Born and raised in London, Mary Charteris was surrounded by fashion from an early age. The daughter of a wealthy landowner and a former journalist for Warhol’s Interview Magazine, Mary was mentored by the late Isabella Blow (an old family friend) and her aunt, Daphne Guinness who both introduced her to the fashion industry and encouraged her to model.

Mary attended the Francis Holland Girl’s school in West London before moving to Paris to study lingerie and swimwear design at Parsons School of Design.

A British style icon in the making, Mary has being profiled in American Vogue, British Vogue, Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, Purple, Jalouse and Dazed and has collaborated with a host of designers including Louis Vuitton, Jason Wu, Thakoon, Markus Lupfer and Phillip Treacy. She has shot with Mario Testino, Terry Richardson, Olivier Zahm, Paul Schmidt and Andre Saraiva.

Mary recently appeared in Kinga Burza’s short film, “Candy” and in a mocumentary for the London designer Markus Lupfer’s resort collection. She also regularly presents for Vogue TV and contributes to her blog ‘Talking Faithful’

Mary frequently DJs at industry parties in both London and New York and was recently invited to play at the Jalouse Rocks Festival in Paris alongside her fiancée Robbie Furze from the electro rock duo, “The Big Pink”. Mary Charteris is currently based in London.