Adina Fohlin (born 20 December 1984) is a Swedish model and photographer. She was discovered while walking down the street in Stockholm, and Susanna Rönn, at Mikas, a Swedish modelling agency. approached her, having noticed her unusual features.[1] Myriam Obadiah, creative director of Fohlin's agency, Next, described her as a girl who does not resemble a typical model.[2]

Adina Fohlin
Born (1984-12-20) 20 December 1984 (age 39)
Modelling information
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair colourLight brown
Eye colourBlue

In 2003 Fohlin was awarded Model of the year by Swedish Elle.[3]

Fohlin appeared on the cover of Japanese and Italian Vogue for the June 2007 issue, Flair, French Revue de Modes, Swedish ELLE and The Face magazine. First surfacing on international catwalks during the spring 2001 prêt-à-porter season, Fohlin has proved a prolific runway model, appearing in numerous shows for fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Gucci, YSL Rive Gauche and Prada among others.

In addition to her editorial and runway career, Fohlin has appeared in advertisements for David Yurman, YSL Rive Gauche, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, EXTÈ, Rocco Barocco, and Tommy Hilfiger among others.

Fohlin appeared in a commercial for Apoliva, an assortment of personal care products, for Apoteket that aired in Sweden around August 2009. The commercial gained notoriety in Sweden after almost 100,000 Swedes joined a Facebook group called “I am scared of the girl in the Apoliva commercial.”[4]

Between the years of 1994-2002 Adina Fohlin attended The Royal Swedish Balett School in Stockholm where she studied the art of both classical and modern balett. During this time she was cast as one of the terns in A Midsummer Night's Dream.[5]

Fohlin is a working freelance photographer, her portfolio consists of everything from fashion photography to art.[6] She is also a model at Mikas.

She is currently collaborating with artist Natalia Edenmont. The work will be shown in New York City the fall of 2014. Other than her current collaborations she has also influenced artists like Robyn and Kleerup, functioning as the muse for the song With Every Heartbeat and Andrew Wyatt from the band Miike Snow. He wrote her the song There is a Spring as a tribute.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Adina Fohlin's model profile". Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. ^ Trebay, Guy (2003-03-16). "REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK; Strutting Down the Runway With a Severe Case of the Blahs". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  3. ^ Arnell, Lisa (10 December 2010). "ELLE-galan: Alla vinnare genom åren". ELLE (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ West, Charlotte. “TV viewers terrified by Swedish supermodel.” The Local. 5 Aug. 2009 http://www.thelocal.se/21116/20090805. Retrieved 20 Dec. 2009 (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5m9w5FE3F)[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). dansenshus.episerverhosting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Website of Adina Fohlin". Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ^ Move people in any way: Adina Fohlin 7 January 2014 Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 May 2014

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