“She has spoken before about the challenges of motherhood, the loss of identity and career shift, but it seems to me she is now in a new era and she wanted to show that,” says fashion expert Jennifer Countess Von Walderdorff, author of Look @ The Labels, of Rosie returning to the catwalk almost 10 years after retiring.
WITH a stunning corset dress clinging to her goddess-like curves, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sent shockwaves through the fashion world this month when she returned to the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week for Jean Paul Gaultier.
Rosie owes her success to, yes, her stunning looks, but also an enormous work ethic and drive, the support of an equally successful partner, actor Jason Statham and – for when it all becomes a little too much – a secret £7million bolt-hole in London, just for her.
In 2006, she made her debut for Victoria’s Secret, but it was becoming the face of British brand Burberry two years later that led to her first British Vogue cover – and her acceptance into the world of high fashion.
After the success of her lingerie line at Marks & Spencer – which is credited with helping bring the brand into the 21st century and sees one of her items being sold every 30 seconds (her plunge bra alone has sold 3 million units) – she is now designing a clothing range with Wardrobe NYC based on her trend-setting, luxury-cool aesthetic.
