Missy Rayder
Encyclopedia
Melissa "Missy" Rayder is an American
fashion model. She is the younger sister of model
Frankie Rayder
. Her career is highlighted by appearances on several leading high fashion magazines such Vogue Italia
, Vogue España, and Elle
France. She is linked to her sister through various print ad campaigns and joint covergirl work.
, Rayder has done runway show modeling of ready to wear apparel since 1997. She has also appeared in print ads for companies including Ann Taylor
, Balenciaga
, Barneys New York, Bulgari
fragrance, Burberry
, David Yurman
, Escada
, GAP
, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenneth Cole
, Missoni
, Moschino
, Nordstrom
, Prada
, Louis Vuitton, and Vera Wang
.
In 1997, Missy debuted in Paris and Milan runway shows for Chloé
, Costume National, Trussardi and others. In the fall of 2000, The New York Times
referred to Missy and Frankie Rayder collectively as the famous Rayder Sisters. They had been featured together on the May 2000 cover of Harper's Bazaar
. Rayder was considered to be one of the top models at Elite Model Management
in New York City
at the beginning of 2002. Elite opened up a new division to cater to her and its other top models: Erin O'Connor
, Maggie Rizer
, Karen Elson
, Oluchi Onweagba
, and Sophie Dahl
. In April 2002, she had income tax
issues that nearly prevented from reentering the United States due to money earned overseas during Mercedes Australian Fashion Week. That September, Steven Meisel
asked her to shave her hair and eyebrows for a New York Marc Jacobs
show. In the following months she was on the cover of German Vogue (October) and Vogue Italia (November) with the latter being Meisel's work.
Rayder was one of the featured models (along with her sister and Linda Evangelista
, Twiggy
, Patti Hansen
with daughters Alexandra
and Theodora Richards
, and Beverly Johnson
) in the 50-model Ann Taylor
50th Anniversary ad campaign that was photographed by Annie Leibovitz
in 2004.
In 2006, she appeared on the Harper’s Bazaar’s best-dressed list. Rayder is among the people often spotted as a celebrity at New York Knicks
games at Madison Square Garden
.
Between 2002 and 2007, Rayder appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia
six times (November 2002, November 2003, January 2004, July 2004, January 2005, and January 2007) and she also has appeared on the cover of Vogue España (September 2006, April 2008, March 2009) and German Vogue (July 2005). Other cover highlights include Elle
France (July 2000 and September 2008) and Elle Italy (February 2001).
In January 2008, she left, DNA, Viva, and Why Not to sign with IMG
worldwide. As of February 2009, Rayder was represented by IMG in both New York and Paris, Why Not Model Management in Milan and 2pm Model Management Copenhagen.
in 1995 and moved to Tribeca
. Frankie and Missy formerly lived across the street from each other in New York. During the September 11 attacks, Missy still lived in Tribeca. The Rayder sisters (along with a third sister named Molly) appeared in holiday ads for Gap
as siblings in 2003 to the tune of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart
". In later years, Rayder and Frankie appeared in Gap holiday ads as a pair. There are a total of four Rayder sisters. They have one brother and their father continued to live in River Falls in 2004.
Along with Maggie Rizer
, Karen Elson
, and Oluchi Onweagba
, Rayder was part of a team of Elite models who cut their billing rate by as much as 75% to appear at a benefit for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
in 2001. In 2006, Rayder was the subject of photographic work that served as the basis for sketches and a 30 by pastel drawings that appeared at a benefit for the Whitney Museum of American Art
before being placed at the Calvin Klein
flagship store on Madison Avenue. The theme of the works were Art from fashion.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fashion model. She is the younger sister of model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
Frankie Rayder
Frankie Rayder
Francesca "Frankie" Rayder is an American model who appeared in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show four times and in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue twice. She has an extensive portfolio of covergirl appearances for numerous high fashion magazines and was once a VH1/Vogue Fashion...
. Her career is highlighted by appearances on several leading high fashion magazines such Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia is the Italian edition of Vogue magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it is the least commercial of all editions of Vogue magazine and has been called the top fashion magazine in the world....
, Vogue España, and Elle
Elle
Elle may refer to:*Elle, Central African Republic*Elle , a fashion publication*Ellé, a river in France*Elle , a female given name*Elle , a Sri Lankan game similar to baseball*Ælle of Sussex, a Saxon king...
France. She is linked to her sister through various print ad campaigns and joint covergirl work.
Background
Born in River Falls, WisconsinRiver Falls, Wisconsin
River Falls is a city in Pierce and St. Croix counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 15,000 at the 2010 census, making it the second largest city in the Twin Cities Wisconsin suburbs, which is the eighth largest metropolitan area in the state...
