Susannah Constantine

Constantine immediately declined the offer with a four-letter refusal and wrote "No fucking way" on the letter she had received. Her personal assistant, who was left to deal with the situation, wrongly sent the original letter of invitation (containing Constantine's hand-written note) back to the school. The school then wrote a letter back, stating that she is not welcome near the school.

Constantine originally did a year of Montessori training after she had left school but she then moved onto other projects such as studying sculpture in Brussels. She later said of this time that she "lost her virginity, went a bit mad." Constantine had taught children for three years, and also worked as a shop girl for Harrods. She found the job, in her own words, "boring" and even tried shoplifting for the sake of excitement, but she has since expressed admiration for shop girls. Constantine's love for horses had inspired her to become a mounted policewoman in London, but was deterred when she found she was required to do four years walking the beat. She wrote a book about present giving, which prompted The Daily Telegraph to write a hostile article implying she had never done a day's work in her life, something which deeply upset her. She has stated defiantly "I've always worked." Read Less

Constantine found it warming that people could open up to them as confidantes, and also said "It's been fascinating to see how looking good and having faith in your appearance makes you into a sexier person, which makes you attractive to your partner again." Constantine stated in an interview that filming the show was very emotionally draining, and as a result, she often went home crying. The programme did not come without its critics who questioned the depth at which Constantine and Woodall could deal with serious issues raised during the programme. On 16 October 2006, they both appeared on NBC's The Today Show and performed makeovers on three women especially for the show.

The new series on ITV saw a change in format, confronting the main fashion issues in Britain. In one episode exploring the theme of age, Constantine was transformed into a seventy-year-old with the use of prosthetics and makeup. She stated that it took her four days to get over the sight of herself aged so drastically, and compared the feeling to having an "electric shock". Broadcasting was scheduled for 7 November 2007 and the programme is newly entitled Trinny & Susannah Undress The Nation. Read Less

The £12 million advertising campaign is one of largest ever for a home shopping and internet-based company. Since the campaign began, Littlewoods' sales have risen by 18 per cent, with brand awareness and customers visiting the website rising as well. Read Less

A series of eight dresses, cashmere knitwear, faux fur and sequinned shrugs also feature in the range. She commented "If you want to create a waist, there's a dress that's going to do that for you too. We've designed it very much around the female body." She also stated "It's not about what size you are, it's about how you can minimise or accentuate parts of your body with clothing. That's what we've created."

Constantine has co-written several style advice books with her fashion partner Trinny Woodall, which have sold over an estimated 2.5 million copies worldwide. The fashion advice books have been number one bestsellers in Britain and the United States, appearing on both The Sunday Times bestseller list and The New York Times bestseller list, and have been translated throughout the world.

Their most successful book to date, What Not to Wear, was published in 2002 which displayed striking chapters such as "Big Tits", "No Tits" and "Big Bum" with fashion advice for each category. It became an instant bestseller with total sales reaching 670,000 copies, consequently outselling Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson. Before the prime book selling season, their book had sold 250,000 copies in Britain. The book was at one point selling 45,000 copies each week and sold 300,000 copies in just fifteen weeks, eventually making sales worth £8.7 million. Other success with the book includes winning a British Book Award in 2003 for the TV & Film Book of the Year. Read Less

They also reported on the fashion at the 80th Academy Awards especially for the show in 2008. Read Less

With reference to their personal website, they state that their satisfaction remains with the many women they have helped and inspired and not so much with the success of book sales and viewing figures. Read Less