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Susannah Constantine : biography

3 June 1962 –

Susannah Caroline Constantine (born 3 June 1962) – rootsweb.com. Retrieved 14 June 2007. is an English fashion journalist, advisor, television presenter, author and designer. Her second book, entitled What Not to Wear, has won her a prestigious British Book Award and sold 670,000 copies.

Constantine was born into a wealthy family; her father was successful in property and shipping sectors. She was privately educated as a child and went on to date British royalty, David, Viscount Linley, during the 1980s. Constantine has been involved in fashion for a long period, originally working in America for Giorgio Armani and then John Galliano in London. She met Trinny Woodall in 1994 who both proceeded to write a weekly fashion column, Ready to Wear. They founded Ready2shop.com, a dot-com fashion advice business, and wrote their first fashion advice book in 2000, Ready 2 Dress, both of which failed. From there they were commissioned to BBC Two to host the style series, What Not to Wear, from 2001 to 2005. She made regular appearances as a style advisor on The Oprah Winfrey Show and following her success on the shows, she went on to co-host Trinny & Susannah Undress… on ITV in 2006 and Undress the Nation in 2007. Constantine and Woodall have now dressed over 5,000 women.

She has co-written many fashion advice books with Woodall, some of which have become best-sellers in the United Kingdom and United States. It is estimated that her various style advice books have sold 2.5 million copies in Britain and the United States. – pr.com. Retrieved 11 April 2007. Constantine and Woodall have designed their own clothing range for Littlewoods which made its debut in 2007, followed by the release of their latest fashion advice book, The Body Shape Bible.

Beyond television work

To coincide with Constantine’s move from the BBC to ITV1 in 2006, she co-launched an underwear range with Woodall called "Trinny and Susannah Magic Pants". Made of nylon, they’re designed to flatten the tummy, buttocks and thighs.Editors at Daily Mail. – mailonsunday.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2007. Constantine even wore them after giving birth to her third child.Press Release. – bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2007. She currently co-writes a weekly column for The Sun with Woodall.

Online

The reports Trinny and Susannah are in a new series – produced by – "What Trinny and Susannah Did Next is a mockumentary – an elaborately knowing spoof – part Alan Partridge, part The Office, part The Thick of It. There’s even a touch of Borat."

"The cast consists of professional actors and standup comics, the dialogue is part-scripted, part-ad-libbed, and the overall effect is weirdly postmodern and surprisingly successful. The biggest surprise of all is Trinny and Susannah’s acting ability, which is astonishingly convincing, even though, as they cheerfully point out, they’re only playing hyperbolised versions of themselves."

Celebrity cameos are to include Lulu, David Guest, DJ Neil Fox, Vanessa Feltz and The Scissor Sisters.

Episode 1, part 1 aired Monday 21 June 2010 with daily updates, Mon-Thurs until 16 July, at .

An announcement was made that Constantine and Woodall would be touring New Zealand and Australia where they made a series of public appearances at shopping malls owned by the Westfield Group to perform live styling sessions for the company’s customers.Ellen Connolly. — news.com.au. Retrieved 26 December 2007. – scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 18 February 2008.Ellen Connolly. — news.com.au. Retrieved 28 December 2007. Their appearances often attracted thousands of spectators. — tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 29 February 2008.Alderman, Kellie. "". The Courier-Mail/’Courier Mail, 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008. Before the tour, Constantine said "We don’t know how New Zealanders dress but we are looking forward to getting over there and finding out."Cathrin Schaer. — nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 29 February 2008.