“Even just one voice is what I always say.” Alek Wek; “If someone told me to lose weight or change my hair, I’d have two words to tell them… FUCK OFF!” Alice Dellal; “What’s really great is when I look at magazines and see a broader age range of models working that are still made to look beautiful.” Cecilia Chancellor; “I’m actually a boy.” Eliza cummings; “I feel comfortable to have a certain attitude and I want to project that in a positive way.” Erin O’Connor; “I worked with many great people but the ones I have fond memories of most are Arthur Elgort and Steven Meisel. We had such fun, wonderful, mad times together. Times I will never forget.” Jeny Howorth; “I’ll just take each day as it comes.” Jourdan Dunn; “I don’t have any bad habits.” Kate Moss; “I would skip into Buckingham Palace, jump on the Queen’s bed and make a cup of tea.” Lily Donaldson; “I have always believed that London fashion and British models bring something special, like a break-all-the-rules style. It is a flavour that is different from anywhere else.” Naomi Campbell; “The nose ring was my act of rebellion. The hole hasn’t closed so every now and again I put a safety pin through my nose to freak the children out.” Stella Tennant; “Bring your own creativity, be yourself and really enjoy it.” Susie Bick; “I didn’t look like any other creature on this earth! ” Twiggy; “I always felt really happy being a girl” Yasmin Le Bon

The Best of British
Compiling this issue took months of planning and was completed over four separate shoot dates in both New York and London. Shooting through the night from 8am to 5am the following morning, the models arrived at the studio every 2 hours on the dot, back to back. A team of over 50 photographic, styling, hair, make-up, production and model assistants coordinated the huge operation with military precision. Over 100 rails of clothes, 400 pairs of shoes, metres and metres of weave, hundreds of make-up brushes, 4 studios, flights, cars, endless emails, champagne, canapés, cigarettes, kisses on the cheek and hard work fitted together like a jigsaw. A celebration of women of all ages, these are the models, icons, muses and faces of our generation wearing the most exciting looks of the new season. Never has there been a better reason to… BUY BRITISH.

London Shoot