Lilli Luxe, More than Just a Set of Pretty Eyes

Payal Shah

Lilli Luxe, More than Just a Set of Pretty Eyes

The most common trait that you will find among people were you to take a survey someday about what is the most important feature an aspiring model ought to have, most would tend to say a beautiful face. 

Some will say it is their other features, like their grace, poise, ability to make everything they wear look beautiful. Some might also say it is their eyes that make models or in a broader aspect women look beautiful. What do you do when you have all of these features and in huge numbers?

You become a model and that too a very popular one. That is exactly the path that Lilli Luxe took and the rest as they say is history. Blessed with phenomenal looks and features, Lilli Luxe was born on December 15, 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas and was raised in Ohio.  

Lilli Luxe, More than Just a Set of Pretty Eyes

Lilli’s family moved often and she has lived in Texas, California, Ohio, and Washington. After she had difficulty finding standard clothes that fit her unique hourglass shape she gained an interest in pinup culture. 

Lilli’s hobbies include designing, traveling, watching documentaries, perusing libraries and book shops, baking, and scouring antique stores, thrift stores, and flea markets for vintage treasures. 

On April 20, 2014 Lilli posted her first picture to Instagram.She began modeling by doing trade shoots with local photographers and creating social media profiles to display her work. 

Lilli had many followers, and she was soon picked up by Dorothy Combs Models and re-marketed under the name Natalie Renee. She  has since modeled for TJ Maxx, Rue21, and Secrets in Lace, straddling the line between conservative plus size modeling and sexy pin up modeling. 

Her style icons include Jayne Mansfield, Anita Ekberg, Joan Holloway from Mad Men. Lillie was also featured in an office themed spread for Issue 31 of Bachelor Pad Magazine, which is among some of the best work that she has done. 

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Lilli had not, in fact, modelled until she had turned eighteen, when she moved to Los Angeles to attend fashion school to study Visual Communications. In fashion school she wasn’t doing any professional modelling there, but she started  exploring the pinup genre for fun. 

She was really inspired by watching old Hollywood movies with Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot. Because of her hourglass body type it was difficult to find clothes that fit her best as at that point in time, plus size fashion was not as huge a trend as it is in the market at this point of time. 

She loved the fashion of the 60’s and 70’s and used to design her clothes keeping those styles in mind and click photos of herself. 

She moved back to Ohio in 2011 after finishing fashion school. She began posting her pinup themed photos on social media in 2012 and created the pinup alter ego Lilli Luxe. 

It started as a hobby, but her pages quickly grew. In 2014, a fan suggested that Lilli  should try moving into commercial plus size modelling; it turned out she had exactly the right size requirements and look  so she  submitted her photos to a few agencies. 

One agency, Dorothy Combs Models, emailed her back within ten minutes and asked her to send more photos. Shortly after that, she signed a contract with them and began working. She  was shocked by how expensive the start-up costs were for becoming a plus size model.

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Lilli had to pay for top professional photographers by herself thousands of dollars, and self-funded trips to New York. She was working corporate jobs during this time as a Graphic Designer and taking modelling jobs on the weekend. She also modelled for a few big American companies like TJ Maxx, Rue 21, and Secrets in Lace.

Over the years she has claimed fame as one of the most prominent plus size models who is a star and a celebrity on Instagram, arguable the most popular social media app in the world right now. 

Lilli Luxe has made a name for herself as an Instagram star and curve model who is known for posting modeling pictures in outfits, swimwear, and lingerie. She is also known for founding her own community for women entitled Confident Curves and Radiant Minds. 

Apart from that, she has her own 2018 calendar which can be found for sale through her online site at MagCloud. Lilli’s celebrity lookalikes include Nicole Kidman, Anna Nicole Smith, Marilyn Monroe which actually go a long way in showing how pretty she actually is as the names that are a part of her lookalikes are some of the most pretty faces the entertainment industry has ever seen.

Lilli Luxe’s net worth has growing significantly in 2019. Lilli Luxe is a successful Model. Lilli Luxe’s net worth comes from being a Model. 

From someone who did not have enough styles of clothing to choose from as a kid with a plus size figure, to a plus size model who is sought after by different designers and brands to get her to work with them and model for them, Lilli Luxe has come a long way in her career and in life. 

She has had a different route to stardom compared to some of her contemporaries but that has in no way slowed down her popularity. Still only 30, Lilli Luxe has a long career ahead of her and we are sure we will see a lot more of this sultry and pretty babe in this newly turned decade. 

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