Quotes from Edie Campbell


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I think TV shows have usurped films!


You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.


The more I mistreat my hair, the stronger it grows back. I think it must be determined to survive.


Sometimes I wake up and think, 'I want to look like Sherlock Holmes today,' and other times I want to look like a witch from 'Macbeth.'


People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die.


My role is to embody the Black Opium woman - I suppose you have to be the living embodiment of all the intangible things the brand stands for.


My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses.


Maybe the Burberry woman is undefinable! I think it's less about what she looks like and more about an attitude.


If I wasn't modelling, I'd probably be an intern somewhere, working for someone who interned the year before me.


I'm not very good at going to parties and looking like I'm having fun.


I wear clothes and sell products and ideas.


How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.


I think Stella Tennant is amazing. And then I really loved all those '60s society models, like Edie Sedgwick.


I needed to pay for my horses in Warwickshire, and I couldn't do that off a waitress' wage.


I like wearing things that are a bit off but not in a ridiculous 'I'm wearing a huge hat' kind of way. More a socks with sandals way.


I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.


I have a really great show jacket from Lavalliere that's really well made, and I have a great pair of Gucci jodhpurs, which is hilarious.


I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.


I am truly honoured to become ambassadress for Yves Saint Laurent. The brand's modern vision of beauty is very inspiring, and I am particularly proud to represent such an audacious archetype of woman.


Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.