# Pixie Geldof
**Pixie Geldof** (full name Little Pixie Geldof) is an English model and singer, the third daughter of the Irish musician and [Live Aid](https://www.edgepedia.org/live-aid) organizer [Bob Geldof](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-geldof) and the television presenter [Paula Yates](https://www.edgepedia.org/paula-yates).[1](https://www.sidetrack.london/people/pixie-geldof) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof) She has worked in fashion since her teens, fronted the London band Violet, and released a solo album, *I'm Yours*, in 2016.[3](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-music-vogue-and-fashion) • [4](https://www.hotpress.com/music/pixies-lot-interview-with-pixie-geldof-19178962)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and family | Little Pixie Geldof; third daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates[1](https://www.sidetrack.london/people/pixie-geldof) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof) |
| Music | Frontwoman of the London band Violet; debut solo album *I'm Yours*, produced by Tony Hoffer[5](https://www.nylon.com/fashion/pixie-geldof-nylon-19-maje-campaign-first-concert-favorite-vegan-food) • [4](https://www.hotpress.com/music/pixies-lot-interview-with-pixie-geldof-19178962) |
| Early modeling | Signed to Select at 16; cover of Italian Vogue; face of the high-street chain New Look[6](https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/pixie-geldof-dropped-as-select-model-6732575.html) |
| Runway record | 8 recorded runway appearances from 2019 to 2025, including Ashley Williams, Chloé, Tommy Hilfiger, House of Holland, and Pringle of Scotland[7](https://model-scouting.com/models/pixie-geldof) |
| Recent campaigns | Gucci Together 2025 campaign photographed by Tina Barney; Maje Fall 2020 campaign[8](https://models.com/models/pixie-geldof) • [5](https://www.nylon.com/fashion/pixie-geldof-nylon-19-maje-campaign-first-concert-favorite-vegan-food) |
| Representation | Elite Model Management, Paris mainboard; based in London[7](https://model-scouting.com/models/pixie-geldof) • [8](https://models.com/models/pixie-geldof) |
## Family background
Pixie Geldof grew up as a public figure because of her parents. Her mother, Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose in 2000, on Pixie's tenth birthday, after the affair with [Michael Hutchence](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-hutchence) that had ended her marriage to Bob Geldof.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof) Her sisters include Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Geldof, and Tiger Lily, whom Bob Geldof adopted after the deaths of Hutchence and Yates.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof) In a 2016 interview she said she was proud of her family and did not want the tragedy attached to it treated as a mark against her.[9](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/oct/30/pixie-geldof-i-needed-to-learn-how-to-breathe-im-yours)
## Modeling career
**Early work.** Geldof signed with the London agency Select at 16 and appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue; by 2012 she was the face of the high-street chain New Look.[6](https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/pixie-geldof-dropped-as-select-model-6732575.html) In April 2012, Select discontinued its talent section and stopped representing her, along with [Daisy Lowe](https://www.edgepedia.org/daisy-lowe) and Alice Dellal.[6](https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/pixie-geldof-dropped-as-select-model-6732575.html) She has said she fell into modeling at 14 and that it introduced her to her close friends, including the Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and the model [Alexa Chung](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexa-chung), but that she was focused on music from 18.[9](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/oct/30/pixie-geldof-i-needed-to-learn-how-to-breathe-im-yours)
**Runway and campaigns.** FashionDB records 8 runway appearances between 2019 and 2025, beginning with Ashley Williams in February 2019; her highest-rated show was Chloé at [Paris Fashion Week](https://www.edgepedia.org/paris-fashion-week) in February 2020, and she also walked for [Tommy Hilfiger](https://www.edgepedia.org/tommy-hilfiger), House of Holland, and Pringle of Scotland.[7](https://model-scouting.com/models/pixie-geldof) Her commercial credits include campaigns and editorials for Love Magazine, British Vogue, American Vogue, and Vogue Italia, and commercial work for Diesel, Calvin Klein, and Costume National.[7](https://model-scouting.com/models/pixie-geldof) In February 2025 she appeared in the Gucci Together 2025 campaign, photographed by Tina Barney.[8](https://models.com/models/pixie-geldof) She has also worked with [Miu Miu](https://www.edgepedia.org/miu-miu), Loewe, and Vivienne Westwood, and fronted Maje's Fall 2020 campaign.