Delevingne started her acting career with a minor role in the film adaptation of Anna Karenina by Joe Wright. She grew up in Belgravia, London , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] with two older sisters, including Poppy Delevingne , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and a paternal half-brother.
Delevingne's maternal grandfather was publishing executive and English Heritage chairman Sir Jocelyn Stevens. Furthermore, Jane Sheffield was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret.
Delevingne attended the independent Bedales School in Steep, Hampshire from to Delevingne had her first modelling job at age ten in an editorial shot by Bruce Weber for Vogue Italia alongside model Lady Eloise Anson. She worked in the industry for a year before booking a paying job and went through two seasons of castings before landing her first runway show. Delevingne was scouted by Burberry 's Christopher Bailey in while working part-time in the office of a fashion website.
She commenced the early season by walking in the Chanel Haute-Couture spring show at the Grand Palais. This was the beginning of what would turn out to be a longlasting professional relationship with Chanel's head designer and creative director, Karl Lagerfeld. In an interview with Elle after the show, Lagerfeld said, "Cara is different.
She's full of life, full of pep. I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny. She walked exclusively for Burberry in London. The show aired on 4 December She took part in the Chanel pre-fall show in Scotland with the runway around the courtyard of Linlithgow Palace. The collection, designed by Karl Lagerfeld , was called "Paris-Edimbourg" and inspired by Scottish style using tartan fabrics. The show renewed media interest in the possibility of restoring the roof of the palace.
