Trinny Woodall
Trinny Woodall
TrinnyWoodall is a British fashion and make-over advisor, designer, television presenter and author. She was privately educated. After ten years working in marketing – Woodall met Susannah Constantine in 1994, whom she joined to write a weekly fashion column for The Daily Telegraph. This led to the launch of their own internet fashion-advice business and the release of their first fashion-advice book...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth8 February 1964
allowed developed sweets
At school, I was only allowed four sweets every Wednesday, so I've developed an addiction.
great legs
Don't look at your legs and think: 'They're fat.' Think: 'These things carry me around all day, and I don't have arthritis. Oh, and I've got great ankles.'
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I can't remember a time when I didn't love fashion. As a child, I was always particular about what I'd wear. I remember feeling most aggrieved that I had to put on a dull uniform to go to boarding school.
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I think I just took a while to know myself. I went on a journey to find out. I was a bit wild.
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English women would rather go out and buy a washing machine than shop for clothes.
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In America, there's a programme called 'The Swan.' They take 12 ugly people and call them 'ugly ducklings.' They spend six months and have everything done - plastic surgery, teeth, everything. And then they have this moment where their family is brought in, and they are revealed. It's scary.
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My first proper job was as a commodities broker. I went off to work every morning in an '80s power suit. I couldn't afford a good one, so I'd buy nice buttons instead and make it look better than it actually was.
life love
I've had these lips all my life, and I love them.
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I would advise women not to be shy about admitting they've had Botox - it just shows you want to look your best, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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When I was 18, my mum gave me all the clothes she'd had made at the famous haute couture fashion label, House of Worth, in Paris. Of course, I eventually trashed them all.
dry glands
I went on Accutane, which is very strong. Your sebaceous glands dry up, you can't exercise, and you have very dry lips. But it was a miracle, and it worked.
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I enjoy waking up in the morning and thinking, 'Who do I want to be today?'
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I think I'm very focused and am quite a good multitasker, and I'm quite driven in knowing what my responsibilities are to my family and knowing what I've got to do to do that.
I would never go out in track bottoms and a baggy T-shirt.