- Height6′ 3½″ (1.92 m)
- London-based artist, actor and designer Daniel Lismore, whose distinctive flamboyant style has earned him the title "London's Most Outrageous Dresser" by Vogue. Lismore is known for his outfits that brilliantly combine haute couture garments. In recognition of his efforts on this front, the retail clothing company H&M selected Lismore in September 2015 to be the face of their "Close the Loop" print and video campaign promoting recycling in the fashion industry. His first U.S exhibition wardrobe at S.C.A.D Fashion Museum "Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken" features 30 ensembles styled by Lismore exclusively for S.C.A.D Fashion Museum from among hundreds of items on loan from Lismore's extensive personal wardrobe and archive film footage of his life. Lismore is a prominent feature of the London fashion circuit and his personal style has been the subject of exhibitions at the prestigious Tate Modern, London in 2013 and Tate Britain, London in 2014. He studied photography and fashion design until entering into a modeling career where he was photographed by Mario Testino, Phil Poynter, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and Ellen von Unwerth, landing him on the pages of Vogue UK, i-D magazine and L'Uomo Vogue. He progressed from modeling into editorial work, contributing to and illuminating the wardrobes of various European magazines. Lismore has collaborated with American rapper Azealia Banks to concept shows and the artwork of her first album, "Broke with Expensive Taste," and he was the inspiration behind pop artist Iggy Azalea's "Glory" EP cover. Additionally, Lismore has been featured in the music videos of Boy George, George Michael and Alexandra Burke, and he has appeared in "Made in Chelsea," "Britain's Next Top Model," "Denmark's Next Top Model," "The Kylie Show," "Styled to Rock" and the upcoming 2016 feature film "Absolutely Fabulous." Since 2012 Lismore has been the creative director of Sorapol, a luxury womenswear label worn by fashion influencer's such as Naomi Campbell, Kylie Minogue, Nicki Minaj, Paloma Faith and Debbie Harry. In recent years he has supported organizations such as Vivienne Westwood's Climate Revolution, climate change charity Cool Earth and New World International Kenya, and Lismore lends his support to the LGBT community, human rights issues and free speech movements. Lismore lives and works in Soho, London.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Daniel Lismore
- Daniel Lismore is a London based artist and actor; A Living Sculpture who creates elaborate, extravagant, three-dimensional tableaux of figurative sculptures crafted like tapestries; Each artwork is created from fragments of items previously worn by the artist, meshing history and futurism whilst reflecting the world in which he exists.
Lismore has been a prominent fixture on the London Fashion and Art circuits and an activist for Human Rights and the environment for 20 years. His evolution as a living sculpture was fueled by a childhood growing up in his father's antique auction house where historic regalia; priceless exquisitely, hand-made treasures, artworks, taxidermy, weaponry and suits-of-armour were assembled alongside collectible Star War figures and Star Trek memorabilia.
Although he started his career as an artist from the perspective of the outsider, working as a photographer within a year he had moved in front of the lens as a model, later emerging as a creative consultant for Mert & Marcus, Steven Klein, Martin Parr, David LaChapelle and Ellen von Unwerth.
Lismore has been named by Vogue as 'England's Most Eccentric Dresser'. In 2017 he was selected in the top hundred of the Out 100 List. In 2018 and 2020 he was named in the top hundred, Guardian's Pride Power List. In 2016, Daniel Lismore became the Circuit Ambassador for the Tate Museums. It was here that Lismore hosted his first two exhibitions in Tate Modern 2012 and Tate Britain 2013 featuring self portraits.
Daniel Lismore's first book, 'Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken,' published by Rizzoli in 2016, documented the 32 figurative sculptures of Lismore which comprised his first USA museum exhibition. The exhibition was co-curated by Savannah College of Art and Design and was later displayed at Miami Art Basel. In May 2017 Lismore exhibited at the Venice Biennale. In June 2018, Lismore curated a month long show of his work at Harpa Hall in Iceland as the highlight of the Reykjavik Arts Festival. The exhibition subsequently toured Europe, opening at the Pan Museum in Naples and Stary Brower Gallery in Poznan, Poland. The exhibition was attended by over 100,000 visitors.
Since 2018 Lismore been a Global Ambassador for Graduate Fashion Week, which reflects the 6 years he spent as creative director of luxury women's wear brand Sorapol, dressing Maria Cary, Cara Delevingne and Nicky Minaj. Lismore has long been an active campaigner for the recycling of clothes and in 2015 became the face of the H&M Close the Loop campaign to encourage the practice of recycling clothes. Daniel Lismore is an ambassador of the climate change charity Cool Earth and has worked closely with Vivienne Westwood on her Climate Revolution projects.
He has appeared in numerous Bulgari Campaigns and featured in TV shows, including Sky Arts Portrait of The Year, Marina Abramovic Takes Over TV, Statues Redressed. In 2015 he made a cameo appearance in the movie Absolutely Fabulous. In April 2019 Lismore gave a TED Talk at the main TED conference in Vancouver, titled "My Life As A Work Of Art" in which he spoke about his life as a Living Sculpture.
In September 2019, Lismore opened Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief runway show at the British Museum revealing one of the first costumes he designed for the English National Opera (in collaboration with Swarovski) for Harrison Birtwistle's iconic opera, The Mask of Orpheus which was staged at the London Coliseum.
During the Covid 19 pandemic, Lismore has been residing between Coventry and London working on Lgbtq+ activism and new art works. His show Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken is opened in February 2022 for Coventry City UK Capital of Culture at the Herbert Art Gallery And Museum.
In 2022 his first lead role in a movie was release "Love Infinity" was directed by Oscar & Bafta winning director Tim Yip.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Daniel Lismore
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