, Rayder has done runway show modeling of ready to wear apparel since 1997. She has also appeared in print ads for companies including Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor (retail chain)
ANN INC. is an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, headquartered in New York City, . The stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories...
, Balenciaga
Balenciaga
Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Basque designer, born in the Basque Country, Spain. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern...
, Barneys New York, Bulgari
Bulgari
Bulgari is an Italian jeweler and luxury goods retailer which has been owned by the French firm LVMH since October 2011. The trademark is usually written "BVLGARI" in the classical Latin alphabet , and is derived from the surname of the company's Greek founder, Sotirio Voulgaris...
fragrance, Burberry
Burberry
Burberry Group plc is a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Its distinctive tartan pattern has become one of its most widely copied trademarks. Burberry is most famous for its iconic trench coat, which was invented by founder Thomas Burberry...
, David Yurman
David Yurman
David Yurman Inc. is a privately held high-end American designer jewelry company founded by David Yurman . It is headquartered in New York City....
, Escada
Escada
Escada is an international luxury fashion group in women's designer clothing. The company has a presence in about 60 different countries. Its main sales markets are North America, western and eastern Europe and Asia. It filed bankruptcy in August 2009, and was acquired by Megha Mittal, in November...
, GAP
Gap (clothing retailer)
The Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. The company has five primary brands: the namesake Gap banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta. As of September 2008,...
, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenneth Cole
Kenneth Cole Productions
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. is an American fashion house founded in 1982 by Kenneth Cole. He originally named the company Kenneth Cole Incorporated in September 1982 and planned to showcase his new line of shoes during market week at the Hilton New York Hotel...
, Missoni
Missoni
Missoni is an Italian fashion house based in Varese. It is famous for its unique knitwear, made from a variety of fabrics in colourful patterns. The company was founded by Ottavio and Rosita Missoni in 1953.-Brands:...
, Moschino
Moschino
Moschino is an Italian fashion design house and manufacturer of women's, men's and children's fashion.-History:The brand was originally created in 1983 by the late Franco Moschino...
, Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...
, Prada
Prada
Prada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...
, Louis Vuitton, and Vera Wang
Vera Wang
Vera Ellen Wang is a Chinese American fashion designer based in New York City and former figure skater. She is known for her wide clientele of couture bridesmaid gowns and wedding gown collections.-Personal life:...
.
In 1997, Missy debuted in Paris and Milan runway shows for Chloé
Chloé
Chloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Its headquarters is in Paris.-History:Gaby Aghion was born in Alexandria, Egypt in the year 1921...
, Costume National, Trussardi and others. In the fall of 2000, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
referred to Missy and Frankie Rayder collectively as the famous Rayder Sisters. They had been featured together on the May 2000 cover of Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
. Rayder was considered to be one of the top models at Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management is a large modeling agency based in New York and Paris. It is a subsidiary of Elite World S.A.-History:Founded in France in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler, it was rebought in 1990 by Nicholas Farrae. Elite World S.A. is the parent company of Elite Model...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
at the beginning of 2002. Elite opened up a new division to cater to her and its other top models: Erin O'Connor
Erin O'Connor
-Early life:Erin O'Connor was born and brought up in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England and went to Brownhills Community School . She was raised Catholic and her father is from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland...
, Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer is an American model, actress, and AIDS activist. She is also ambassador for Operation Smile.-Personal life:...
, Karen Elson
Karen Elson
Karen Elson is a British model, singer-songwriter and guitarist.As a child, Elson attended North Chadderton School in Chadderton with her twin sister, filmmaker Kate Elson. She began working as a model as a teenager....
, Oluchi Onweagba
Oluchi Onweagba
-Early life:Onweagba grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria with her two brothers and sisters. She is the daughter of a civil servant father and mother who was a nurse. When Onweagba was 16 years old, she won the "Face Of Africa" contest.-Discovery:...
, and Sophie Dahl
Sophie Dahl
Sophie Dahl , born Sophie Holloway, is an English author and former model. She was born in London, the daughter of actor Julian Holloway and writer Tessa Dahl. Her maternal grandparents were author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. Her paternal grandparents were actor Stanley Holloway and...
. In April 2002, she had income tax
Income tax
An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses . Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Income taxation can be progressive, proportional, or regressive. When the tax is levied on the income of companies, it is often called a corporate...
issues that nearly prevented from reentering the United States due to money earned overseas during Mercedes Australian Fashion Week. That September, Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book Sex...
asked her to shave her hair and eyebrows for a New York Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...
show. In the following months she was on the cover of German Vogue (October) and Vogue Italia (November) with the latter being Meisel's work.
Rayder was one of the featured models (along with her sister and Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian model. She has been featured on over 600 magazine covers and has garnered work on numerous modeling assignments with companies, most recently with L'Oréal.- Early years :...
