In the end of the nineties, when we started our studies in fashion and invested in a lot of magazines, the face of this remarkable flame-haired model with porcelain white skin and unusual features, was there, everywhere. From Vogue and W to Dazed & Confused, and we remember the hymn of Dutch to Karen Elson. She and her modelfriend Erin O’Connor were outstanding their classically pretty modelling colleagues at the top with an exceptional beauty.
Elson’s husband Jack White (White Stripes) must have noticed this too. The singer and musician, who is noteworthy for his eccentric looks and contribution in music, asked the British model to appear in the White Stripes music video “Blue Orchid”, dark and poetic, and that’s how the romance started. Now their passion for eachother and music has blended and resulted in Elson’s debut album “The Ghost who walks” (one of Elson's nicknames at highschool). The model always dreamt of a career as a singer.
Now she illuminates the stage with songs that combine different music streams such as Nashville, the place where the couple is housed nowadays. With this music appearance Elson also outsings most of her preceded fashion colleagues. Walk on Karen!
