In the 2000s, she was seen on the covers of fashion magazines and walking for the biggest haute couture house, but also on the arm of Peter Doherty. Romanian-born model Irina Lazareanu, who came to Canada in 1989 to flee Nicolae Ceausescu’s dictatorship, narrated with generosity and simplicity into Pénélope McQuade’s microphone.
” I am very lucky in this extraordinary life, to talk to iconic people in the world of fashion and music. […] My family has made many sacrifices for me and I have carried that weight on my shoulders for a very long time. “
Published by Irina Lazareanu Rock Style Notebooks: Tips from a Supermodel (Flammarion).
The model dramatically tells the story of her meeting with Karl Lagerfeld, then artistic director at Chanel, where she became the muse.
She also remembers a moment she describes as surreal when she saw him writing a song with Sean Lennon in Mariah Carey.
Source: Radio-Canada
