Modeling Journey

Jourdan Dunn illuminates the pages of Numero issue 124 in a luxe editorial lensed by Liz Collins. Dunn possesses an elegance, worldliness and refinement that places her in a league of her own and is one of my favourite faces amongst the current generation of models. Collins captures Dunn's luminous beauty as she poses alongside an equally majestic looking Doberman. 

Returning recently to modelling following the birth of her son Riley, Dunn has managed to retain her blue chip appeal with appearances in US Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, i-D Magazine and V Magazine in this year alone. Dunn most recently landed back-to-back campaigns for Burberry shot by Mario Testino. With Dunn appearing alongside Daphne Groeneveld in the Spring/Summer 2011 Prada Fantasy Lookbook, the rumour-mill has it that Dunn could well be making the move from runway to front of house at Prada. 

British model Jourdan Dunn has made a stunning comeback at the Fall/Winter 2011 shows blazing a trail which included runway appearances for Calvin Klein, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, Derek Lam, Rodarte, Altuzarra, Proenza Schouler, Michael Kors, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Reed Krakoff, Burberry Prorsum, Aquascutum, Jaeger London, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Tom Ford, Giles and Gucci. 

Dunn's return to modelling since giving birth to her son Riley in December 2009, has been somewhat gradual until now. Dunn was recently photographed by Emma Summerton for the February issue of Vogue Italia and has editorial appearances in the March editions of US Vogue and British Vogue, lensed respectively by Mario Testino and Norman Jean Roy. Designer Christopher Bailey recently selected Dunn to be the face for Burberry Prorsum's Spring/Summer 2011 campaign shot by Mario Testino alongside model Sacha M'Baye. The momentum for 2011 is already in overdrive with Dunn also scoring her first cosmetics campaign for Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Eclat Spring 2011, photographed by Terry Richardson.

At only twenty years of age, Dunn has an incredible future ahead of her. Since her return to modelling, Dunn appears to exude a soulful worldliness and an air of sophistication which may stem perhaps from the experience of motherhood and her hiatus from modelling. Dunn clearly has support from the top of the modelling industry with casting agent James Scully describing Dunn as "a total star" and Women Direct agent Duncan Ord listing Dunn as one of his all top ten all-time favourite models.