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Lily Cole

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I'm just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together!
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I'm just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together!
I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I’m having my hair done.
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I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I’m having my hair done.
I think models have a lot less power than they did in the ’80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there’s so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business.
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I think models have a lot less power than they did in the ’80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there’s so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business.
Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they’re not.
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Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they’re not.
I started modeling at 14. It’s simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people’s ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.
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I started modeling at 14. It’s simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people’s ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.
I paint – I tend more to abstraction – but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture – I’ve toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course.
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I paint – I tend more to abstraction – but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture – I’ve toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course.
I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I’m in.
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I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I’m in.
It’s not that I don’t believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be.
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It’s not that I don’t believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be.
If I’m anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that’s my favourite thing to do.
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If I’m anywhere close to where I can hike or swim, that’s my favourite thing to do.
I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional – you know, to just be the pretty girl in school.
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I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional – you know, to just be the pretty girl in school.
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