[5](https://www.nylon.com/fashion/pixie-geldof-nylon-19-maje-campaign-first-concert-favorite-vegan-food) In 2026 she fronted a 22-piece vintage-inspired jewelry collaboration between Free People and the British brand Daisy London.[10](https://hypebae.com/2026/10/free-people-daisy-london-collaboration-jewelry-vintage-pixie-geldof-rings-necklaces-earrings-where-to-buy)
## Music
Geldof has said she wanted to be a singer from the age of eight or nine and began writing songs at 11.[3](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-music-vogue-and-fashion) She fronts the London-based band Violet, whose name is a homage to the Hole song of that title rather than, as several journalists reported, her own middle name.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof) She writes the band's songs, most of which draw on a first relationship and its breakup, and she cites [Mazzy Star](https://www.edgepedia.org/mazzy-star), Cowboy Junkies, Nirvana, and the country singers [Tammy Wynette](https://www.edgepedia.org/tammy-wynette), Dolly Parton, and [Patsy Cline](https://www.edgepedia.org/patsy-cline) as influences.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof) • [3](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-music-vogue-and-fashion) The video for Violet's single "I Come Undone", launched in 2012, was shot by the fashion photographer Alasdair McLellan.[3](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-music-vogue-and-fashion)
In 2016 she released her debut solo album, *I'm Yours*, produced by Tony Hoffer; the title track was written with a friend named Bruno in his kitchen.[4](https://www.hotpress.com/music/pixies-lot-interview-with-pixie-geldof-19178962) • [11](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-album-im-yours) The NME described the album's sound as adding "a slick industrial stomp" to country riffing that recalls [Nancy Sinatra](https://www.edgepedia.org/nancy-sinatra) and [Lee Hazlewood](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-hazlewood)'s 1968 album *Nancy & Lee*.[12](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/2016/NME-2016-11-04.pdf)
## Public profile
Geldof is a regular on the London social circuit, with photographed appearances at events including the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party, the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition party, and The Fashion Awards.[1](https://www.sidetrack.london/people/pixie-geldof) She advocates for marine conservation and for an end to animal testing in the cosmetics industry.[5](https://www.nylon.com/fashion/pixie-geldof-nylon-19-maje-campaign-first-concert-favorite-vegan-food) She has described her reluctance to be labeled a "slashy", saying she wants her music judged on its own terms rather than as the work of someone famous.[9](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/oct/30/pixie-geldof-i-needed-to-learn-how-to-breathe-im-yours)
## References
1. [Pixie Geldof — People, Sidetrack London](https://www.sidetrack.london/people/pixie-geldof)
2. [Pixie Geldof: rocking 20s style, The Guardian (16 February 2013)](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/feb/16/rock-chic-pixie-geldof)
3. [Pixie Geldof Interview — Music, Vogue and Fashion, British Vogue (13 June 2012)](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-music-vogue-and-fashion)
4. [Pixie's Lot: Interview with Pixie Geldof, Hot Press](https://www.hotpress.com/music/pixies-lot-interview-with-pixie-geldof-19178962)
5. [Pixie Geldof On Her Maje Campaign, First Concert, & Favorite Vegan Food, Nylon](https://www.nylon.com/fashion/pixie-geldof-nylon-19-maje-campaign-first-concert-favorite-vegan-food)
6. [Pixie Geldof dropped as Select model, London Evening Standard (11 April 2012)](https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/pixie-geldof-dropped-as-select-model-6732575.html)
7. [Pixie Geldof — Fashion Model, FashionDB](https://model-scouting.com/models/pixie-geldof)
8. [Pixie Geldof — Model Profile, Models.com](https://models.com/models/pixie-geldof)
9. [Pixie Geldof: 'I needed to learn how to breathe', The Guardian (30 October 2016)](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/oct/30/pixie-geldof-i-needed-to-learn-how-to-breathe-im-yours)
10. [Free People and Daisy London Are Making Vintage-Inspired Jewelry, Hypebae](https://hypebae.com/2026/10/free-people-daisy-london-collaboration-jewelry-vintage-pixie-geldof-rings-necklaces-earrings-where-to-buy)
11. [Pixie Geldof interview — album I'm Yours, British Vogue](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pixie-geldof-interview-album-im-yours)
12. [The socialite turned pop star, NME (4 November 2016)](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/2016/NME-2016-11-04.pdf)
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