To speak of Lara Stone is to reflect on a career that has always resisted neat categorisation. Since her emergence in the early noughties, the Dutch supermodel has embodied an unfiltered vision of beauty, one that sidesteps traditional glamour in favour of an It factor far more covetable, undeniably striking and yet softened by an undercurrent of authenticity. Over the years, this quietly radical stance has allowed her to shape the sartorial zeitgeist, leaving her mark on countless fashion and runway moments.
It takes a rare kind of force to debut at an haute couture show and that is precisely what she did, gracing Riccardo Tisci’s 2006 runway with razor-sharp cheekbones, puckered lips, feather-light hair and an era-defining smile. It is, after all, that very quality which earned her the moniker of ‘anti-model’. Soon after, Stone ascended to even greater heights, securing a first-of-its-kind contract with Calvin Klein. With it, she propelled not only a defining aesthetic of her time, but ironically, an equally powerful message: the strength of unapologetically being oneself.
Now, in fall/winter 2025, as the fashion world stands at a precipice—caught between reckoning and renewal, with a sharp shift in creative direction looming—the energy of the season still resounds. “There has been a lot of musical chairs in fashion lately. I’m excited to see what comes out of all that change,” notes Stone.
It pulses through punchy hourglass silhouettes, oversized pearls and deliciously plush faux furs. Stone’s presence hums in harmony with that rhythm, returning once more to the couture runways in a jaw-dropping Elie Saab creation just this July. “He’s such an icon and makes everybody look incredible. It’s fun to dress up like that every once in a while,” she shares, in true model-to-muse fashion. And after all these years, what draws Stone to her projects? The company she keeps. “For me, it’s all about having a nice day at work with people I trust and enjoy being around,” she says.
Lately, that’s meant bringing shoots to life alongside industry powerhouses like Nick Knight and Carine Roitfeld. The latter is whom she names without hesitation when asked whose wardrobe she’d most like to raid. Her most defining role of late, however, has been that of mother to her two children. “I’ve always found juggling parenthood with work and travel really difficult,” she says, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges behind the spotlight. Amid the sharp edges of her fashion life, she recently stepped away to travel with her family through Mexico and Belize. “It feels really good to be on an adventure again,” she shares.
As with all fashion luminaries, the truly cool ones at least, Stone is in no rush to plan her next move. “It’s the little things, like running through the park and seeing the absolute joy on my kid’s face. Moments like that remind me to slowdown, live in the present and find beauty in the simple things.”
In the meantime, she plays the part of observer, quietly noting the changes as they come. It is perhaps most succinctly captured in the answer she gives when asked what fabric might reflect her soul. “Maybe a cosy cashmere.” And it couldn’t be more fitting. Soft, relaxed, yet cuttingly glamorous in its own way, it is a perfect reflection of Stone in her entirety.
Editor-in-chief Desmond Lim
Photography Camilla Åkrans
Styling Konca Aykan
Hair Sophie Jane Anderson
Make-up Lisa Houghton
Manicure Sabrina Gayle
Production JN Production
Executive producer Helen Salin
Junior producer Carolina Santos
Set design Georgia Currell
BTS photographer Jhenyfy Muller/Werth Represents
Hair assistant Britini Campbell
Set assistants Paula Salinas and Louis Toledo
Fashion assistants Juli Molnar, Andreea Georgiana Rădoi and Felicity Flick
Production assistant Angela Ogunfojuri
Model Lara Stone/The Lions Management
The September issue of Vogue Singapore—themed ‘The Big Fall issue’—is available to pre-order online and will be on newsstands from 4 September.
