Rossellini is the daughter of Swedish actress Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini.
As well as a model, Isabella
is, of course, a very famous and successful actress, starring in a long line of
classic films, including Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart, both written and
directed by her former partner David Lynch.
The classic beauty was married
to famed director Martin Scorsese from 1979 to 1982 and then went on to
tie-the-knot with Jon Wiedemann, with whom she had a daughter called Elettra.
Poster girl: Isabella was the
face of beauty giant Lancôme for 14 years and then later developed her own line
of cosmetics Isabella Rossellini's Manifesto
Monica Bellucci and Isabella Rossellini for Dolce and Gabana 1992
Rossellini became the face of the brand at the age of 30 in 1982.
For the campaign for Trésor Eau de Parfum, which launched in 1990, Rossellini became a key part of the scent’s development process. “They had three different versions of the scent, and according to market research, they all tested equally throughout,” she remembers. “So they asked me, ‘Which one?’ ‘Oh, well, then I like this one!’” The final version that’s been selling out for years. “Because I was a part of the process, people read through it, I don’t know how but they knew it was genuine, and they felt the enthusiasm and made the personal connection,” Rossellini says.
Her Lancôme deal ended when she was 42. When the company approached her for another contract at the age of 65, it was immediately clear from the start of her meeting with general manager of Lancôme International, Françoise Lehmann, that things had changed.
“Beauty is how you define it for yourself and what is it that you want to present of yourself,” Rossellini says with conviction. “The evolution of the story, then and now, things change and change for the better.
