CONVERSATIONS: Jeisa Chiminazzo speaks of the most memorable places and events she has been a part of and more

FASHIONISTA
June 19, 2008

SUMMER 2009 - Jeisa Chiminazzo just reached ten years of her career. This beautiful one started working in the fashion business when she was only 13 years and now lives in NY. She has an extensive resume of fashion shows, editorials and catalogues to prove how powerful she has become in the Fashion Planet. Living in NY for nine years, she gave way to be a part of the SPFW parade for Animale.

Among her most recent works are the ones for K of Karl Lagerfeld (who’s a perpetual fan of the model), Gap and Victoria’s Secret. At the backstage of Animale, Jeisa speaks about being on top, memorable moments of her career, being a model, her vacations, her day-to-day activities and more…

Q&A with Jeisa Chiminazzo
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Photographer: Mario Sorrenti, Alasdair McLellan & Chadwick Tyler
Fashion Editors: Kim Jones & Nicholas Grasa

Issa, new Exclusive catalogue: Bryan Adams photographs the new catalogue of the Issa 05/05

The material was photographed by the singer and photographer Bryan Adams. Model is Jeisa Chiminazzo, art directors are Philippe Kliot and Marcela Ayd. Styling is done by Susan Bender and the shoes are from Charlotte Olympia.

As they say: work hard but party harder!

Here’s a brief background on the guy she has been dating for some months now:

Oliver Ripley is a jet-haired financial analyst working the Russia accounts at Louis Dubin’s real-estate company, the Athena Group. In April 2005, Oliver Ripley started Ocean Group International with his partner, a direct investment company with assets in aviation and property. Ocean Group’s activities include Ocean Sky (a private jet company), Ocean Properties (a property development company) and Ocean Investments (fund investment).
Subsequently in September 2005, Oliver founded Kronos Capital Holdings, an investment company focused on the Russian market which seeks to exploit market inefficiencies in developing sectors.
In 2003 Oliver worked for The Athena Group in New York, a real estate investment and development company, which developed residential real estate in the United States. Athena was capitalized by a $200 million equity fund raised by Morgan Stanley and generated approximately $300 million in sales per year. He was involved with acquisitions, financial underwriting, debt financing and sales. While in New York he studied at NYU, at the Masters in International Real Estate program.
Previously Oliver worked for Gems in Argentina, a hedge fund of funds, expanding their client base and advising on their Russia portfolio. In 2001 he worked for MNGK, The Moscow Oil and Gas Company in Russia.
Oliver graduated from Eton and Oxford. He is bilingual in Russian and English. He is fluent in French, Italian and Spanish.