Biografía

 

Nieves Alvarez, modelo

Nieves Alvarez, modelo

Nacida en Madrid el 30 de marzo de 1974, comienza su carrera como modelo en el año 1991 gracias a unas fotos realizadas por un fotógrafo amigo de la familia que la presenta a la Agencia Bookings de Madrid.

Tras unos meses consigue su primera editorial de la mano de la revista Telva.

1992 - Gana el famoso concurso "Look of the Year" organizado por la revista "Ragazza" en Madrid y llega tercera en la final internacional que se celebra en New York.

1994 - Al llegar a Paris, es descubierta por Yves Saint Laurent, con el cual trabajara' hasta la retirada de el en el 2002. Inizia a desfilar en las principales pasarelas mundiales al lado de los más grandes como Christian Lacroix, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Gianfranco Ferre, Oscar De La Renta, Carolina Herrera, Paco Rabanne, Herve Leger, Emauel Ungaro entre otros.

Consigue su primera portada de la revista Glamour americano de la cual sera' protagonista en cinco otras ocasiones y tambien portada de la edicion Francesa de la revista Marie Claire. Este mismo año realiza la campaña del perfume de Gianfranco Ferre GFF, el primer perfume Unisex de la firma. La campaña mundial Invierno 1995 de Wolford, junto con la que protagoniza para para la otra prestigiosa firma Swarovski, comienzan a darle reconocido prestigio internacional. La firma Missoni la convierte en la imagen de su desfile de la temporada Primavera/Verano 1995, fotografiada por Pascuale Abbattista.

1995 - su imagen da un giro radical con un atrevido corte de pelo que la convierte en la portada del Elle francés y imagen de la firma Hermes.

1996 - es fotografiada por el fotógrafo David Bailey para el Elle Inglés.

Es imagen de marcas de cósmetica como Guerlain, Carita, Yves Saint Laurent, Adolfo Domínguez, Gianfranco Ferré.

1998 - Yves Saint Laurent la elige como imagen de su campaña realizada para el campeonato mundial de football del año, fotografiada por Mondino.

1999 - De nuevo con Mondino es portada de la edicion frances de la revista Vogue y imagen de las medias Wolford diseñadas por Philippe Starck.

Es elegida por el Ayuntamiento de Aranjuez "Amotinada Mayor " por su reconocida labor social dedicada a difundir los perjucios de la anorexia.

2002 - se casa con el fotógrafo Marco Severini en la isla de Bali rodeada de sus más intimos y con un vestido diseñado por Giambattista Valli.

2004 - protagoniza junto al actor Pierce Brosnan el famoso anuncio de navidad de Freixenet y es elegida por la revista GQ: " woman of the year".

El fotógrafo Manuel Otomuro la fotografía para la campaña de las joyas Breil.

2005 - Ficha como imagen de la marca de cósmetica Astor con la cual trabajara' durante seis años y nace su primer hijo Adriano.dos años mas tarde nascen los mellizos Bianca y Brando.

Es elegida como embajadora de la firma Montblanc durante cuatro años.

2010 - Inicia su andadura como diseñadora de la marca infantil "N+V", Villalobos+Nieves Alvarez (nmasv.com), creando una colección infantil de 2 a 12 años que se comercializa en tiendas multi-marca y en el Corte Inglés en Madrid.

Es fotografíada por Peter Lindbergh para Vogue España.

2011 - Inicia el año desfilando en Florencia junto a la diseñadora Alberta Ferretti con la que más tarde acudirá como invitada al festival de Cannes.

Es portada del Glamour España junto al gran torero Jose Mari Manzanares. El encargado de hacer la sesión es el fotógrafo de las estrellas de Hollywod James White. Protagoniza un impresionante reportaje para la revista Yo Dona de la mano del fotógrafo Ruven Afanador en New york con motivo del especial Alta Costura que la revista realiza cada temporada. Empieza a ser imagen de las lentes Transitions con la cual trabajar hasta el dia de hoy. Lentes que proporcionan comodidad y protección visual y que tienen la gran ventaja de poder adaptarse a cualquier tipo de montura. Firma como embajadora de la firma de joyería Pandora con la cual permanecera' durante dos años y regresa a las pasarelas nacionales durante La Madrid Fashion Week de la mano del diseñador y amigo Juanjo Oliva. Empieza su atual colaboracion con la Fundación de Carmen Pardo Valcarcel donde realizan una maravillosa labor de ayuda a jóvenes descapacitados. Su función trata de la reinserción laboral como medida de normalización para los jóvenes con especiales dificultades.

www.pardo-valcarcel.com

En 2012 comienza ilusionada un nuevo reto en su carrera profesional como presentadora del programa "Flah moda" en la 1de TVE, dirigido por el periodista Jesús Maria Montes-Fernández, donde actualidad, tendencias, cultura y todo el entorno del mundo de la moda son sus protagonistas. A finales del 2012 protagoniza el fashion flim XX del diseñador Juanjo Oliva dirigido por el director de cine Fernando Gonzalez Molina.

2014 vuelve a destacar en la Alta Costura de Paris junto al diseñador Stephane Rolland y protagoniza el corto "L´ECHAPPEE" junto al actor Jalil Lespert.

En el mes de Noviembre realiza la portada de la revista VIEW con el fotógrafo Rafa Gallar y firma con "ROCHAS" como embajadora del perfume para la campaña de Navidades en España.


