Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English journalist Susannah Constantine.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Susannah Caroline Constantine is an English former TV fashion 'guru', fashion writer, style advisor, television fashion presenter, author, clothes designer and occasional bit-part actress. Her second book, What Not to Wear, co-written with her fashion partner Trinny Woodall, won her a British Book Award and sold 670,000 copies.
You just don't expect posh girls to grab your tits, call your trousers "too clitty" and use words like "pussy pelmet" but they do. You are so shocked by what they are saying that by the time you have recovered and thought of something to say they have whipped you out of your jeans and eased you into a Lycra cat suit.
In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.
I'm much more self-conscious clothed than unclothed. I'm a frustrated Page Three girl. I have no shame about my body.
It is a myth that style can't be learnt. It's all about dressing for your body shape, following the rules and wearing colours that suit your skin tone.
I worked in Harrods as a sales girl and I was so lazy, I just sat on my arse all day. Now I have huge respect for shop girls. It was boring, so I tried to shoplift things, but we'd always get our bags checked.
It's been very satisfying to design a range which is all about shape. It's not about what size you are, it's about how you can minimise or accentuate parts of your body with clothing. That's what we've created.