Dear readers of sport&beauty. We’re traveling to Sweden to retake one of our favorite issues, beautiful Swedish models. After having dedicated previous articles to Helen Swedin and Elsa Sylvan, today’s post is dedicated to Swedish model Adina Fohlin. Despite her youth, Adina’s résumé includes some major achievements since she has starred in ad campaigns for some of the world's most renowned fashion firms such as Alberta Ferretti, Allessandro Dell'Acqua, Ann Taylor, Apoliva, Armani Exchange, Moschino Jeans, RoccoBarocco, Tommy Hilfigher or Yves Saint Laurent amongst others and has made it to the cover of “Elle”, “Vogue”, “Flair” or “Marie Claire”. Dear friends, here you are Adina Fohlin, one of the leading Swedish models of our time.
Adina Fohlin was born in Stockholm on December 20, 1984. Adina was discovered by “Vogue” Paris’ fashion director Emmanuelle Alt. Having a walk across Stockholm, Emmanuelle saw a girl that possessed unique facial features and immediately approached her. A new star had been born. Adina’s agency creative director Myriam Obadiah describes Adina as a woman whose features are completely different from those of the regular models we are used to seeing on the catwalk. I think she must be a really nice girl but if she looked at me this way I would be really frightened.
Let’s talk about her modeling career. Adina Fohlin made her debut on the runway in September 2000 walking for Moschino, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Imitation of Christ in Milan and Paris. The Swedish model started the year 2003 becaming the face of Moschino Jeans and being photographed by Mario Testino for a spread of “V” magazine. In February, Adina started to consider giving up her modeling career but was persuaded not to do so by Alexander McQueen who offered her to open his Fall fashion show in Paris. Also in February, Adina opened Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs’s Fall fashion shows in New York and, in March, she appeared in an editorial of “Vogue” France. Still in March, the Swedish model opened and closed Stella McCartney’s Fall fashion show in Paris and closed Christian Dior and John Galliano’s shows also in Paris.
Let’s continue talking about 2003, one of Adina Fohlin’s most successful years. In April, she appeared in an editorial for “Dazed&Confused” and, together with Julia Stegner and Will Chalker, was photographed again by Craig McDean for Yves Saint Laurent’s Spring ad campaign. In June, Adina made it to the cover of “Flair” Italy and in August graced the cover of “Vogue” Japan. Towards the end of 2003, Adina participated in Tommy Hilfiger and David Yurman’s Fall ad campaigns and appeared in editorials for “Numero” and “Vogue” Japan. What a tight agenda she had that year!!! Here you are her data and measurements:
-Full name: Adina Fohlin
- Birth date: December 20,1984 in Stockholm, Sweden
- Height: 180.5centimetres : 5'11"
- Measurements: (EU) 84-58.5-87.5 : (US) 33-23-34.5
- Hair color: brown
- Eye color: blue
- Dress size: (EU) 34 : (US) 4
- Shoe size: (EU) 41 : (US) 9.5
- Agencies: Next Model Management Paris, Fashion Model Management Milan, Mikas Stockholm, Fotogen Model Agency, 2pm Model Management Denmark, Harry's Model Management, Iconic Management
In 2004. Adina Fohlin got off to a good start as she became the face of Alessandro Dell’Acqua. In February she opened Gucci’s Fall fashion show in Milan. Still in 2004, the Swedish model landed on the cover of the summer issue of “10” magazine and starred in Ann Taylor’s 50th anniversary ad campaign. In October, Adina walked in Paris for Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Louis Vuitton, and Viktor & Rolf’s 2005 Spring fashion shows. In March 2005, Adina appeared in an editorial of “i-D” magazine and, throughout the year, she walked for Chanel, Dsquared2, Dries van Noten, Ermanno Scervino, Etro, Gianfranco Ferre, Kenzo, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Monique Lhuillier, Nina Ricci, Proenza Schouler, Rocco Barocco, Sportmax, and Viktor & Rolf amongst other top fashion designers.
There is not much information available about Adina’s work in 2006, so we’ll go straight to June 2007 when she landed in the cover of “Vogue” Italy photographed by Steven Meisel, who photographed Adina again for Alberta Ferreti’s ad campaign together with fellow model Julia Stegner. In 2008, the Swedish model appeared in editorials for “Flair”, “Amica”, and “Marie Claire” and in 2009 she reappeared in two editorials for “Vogue” Spain and “Elle” Italy and a spread of “Tush”. Out of curiosity I’ll tell you that Adina Fohlin starred in an ad for Apoliva (a set of products for personal care) broadcasted in Sweden in August 2009 and that became famous when more than 100,000 Swedes joined a group in Facebook called “I’m scared of the girl in the Apoliva commercial”. To conclude this article about Adina Fohlin I’ll leave you a slideshow with some pictures of the Swedish model and a couple of videos so you can see her alive and kicking. The last video is the famous Apoliva commercial so you can judge by yourselves whether Adina Fohlin is so scary or the followers of the Facebook group are exaggerating.
