with the great nick knight, a photographer who you are still loyal to today he s shot covers for you. and you worked for i d magazine. you were fashion director at the age ofjust 18. i d magazine was legendary. why did i d magazine have such an outsized influence on the culture back that era? because we re talking, what? late 80s, early 90s. because terryjones, who s still at i d, was the art director for british vogue. and he looked around the streets and saw so many incredible people from different races, you know? different ages, not being reflected in sort of the big magazines at the time. so, he decided to set up a magazine to document youth culture a magazine run by young people for young people and so, that s why i d was so influential. you came of age in fashion in a sense at the same time as people like naomi campbell and kate moss, who people watching now will be aware of as two icons in fashion. icons. i just want to ask you about
and make sure that he was. basically! wow. african mother. and sort of, yes, then i started sort of shooting with simon and nick knight as a model, and then i became a model with an agency while i was at college. and really, that was my entry into fashion. and a few weeks later, you were doing a shoot with the great nick knight, a photographer who you are still loyal to today he s shot covers for you. and you worked for i d magazine. you were fashion director at the age ofjust 18. i d magazine was legendary. why did i d magazine have such an outsized influence on the culture back that era? because we re talking, what? late 80s, early 90s. because terryjones, who s still at i d, was the art director for british vogue. and he looked around the streets and saw so many incredible people from different races, you know? different ages, not being reflected in sort of the big magazines at the time. so, he decided to set up a magazine to document youth culture a magazine run by young peop
i remember getting home and poor mum. mum, i want to do this! she wasn t having it. she s like, the fashion industry is full of weird people i didn t know what she meant by weird at the time but as you do when you re young, i sort of forced her, and eventually she called simon. so, she called him, not you? well, she did. she wanted to vet him and make sure that he was. basically! wow. african mother. and sort of, yes, then i started sort of shooting with simon and nick knight as a model, and then i became a model with an agency while i was at college and really, that was my entry into fashion. and a few weeks later, you were doing a shoot with the great nick knight, a photographer who you are still loyal to today he s shot covers for you. and you worked for i d magazine. you were fashion director at the age ofjust 18. i d magazine was legendary. why did i d magazine have such an outsized influence on the culture back that era? because we re talking, what? late 80s, early