Models
I did a little modelling when I was younger — but I never made it onto the runway because I simply did not fit the mould. But one ask changed everything.
"I’ll always wonder how many other models The Photographer offered to help. I suspect that I was one of many."
"A centrefold was glamorous and important, two things I believed would somehow transform me."
The world-famous supermodel — who was nicknamed "The Body" — has a less-than-rosy view of her career.
"He said ‘take your bra off’ and I could feel there was something wrong so I got my stuff and I ran away."
The supermodel has made a very different kind of fashion statement amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
"Presenting these struggles as props for selling clothes in today’s capitalist climate is vulgar."
British fashion icon, Twiggy, has been given a damehood. Brought up in Neasden, north-west London, Lesley Lawson became famous in her teens for her thin frame and short hairdo. She followed the modelling career with a stint in acting, winning two Golden Globes and has appeared as herself on various television shows.
Plus size models protest at London’s Fashion Week in response to the lack of size diversity in the fashion industry.
The fashion brand said the model is a UK size 8.