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Eleanor Calder
Eleanor jane calder
Information
Full name

Eleanor Jane Calder

Born

July 16, 1992 (age 30)

Resides

London, England, UK and Manchester, England, UK

Nicknames

El

Occupation

Assistant Stylist

Eleanor Jane Calder is a graduate from the University of Manchester, where she earned a degree in Sociology. She is an Assistant Stylist and formerly worked as a fashion blogger.

She originally dated Louis Tomlinson from September 2011 to March 2015. They reunited in January 2017 but split up again in 2022, as announced in January 2023.

Background

Eleanor is an only child.[1][2] She attended the University of Manchester before graduating in 2014 with a degree in politics and sociology.[3]

Eleanor

Relationship With Louis

2011–2015

Eleanor and Louis were introduced to each other by a friend of Harry's around September 2011, before becoming exclusive in October 2011.[4] She often accompanied him to work related events, social events and on tours. The couple initially split on March 7, 2015, with the news confirmed two weeks later on March 21. While neither elaborated on the reasons behind their split, People Magazine reported "They tried really hard to make it work but it was just impossible – he's away for nine months a year and they just grew apart."[5] 

2017 Reunion/Airport Altercation

Louis originally unfollowed Eleanor on Instagram in December 2015, before re-following her in January 2017. On 13 February 2017, Eleanor and Louis met fans in Los Angeles,[6]sparking talk of a reunion. Eleanor re-followed Louis on Instagram in February. Louis eventually confirmed their reconciliation to various press outlets.

On 3 March 2017, Louis and Eleanor became involved in a brief altercation at LAX airport with a photographer and three women. After the photographer startled Eleanor, Louis attempted to block the paparazzi from taking more pictures. The two grappled and fell to the floor. When a woman began filming Eleanor on her phone, Eleanor tried to knock the phone out of her hand. The woman responded by cornering and attacking her. Louis rushed in to pull the woman away, and the two fell backward. Airport staff stepped in shortly afterward. Citizen arrests were made and Louis was booked with simple battery and held in an LA jail for one hour. Louis's legal team issued a statement, saying: "The paparazzi provoked and caused the altercation that occurred with Louis.  It's not the first time that a paparazzi has created an altercation with a celebrity. While the altercation was going on with the paparazzi, three other individuals were attacking his girlfriend during this incident and he came to her defense."[7] No charges were filed.

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Tomlinson stated his debut solo album would detail his path to reconciliation with Eleanor, saying the tracks are a chronological map of the year they spent apart. He confirmed the tracks "Miss You" and "Always You" were about Calder, and clarified "Back To You" is not about her.

Their second relationship was arguably more lowkey, although she still showed up to his events, and they went on holiday a few times. They shared Louis' Barnet house with his best friend and personal assistant Oli Wright.

Second split in 2022

Eleanor and Louis were last publicly seen together at Glastonbury in June 2022. In July, she seemingly soft blocked him on Instagram. They refollowed each other when fans took notice of this and pointed it out. However, she stopped showing up to his events, and he didn't mention her at all while promoting Faith in the Future and even implied he was single on Zach Sang's podcast. Their break up was officially confirmed at the beginning of 2023.

Career

In 2015, Eleanor established a fashion blog called The Trend Pear, with longtime friend Max Hurd.[8] The blog was discontinued in 2017. She currently works as a Assistant Stylist.[9]

Controversy

In March 2016, Eleanor fiercely defended friend Sophia Smith online, after a journalist for Now Magazine allegedly tried to fabricate a "tell-all" interview from Sophia about her split from Liam, and his subsequent dating of pop star Cheryl.[10] Calder referred to the journalist as a "prick".

Gallery

Trivia

  • She has a Golden Doodle dog named Bruce.[11][12]
  • She appeared to be the maid of honor at Louis's mum's wedding, though Louis's sister later clarified they never officially decided on one.[13]
  • She has six tattoos: an elephant, a cross, an arrow, a feather, a heart and initial on her knuckle.[14]
  • Eleanor and her friend Max Hurd established their own company called CalderHurd Ltd. and registered it. They ran a fashion blog called The Trend Pear until 2017.[15]
  • Eleanor attended London Fashion Week in 2013 and 2015.[16][17]

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