, Twiggy
Twiggy
Lesley Lawson née Hornby known as Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer. In the early-1960s she became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London with others such as Penelope Tree....
, Patti Hansen
Patti Hansen
Patricia "Patti" Elvina Hansen is an American model and actress.-Early life and career:Hansen, who is of Norwegian ancestry, was born and raised in the Tottenville section of Staten Island, New York. The youngest of six children, Hansen was discovered by photographer Peter Gert at age 14...
with daughters Alexandra
Alexandra Richards
Alexandra Nicole Richards is the daughter of Patti Hansen and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, and the sister of Theodora Richards. She is a model, artist, and DJ in New York City...
and Theodora Richards
Theodora Richards
Theodora Dupree Richards is the daughter of Patti Hansen and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, and the older sister of Alexandra Richards. She is an international model....
, and Beverly Johnson
Beverly Johnson
Beverly Johnson is an American model, actress, and businesswoman. She made history when she rose to fame as the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974...
) in the 50-model Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor (retail chain)
ANN INC. is an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, headquartered in New York City, . The stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories...
50th Anniversary ad campaign that was photographed by Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer.-Early life and education:Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe. Her father's...
in 2004.
In 2006, she appeared on the Harper’s Bazaar’s best-dressed list. Rayder is among the people often spotted as a celebrity at New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
games at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
.
Between 2002 and 2007, Rayder appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia is the Italian edition of Vogue magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it is the least commercial of all editions of Vogue magazine and has been called the top fashion magazine in the world....
six times (November 2002, November 2003, January 2004, July 2004, January 2005, and January 2007) and she also has appeared on the cover of Vogue España (September 2006, April 2008, March 2009) and German Vogue (July 2005). Other cover highlights include Elle
Elle
Elle may refer to:*Elle, Central African Republic*Elle , a fashion publication*Ellé, a river in France*Elle , a female given name*Elle , a Sri Lankan game similar to baseball*Ælle of Sussex, a Saxon king...
France (July 2000 and September 2008) and Elle Italy (February 2001).
In January 2008, she left, DNA, Viva, and Why Not to sign with IMG
IMG (business)
IMG, originally known as the International Management Group is a global sports and media business headquartered in New York City.-History:...
worldwide. As of February 2009, Rayder was represented by IMG in both New York and Paris, Why Not Model Management in Milan and 2pm Model Management Copenhagen.
Personal
Rayder went to visit her sister Frankie in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1995 and moved to Tribeca
TriBeCa
Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is an acronym based on the words "Triangle below Canal Street", and is properly bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Vesey Street...
. Frankie and Missy formerly lived across the street from each other in New York. During the September 11 attacks, Missy still lived in Tribeca. The Rayder sisters (along with a third sister named Molly) appeared in holiday ads for Gap
Gap (clothing retailer)
The Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. The company has five primary brands: the namesake Gap banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta. As of September 2008,...
as siblings in 2003 to the tune of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" is a song originally performed in 1968 by Jackie DeShannon, who composed it with her brother, Randy Myers, and Jimmy Holiday. In the USA, it was DeShannon's highest-charting hit, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 and #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts...
". In later years, Rayder and Frankie appeared in Gap holiday ads as a pair. There are a total of four Rayder sisters. They have one brother and their father continued to live in River Falls in 2004.
Along with Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer
Maggie Rizer is an American model, actress, and AIDS activist. She is also ambassador for Operation Smile.-Personal life:...
, Karen Elson
Karen Elson
Karen Elson is a British model, singer-songwriter and guitarist.As a child, Elson attended North Chadderton School in Chadderton with her twin sister, filmmaker Kate Elson. She began working as a model as a teenager....
, and Oluchi Onweagba
Oluchi Onweagba
-Early life:Onweagba grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria with her two brothers and sisters. She is the daughter of a civil servant father and mother who was a nurse. When Onweagba was 16 years old, she won the "Face Of Africa" contest.-Discovery:...
, Rayder was part of a team of Elite models who cut their billing rate by as much as 75% to appear at a benefit for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the largest and oldest children's hospitals in the world. CHOP has been ranked as the best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and Parents Magazine in recent years. As of 2008, it was ranked #1 in the nation for...
in 2001. In 2006, Rayder was the subject of photographic work that served as the basis for sketches and a 30 by pastel drawings that appeared at a benefit for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
before being placed at the Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....
flagship store on Madison Avenue. The theme of the works were Art from fashion.
External links
- Missy Rayder at IMG ModelsIMG ModelsIMG Models is one of the major international modeling agencies, currently representing only female models. Its mother office is in New York City, with branches in Paris, London, Milan and Hong Kong. It is a division of New York, NY-based IMG...
