In pictures Lily Donaldson can do just about anything. The British supermodel, who turns 30 today, may look like the quintessential English rose, but Donaldson has played plenty of other roles during her modeling career thus far. Discovered back in 2003 on the streets of London, Donaldson quickly moved from unknown to hot commodity. She quickly landed Vogue covers and served as the face of labels like Burberry, Balenciaga, and Lanvin. Versatile, with a blank slate beauty that could be transformed by hairstylists and makeup artists into whatever the situation required, Donaldson moved seamlessly from posing alongside marionettes for Karl Lagerfeld to vamping it up with the babes of Victoria’s Secret.
In the pages of Vogue, Donaldson has been just as multifaceted, appearing in countless editorials over the years, either solo or with friends like Gemma Ward and Caroline Trentini. The kind of experienced model who can morph into a Louis XVI–era muse for Steven Meisel, then play futuristic femme fatale for Steven Klein, Donaldson never disappoints. On her birthday, we look back at her very best images in Vogue and see why photographers, designers, and fashion fans alike remain transfixed.