Spellbound

With her modelling career thriving, luminous Brazilian beauty Aline Weber is soaking it all up.

- Heidi Mitchell

THERE’S A SCENE IN TOM FORD’S STUNNINGLY visual 2009 directorial debut, A Single Man, that stands out from the rest and lingers long after the credits. It’s a coquettish cameo—an icy blonde playing a literature student. She whispers something enigmatic into a male classmate’s ear between long pulls on a cigarette. Her jade eyes almost pierce the screen; her cheekbones could cut the smoke. As the camera pans down to her face, those sharp angles draw us to her lips, so plump and arched, they seem perpetually primed for a kiss.

That striking beauty is Aline Weber, the same 5'10" Brazilian model who kisses 11 men in Tom Ford’s lipstick ad campaign. She’s appeared on the covers of glossy magazines from Mexico to Japan; cat walked for Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs; and posed for top photographers like Inez and Vinoodh.