up and dramatic, at Valentino haute couture
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/05f.jpg[/IMG]
Pale, bohemian chic, at Marc Jacobs.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/06f.jpg[/IMG]
Clear-eyed and serene, at Luella
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/07f.jpg[/IMG]
A sun-kissed, dewy amazon, at Michael Kors.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/08f.jpg[/IMG]
All dolled up and ready to roll, at Anna Sui
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/10f.jpg[/IMG]
As a neoclassical demigoddess, on the cover of W, April 2004.
[IMG]http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty/icon/041404ICON/11f.jpg[/IMG]
Ward, shot by Mario Sorrenti for an Italian Vogue issue this spring.