NIEVES ALVAREZ is a Spanish model.

Born on 30th discovered at the age of 17 by a photographer and a friend who later presented her at the Agency "Bookings" in Madrid. A few months later she appeared on the cover of Telva magazine, which marked the beginning of her successful career in the modelling world. Since the beginning of her career, Alvarez has been featured in fashion spreads in most major and significant fashion magazines including Spanish and French Vogue magazines and UK and French Elle magazines.

In 1992 she won the famous "Look of the Year" contest organized by Ragazza magazine in Madrid, and arrived third in the international finals held in New York. When in 1994 in Paris she was spotted by Yves Saint Laurent, her career leaped forward. Alvarez started a professional relationship with the designer, which continued until his retirement in 2002.

In 1994 she was featured on the cover of US Glamour magazine for the first time, and reappeared on the covers of the five further issues. She also appeared on the cover of French Marie Claire magazine. That same year, in May, she started the perfume campaign "GFF Gianfranco Ferre" advertising the company’s first unisex signature fragrance.

The worldwide “Winter 1995 Wolford” campaign together with the one made for Swarovski resulted in further growth of her global prestige. The brand Missoni made Alvarez the face of its spring-summer 1995 fashion show using her pictures taken by Pasquale Abbattista. It was also the same year when her career took a new turn after a rather risky haircut, which actually earned her the cover of French Elle magazine as well as the statute of Hermes muse.

In 1996 she was photographed by David Bailey for UK Elle magazine. In 1998 Yves Saint Laurent chose her to be the face of his campaign for the football world championship. She was photographed by the French fashion photographer and music video director Jean-Baptiste Mondino. In 1999, again photographed by Mondino, she appeared on the cover of French Vogue magazine and became the icon of Wolford tights designed by Philippe Starck.

In 2002, surrounded by her intimates, Alvarez got married to the Italian photographer Marco Severini on the island of Bali. Her wedding dress was a creation of Giambattista Valli.

In 2004, she starred together with the famous actor Pierce Brosnan in the well-known "Freixenet" Christmas advertising. That same year, the photographer Manuel Otomuro photographed her for Breil jewellery campaign.

From 2005 until 2011 Alvarez was the face of an international campaign by Astor. In 2005, she had her first child, Adriano, and two years later she had twins, Bianca and Brando.

Also in 2005, Montblanc chose her to be their international Ambassador for four consecutive years.

In 2006, she was awarded by GQ magazine the title of "the woman of the year".

March 1974, Madrid, she was In 2011, she began working as a fashion runway model in Florence with the fashion designer Alberta Ferretti, and later on she appeared as Ferretti’s guest at the Cannes movie festival.

Alvarez also appeared on the cover of Spanish Glamour magazine together with the great bullfighter Jose Mari Manzanares. In charge of the photo shoot was James White, the photographer all Hollywood starts have heard of. Photographed by Ruven Afanador in New York, she featured an impressive story for Spanish Yo Dona magazine for the annual "Haute Couture" issue of the magazine, and, what is more, also in 2011, she began the first of the two years as Ambassador for the jewellery brand Pandora and returned to the runway during the Madrid Fashion Week thanks to the designer and her friend Juanjo Oliva.

In 2012 Alvarez began a new exciting challenge in her career as host of "Flash Moda" program on 1 for TVE (Spanish National Television), directed by the journalist Jesús Maria Montes-Fernández, where current affairs, trends, culture and everything around the fashion world is discussed. At the end of 2012 she starred in the fashion film “XX” by the designer Juanjo Oliva and directed by the filmmaker Fernando Gonzalez Molina.

In 2014 Alvarez appeared once again in Paris “Haute Couture” along with the designer Stephane Rolland and starred in the short film "L'ECHAPPEE" with the actor Jalil Lespert. In November 2014 she was featured on the cover of VIEW magazine with the photographer Rafa Gallar, and signed a contract with "ROCHAS", thus becoming the perfume Ambassador for the Christmas season campaign in Spain.

Alvarez has had campaigns with major designers admired throughout the world, including Christian Lacroix, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Gianfranco Ferre, Oscar De La Renta, Carolina Herrera, Paco Rabanne, Herve Leger and Emauel Ungaro in Milan, New York and Paris. She was the face of Guerlain, Carita, Yves Saint Laurent, Adolfo Dominguez, and Gianfranco Ferre.

Apart from modelling, Alvarez embarked on numerous ventures. In 2010 she began her career as the designer of children's brand N + V, Villalobos + Nieves Alvarez (nmasv.com), creating a collection of clothes for children aged 2-12 available in multi-brand shops and in the El Corte Inglés department stores in Madrid. That same year she was photographed by Peter Lindbergh for the Spanish Vogue special edition. Up until today she has also been the face of the glasses "Transitions”; glasses which provide comfort and eye protection and have the great advantage of being able to accommodate to any type of fitting. She has also cooperated with the Foundation of Carmen Pardo Valcarcel, which focuses on helping young disabled people. As a measure of standardization for youth with special difficulties (www.pardo-valcarcel.com), the organization ́s aim is to help young and disabled people become re-employed. Additionally, she has been elected by the city of Aranjuez "Amotinada Mayor" for her recognized social work dedicated to teaching people about the dangers and risks of anorexia.