Lisa Butcher
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Lisa Butcher is an English fashion model and TV presenter.
Butcher won British Elle
' s first ELLE's Angels modelling competition in 1987, judged by Marie Helvin
, Laraine Ashton and photographer Terry O'Neill
. Her first job after she finished school was for Ralph Lauren
in New York.
Royal photographer Norman Parkinson
called Butcher the "Face of the '90s", and she graced the covers of Vogue
, Elle, Marie Claire
, Harpers and Queen
and Tatler
. She has also appeared in numerous commercials most notably for Max Factor
, Olympus Cameras
, Vision Express
, Lancaster, Vidal Sassoon, Pirelli, Clarion mascara and Onebiol moisturiser.
Butcher appeared regularly at the prêt-à-porter shows in Paris, Milan
and New York until she became a mother for the first time in 1995. As a now-single mother of two (Olivia and Amber), Butcher works exclusively from London. She has become a top model for many brands, including Yves Saint Laurent
, Ferritti Jeans and John Galliano
. She has also been the face of Hardy Amies
since 2003. She is currently the face for Long Tall Sally
with her first collection coming out in the spring 2009.
Butcher has her own jewellery design The Eden Collection
alongside Chris Evans. Due to her demanding schedule as one of the world top super models she shelved her TV career until she appeared, some years later, as the host for Living TV's Britain's Next Top Model
.
After it was announced that Trinny Woodall
and Susannah Constantine
would be defecting to ITV
, Butcher and her friend singer Mica Paris
were announced in April 2006 as the new presenters of BBC1s fashion show What Not to Wear.
She has been married twice, most famously to chef Marco Pierre White
when she was 21 – Albert Roux
was best man, but the union lasted just 15 weeks. They met at Tramp, the Jermyn Street
nightclub, and were married three weeks later at the Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge. White says today that he was intoxicated by her looks. But it didn't help the marriage when, after being asked by a reporter what he thought of his bride’s £3,000 floor-length, backless
white dress designed by Bruce Oldfield
, White said she looked dressed to go down the catwalk rather than the aisle. Butcher says of their brief marriage: "We went to the Scilly Isles for our honeymoon. On the first day Marco turned to me and said, “I don’t love you.” We spent two miserable days when we didn’t speak and he went shark fishing. Then I left." In her one interview about the marriage, Butcher said about the honeymoon: "Something very bad did happen but I’m not going to say what it was. It really wasn’t a very pleasant experience for me and my family." White subsequently revealed a few weeks after they were married that he had been having an affair with Matilda Conjero, his maître d' at Canteen, and revealed in a newspaper that she was carrying her first baby. They subsequently had another child together.
Her partners after this have included actor Jeremy Northam
, entrepreneur Damian Aspinall
, Chilean polo player Gabriel Donoso
(father of her two children, and second husband but widowed), Jonathan Rhys Meyers; and then 24 year old Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
.
She met friend Mica Paris
at a party hosted by Tamara Beckwith
. Butcher arrived thinking it was fancy dress, as the title of the party was "Leather & Feathers" – so she wore a PVC catsuit and five-inch heels. On seeing it was not and embarrassed, Butcher turned to head for the door but was stopped by Paris who said she looked superb. The pair, both single mums with demanding careers, hit it off immediately
Butcher won British Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
Marie Helvin
Marie Helvin is a fashion model, who worked extensively with David Bailey—to whom she was married between 1975-85—in the 1970s and 1980s she appeared in many fashion stories for British Vogue and posed for a series of nude photographs made by David Bailey, which were published in his 1980 book...
, Laraine Ashton and photographer Terry O'Neill
Terry O'Neill (photographer)
Terry O'Neill is an English photographer, who achieved his greatest success documenting the fashion style, and celebrities of the 1960s. He attracted attention for photographing his subjects in unconventional or candid settings....
. Her first job after she finished school was for Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer and business executive; best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.-Early life:...
in New York.
Royal photographer Norman Parkinson
Norman Parkinson
Norman Parkinson, CBE was a celebrated English portrait and fashion photographer.-Biography:Parkinson was born in London, and educated at Westminster School. He began his career in 1931 as an apprentice to the court photographers Speaight and Sons Ltd...
called Butcher the "Face of the '90s", and she graced the covers of Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, Elle, Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
, Harpers and Queen
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
and Tatler
Tatler
Tatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709. The current incarnation, founded in 1901, is a glossy magazine published by Condé Nast Publications...
. She has also appeared in numerous commercials most notably for Max Factor
Max Factor
Max Factor & Company is a cosmetics company, founded during 1909 by Maksymilian Faktorowicz , Max Factor, a Polish-Jewish cosmetician. Max Factor & Company was a related, two-family, multi-generational international cosmetics company before its sale in 1973 for $500 million dollars...
, Olympus Cameras
Olympus Corporation
is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...
, Vision Express
Vision Express
Vision Express is one of the four major opticians that control 70% of the British market for spectacles and contact lenses.The company opened its first store in 1988 at the MetroCentre. After buying out LensCrafters' UK base, they further increased their number of stores. They had over 220 stores...
, Lancaster, Vidal Sassoon, Pirelli, Clarion mascara and Onebiol moisturiser.
Butcher appeared regularly at the prêt-à-porter shows in Paris, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and New York until she became a mother for the first time in 1995. As a now-single mother of two (Olivia and Amber), Butcher works exclusively from London. She has become a top model for many brands, including Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent (brand)
Yves Saint Laurent or YSL is a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Today, its chief designer is Stefano Pilati. Yves Saint Laurent, founder of the brand, died in 2008.-History:...
