Lily Aldridge: I was not seen as cool enough for high fashion
The catwalk star said she was dismissed as ‘too commercial’ when she was starting out.
Victoria’s Secret model Lily Aldridge has said she initially struggled to work in high fashion because casting directors did not think she was “cool”.
The American catwalk star, 32, said she was considered “too commercial” to book the jobs she wanted when she was first starting out in the industry.
She told digital magazine PorterEdit: “My career has been such an evolution, it felt like such slow progress.
“We all have so many different sides to us, different dimensions, so I was typecast as ‘commercial’ and therefore not fashion or edgy.
“For a long time, no one would book me for those jobs and I wanted it so bad.”
She said: “Karen really helped push me in that direction, talking about me to those influential people.”
She said: “It’s been a while now since I had that moment of having to get back in shape (after giving birth), but there should be no judgement, everybody’s journey is different.
“I am inspired by all these amazing women who have fuller bodies and don’t care about cellulite. I have cellulite, too, and I have stretch marks.
“When I was younger I would be like, ‘Oh, my abs need to be firmer’; now I look back and I’m like, ‘You were crazy! Your abs were gorgeous!’”
