06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Patti Hansen, with footnotes # 20
Patti Hansen Wearing A Shirtdress On A Beach, c. 1975
Photograph
Private collection
Patricia “Patti” Hansen (born March 17, 1956) is an American model and actress. She was discovered by photographer Peter Gert at age 14. After Gert took Hansen to a party hosted by Wilhelmina Cooper, former model and owner of the Wilhelmina Models, Cooper signed the teen to her agency. Hansen soon moved to Manhattan, enrolled at the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan (she would later drop out), and began landing modeling jobs.
During Hansen’s modeling career, she appeared on the covers and in the pages of Seventeen, American Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Harper’s Bazaar. She also had campaigns for Calvin Klein (for which she featured on a billboard in Times Square), Revlon, and André Courrèges. At the height of her fame, Hansen appeared on the December 1978 cover of Esquire, celebrating “The Year of the Lusty Woman”.
In the early 1980s, Hansen stopped modeling and began acting. She appeared in only three feature films. In 1993, Hansen returned to modeling when designer Calvin Klein used 1970s-era models for his 1993 collection. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the “Modern Muses”. In 2004, Hansen, along with daughters Alexandra and Theodora, were featured in ads for Guerlain’s perfume Shalimar Light.
Hansen married Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards on December 18, 1983. More on Patti Hansen