, Ferritti Jeans and John Galliano
John Galliano
John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy and Christian Dior , and his own self titled fashion house.-Family:He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and a...
. She has also been the face of Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies, Ltd. is a British-based fashion house specialising in modern luxury menswear.-Sir Edwin Hardy Amies:Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO , was a British fashion designer, best known for his official title as dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II, from her accession to the throne until his...
since 2003. She is currently the face for Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally Clothing
Long Tall Sally is a clothing label for tall women 5'8" and over. Its clothing has featured in television shows such as Make me a super model, How to look good naked, and the Martha Stewart Show. The label was set up in 1975 by American Judy Rich...
with her first collection coming out in the spring 2009.
Butcher has her own jewellery design The Eden Collection
TV presenter
Butcher first appeared on TV with an appearance on The Big BreakfastThe Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 and S4C each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002 during which period 2,482 shows were produced. The Big Breakfast was produced by Planet 24, the production company co-owned by former...
alongside Chris Evans. Due to her demanding schedule as one of the world top super models she shelved her TV career until she appeared, some years later, as the host for Living TV's Britain's Next Top Model
Britain's Next Top Model
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model is a British reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of Britain's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modelling industry...
.
After it was announced that Trinny Woodall
Trinny Woodall
Trinny Woodall is an English fashion advisor and designer, television presenter and author. She was raised in a wealthy family and was privately educated...
and Susannah Constantine
Susannah Constantine
Susannah Caroline Constantine is an English fashion journalist, advisor, television presenter, author and designer. Her second book, entitled What Not to Wear, has won her a prestigious British Book Award and sold 670,000 copies....
would be defecting to ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
, Butcher and her friend singer Mica Paris
Mica Paris
Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
were announced in April 2006 as the new presenters of BBC1s fashion show What Not to Wear.
TV production company
Butcher has recently formed Libra Productions www.libra.uk.com under the umbrella of Alchemy.Personal life
Butcher is a single mother of two (Olivia 15 and Amber 13).She has been married twice, most famously to chef Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is noted for his contributions to contemporary international cuisine, and his exceptional culinary skills....
when she was 21 – Albert Roux
Albert Roux
Albert Roux OBE is a French-born restaurateur and chef working in Britain. He and his brother Michel operated Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in the UK to gain three Michelin stars. He helped train a series of chefs that went on to win Michelin stars, and his son, Michel Roux, Jr...
was best man, but the union lasted just 15 weeks. They met at Tramp, the Jermyn Street
Jermyn Street
Jermyn Street is a street in the City of Westminster, central London, to the south, parallel and adjacent to Piccadilly.It is well known as a street where the shops are almost exclusively aimed at the Gentleman's market and is famous for its resident shirtmakers Jermyn Street is a street in the...
nightclub, and were married three weeks later at the Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge. White says today that he was intoxicated by her looks. But it didn't help the marriage when, after being asked by a reporter what he thought of his bride’s £3,000 floor-length, backless
Backless dress
A backless dress is a dress designed to expose the wearer's back. A backless dress is most commonly worn on formal occasions or as evening wear or as wedding dresses and can be of any length, from a haltertop to a miniskirt-length to floor-length....
white dress designed by Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. He dresses Hollywood actresses, British and International royalty and European aristocracy; famous clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle...
, White said she looked dressed to go down the catwalk rather than the aisle. Butcher says of their brief marriage: "We went to the Scilly Isles for our honeymoon. On the first day Marco turned to me and said, “I don’t love you.” We spent two miserable days when we didn’t speak and he went shark fishing. Then I left." In her one interview about the marriage, Butcher said about the honeymoon: "Something very bad did happen but I’m not going to say what it was. It really wasn’t a very pleasant experience for me and my family." White subsequently revealed a few weeks after they were married that he had been having an affair with Matilda Conjero, his maître d' at Canteen, and revealed in a newspaper that she was carrying her first baby. They subsequently had another child together.
Her partners after this have included actor Jeremy Northam
Jeremy Northam
Jeremy Philip Northam is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Ivor Novello in the 2001 film Gosford Park, as Dean Martin in the 2002 television movie Martin and Lewis, and as Thomas More on the Showtime series The Tudors...
, entrepreneur Damian Aspinall
Damian Aspinall
John Damian Androcles Aspinall , is an English casino owner, aspiring songwriter and conservationist, notable for his raising and release of Kwibi, a zoo-bred Lowland Gorilla in Gabon. He is the son of Jane Gordon Hastings and John Victor Aspinall, zoo owner, gambler and founder of Aspers, and...
, Chilean polo player Gabriel Donoso
Gabriel Donoso
Gabriel Donoso Rosselot was a Chilean polo player, considered one of Chile's best polo players of all time. He was the only Chilean polo player to ever reach 9-goals in handicap.. He was born in Santiago, Chile....
(father of her two children, and second husband but widowed), Jonathan Rhys Meyers; and then 24 year old Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
Gough-Calthorpe family
The Gough-Calthorpe family is descended from ancient and notable families who both held lands in the area around Birmingham, England.Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament, was made a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1728...
.
She met friend Mica Paris
Mica Paris
Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
at a party hosted by Tamara Beckwith
Tamara Beckwith
Tamara Beckwith is an English socialite, noted for her coverage in glossy celebrity magazines such as OK! and Hello! magazine.-Early life:...
. Butcher arrived thinking it was fancy dress, as the title of the party was "Leather & Feathers" – so she wore a PVC catsuit and five-inch heels. On seeing it was not and embarrassed, Butcher turned to head for the door but was stopped by Paris who said she looked superb. The pair, both single mums with demanding careers, hit it off immediately