R.ibelle, generous, irreverent and elegant. Bianca Balti is the quintessence of contemporary Italian fashion, at home with Dolce & Gabbana but at ease anywhere from New York to Los Angeles. Today she turns 28 and we celebrate her with the most beautiful looks of her.
Bianca Balti, made in Italy supermodel and rebel
“I had a rebellious adolescence, I lived in a squat and to support myself I sold the clothes I created with my mother’s sewing machine”. So the supermodel describes on her website collection of maternity clothes the eternal passion for the world of fashion. A great love that takes flight when the young woman, born in Lodi on March 19, 1984, moves to Milan and starts working as a model until the turning point of her career in 2005: the advertising campaign of Dolce & Gabbana and the fashion show number 10 of the now famous lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret.
November 2005. Bianca Balti parades for Victoria’s Secret. (Getty photo)
Three things you don’t know about her
Together with Mariacarla Boscono and Eva Riccobono she becomes one of the most loved and recognizable faces of made in Italy fashion. Parade for all the most important names, from Versace to Dolce & Gabbana (for which she also parades pregnant) up to the most recent Etro And Off-White.
Paris 28 February 2022. On the Off-White Autumn Winter 2022-2023 cat-walk. (photo Getty Images)
Mother of two daughters, she divides her time between Milan, New York and Los Angeles. Together with the talent of a model she is that of a real stylist. “In many years of shooting and fashion shows I have had the opportunity to wear and study beautiful clothes” she says on her website “and so I came to my line of maternity dresses, to offer women something beautiful to wear in those months“.
In a sea of characters who bet everything on the social image she is fashion icon out of the box and full of resourcesas these three curiosities demonstrate:
- In addition to being one of the top models of the Dolce & Gabbana campaigns in 2014 she became a testimonial for OVSa brand that also wears on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival 2018.
- His muse of reference is Sophia Loren.
- TO Sanremo 2013 takes the stage with a very elegant long dress in white lace but with bare feet.
The supermodel in Sanremo 2013 in a Dolce & Gabbana dress. (Getty photo)
The red carpet looks
Its romantic and boho chic nature is reflected on red carpet with voluminous dresses and a clear perception for ruffles and mega flounceseven better if in bright shades like the saffron yellow shown at the Venice Film Festival 2021. A memorable look, signed Dolce & Gabbana like many of the most beautiful ones sported by the supermodel over the years.
“Dolce & Gabbana marked the years of my adult life, filling it with memorable moments and for this I will always be grateful to you, Stefano and Domenico!” she wrote on Instagram. In any case, in her wardrobe there is no shortage of other names of excellence.
From The Attic ad Alberta Ferretti Without to forget Versace, her look for every occasion. “In my free time I like to be natural and wear jeans, t-shirts and flat shoes,” she said in an interview “But during fashion weeks I have a lot of fun because I can dress up, even just leaving the house in heels makes me feel super cool!”.
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