What is Lily Aldridge's Net Worth?
Lily Aldridge is an American model who has a net worth of $8 million. Lily Aldridge served as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2010 to 2018. During that time, in 2014, she graced the 50th-anniversary cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue alongside Nina Agdal and Chrissy Teigen. Among her other ventures, Aldridge has her own clothing and fragrance lines.
Early Life and Education
Lily Aldridge was born on November 15, 1985 in Santa Monica, California to model Laura Lyons and British artist Alan Aldridge. Her mother was a Playboy Playmate of the Month in February 1976. Aldridge has a sister named Ruby, a half-sister named Saffron, and a half-brother named Miles, all of whom entered the fashion industry. In California, Aldridge was educated at Franklin Elementary School in Santa Monica and Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks; she also attended high school in London, England.
Modeling Career
Aldridge began modeling when she was 16 years old. After starting out doing print work for Abercrombie & Fitch, she went on to appear in ad campaigns for such brands as Rag & Bone, Levi's, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, J.Crew, Bobbi Brown, and Rocawear, among many others. Aldridge graced the cover of a major magazine for the first time in 2003, when she appeared on the cover of the August issue of Spanish Vogue. Since then, she has graced the covers of such international magazines as French Glamour, Esquire Mexico, British GQ, Allure Russia, and Elles Korea, Vietnam, and Brazil.
In 2009, Aldridge made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and in 2010 became a Victoria's Secret Angel. She continued to appear as an Angel in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show until 2018. In 2015, Aldridge was given the elite honor of wearing that year's Fantasy Bra during the show. Meanwhile, in print magazines, she appeared as an Angel in British GQ, V Magazine, and British Vogue, often alongside fellow Angels Erin Heatherton and Candice Swanepoel. In other significant appearances, Aldridge graced the cover of the 50th-anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2014, alongside Nina Agdal and Chrissy Teigen.
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Clothing and Fragrance Lines
The face of fashion brand Velvet Tees since 2004, Aldridge released her own clothing line with the label in 2013. Later, in the fall of 2019, she launched a fragrance line, which started with fragrances called Haven and Summit. Aldridge claimed to have developed the line with an emphasis on sustainability, using responsibly harvested wood for the bottle caps and recycled paper for the boxes.
Other Media Appearances
In addition to her modeling appearances, Aldridge has appeared in some music videos, television series, and films. Alongside rappers Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg, she appeared briefly in the music video for Limp Bizkit's 2000 song "Break Stuff." Later in the decade, Aldridge was in the video for Kings of Leon's hit song "Use Somebody." She reunited with the band in 2013 to appear in the video for "Temple." A couple of years after that, Aldridge played an assassin named Frostbyte in the video for Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood."
On television, Aldridge appeared in a season-four episode of the CBS sitcom "2 Broke Girls" in 2014 with fellow Victoria's Secret Angel Martha Hunt. She also appeared alongside her husband in an episode of the Bravo reality competition series "Top Chef." On the big screen, Aldridge made a cameo appearance in Gary Ross's 2018 heist comedy film "Ocean's 8," a spinoff of Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's" film series. In other media, she launched her own YouTube channel in the summer of 2019.
Personal Life
At the Coachella festival in 2007, Aldridge met Caleb Followill, the frontman of the rock band Kings of Leon. The pair eventually married in 2011 in Montecito, California. Together, they have a daughter named Dixie and a son named Winston.
