Susannah Constantine Bio | Wiki
Susannah Constantine (Full Name: Susannah Caroline Constantine) is a popular English fashion guru, journalist, artist, advisor, television presenter, author, designer, and actress. As of now, Constantine works as the host of My Wardrobe Malfunction, a “revealing podcast about our relationship with the items we wear”. Constantine’s second book, What Not to Wear, co-written with her fashion colleague Trinny Woodall, won her a British Book Award and sold 670,000 copies.
She has been involved in fashion for a long period, formerly serving in America for Giorgio Armani and then John Galliano in London. Constantine met Trinny Woodall in 1994, with whom she both proceeded to write a weekly fashion column, Ready to Wear. The pair 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.
Later on, the two were commissioned to BBC Two to host the style series, What Not to Wear, from 2001 through 2005. Constantine made regular appearances as a style advisor on The Oprah Winfrey Show and after her success on the shows, Constantine went on to co-host Trinny & Susannah Undress… on ITV in 2006 and Undress the Nation in 2007.
Constantine has also co-written fashion advice books with Woodall, some of which have become best-sellers in the United Kingdom and the United States. It became estimated that Constantine’s various style advice books have sold 2.5 million copies in Britain and the United States. She and Woodall have designed their own clothing range for Littlewoods which made its start in 2007, followed by the release of their latest fashion advice book, The Body Shape Bible.
Susannah Constantine Age
Constantine was born on June 3, 1962, in Hammersmith, London. She is 60 years old. Hammersmith celebrates her birthday on June 3rd every year.
Susannah Constantine Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Constantine stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.7 m).
Susannah Constantine Family
She was born in Hammersmith and brought up in Knipton, a small village in Leicestershire. Constantine’s father, Joseph Constantine, was an Old Etonian who worked as an officer in the Coldstream Guards. Her father was of a Yorkshire landed gentry family that traces back to the 1100s. Via Constantine’s paternal grandmother, Marie Leonie Francoise (née van Haaren), she descends from Dutch prince William the Silent. She has a sister named Annette.
Susannah Constantine Husband
Constantine is married to her husband Sten Bertelsen a Danish entrepreneur and businessman. The pair married in 1995. Her husband Sten famously launched Death cigarettes, in 1995, while he served as a Director of Enlightened Tobacco PLC. Currently, Constantine’s husband is a Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Authentix. Constantine and her husband also reside in a sprawling West Sussex country home with their three children; Joe, Esme, and CeCe.
Susannah Constantine Education
She became privately educated at boarding schools including Queen’s Gate School in South Kensington, London, and the £20,000-per-year St Mary’s School in Wantage, Oxfordshire which became run by Anglican nuns. Constantine was first sent to boarding school at the age of 11 years, and recalls her first night away from home: “I sobbed uncontrollably into my pillow.”
In mid-2007, she also spoke about how she received a letter from St Mary’s School, inviting her to come back to the school to talk about her career and success to current pupils. She immediately declined the offer and wrote “No fucking way” on the letter she had received.
Susannah Constantine Podcast
Constantine works as the host of My Wardrobe Malfunction, a “revealing podcast about our relationship with the items we wear”. Clothes and how they define us have fascinated Constantine for years – and were famously explored in her seminal ‘What Not To Wear’ TV series and bestselling books. The podcast’s first season featured interviews with high-profile guests: Michelle Visage, Tan France, Elizabeth Hurley, Nile Rodgers, Trinny Woodall, Joe Sugg, Kristin Scott Thomas as well as Stacey Dooley. It also proceeded throughout the year and, by December 2020, there had been five seasons and 40 episodes in total. Season six also started on 4 February 2021 with Jane Seymour as the first guest.
Susannah Constantine Trinny Woodall
Constantine and Trinny Woodall are two British fashion advisors, presenters, and authors. The two teamed up to write a weekly style column in The Daily Telegraph which lasted for seven years, but they are famously known for presenting the BBC television series What Not to Wear for five series and later Trinny & Susannah Undress… on ITV. Constantine and Woodall have written many fashion advice books which became bestsellers in Britain and America and released their own clothing and underwear ranges. The pair has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as makeover experts. During the course of their career, Constantine and Constantine have dressed over 5,000 women.
Susannah Constantine What Not To Wear
She started co-hosting What Not to Wear with Trinny Woodall in 2001, in which they criticized participants’ appearances and fashion styles. She and Woodall hosted What Not to Wear until 2005 and became renowned for their behavior with the participants, direct advice, and regularly referring to breasts as tits. A notorious moment arose when she spontaneously pulled a female candidate’s underwear down during filming as her knicker line was visible. Critics of What Not to Wear argued that the Constantine and Woodall were too patronizing to their subjects, a claim which they strongly disagree with.
Susannah Constantine And Imran Khan
Before, she became a fixture in 1980s British gossip columns and newspapers as the result of her relationship with Princess Margaret’s son, David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley. Their relationship lasted for eight years. She admitted that her relationship with Linley undeniably opened doors for her.
Susannah Constantine Books
– Ready 2 Dress: How to Have Style Without Following Fashion, Weidenfeld Nicolson (14 February 2000)
– What Not to Wear, Weidenfeld Nicolson (5 September 2002)
– What Not to Wear: The Rules, Weidenfeld Nicolson (1 June 2004)
– Trinny and Susannah: The Survival Guide, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (20 September 2006)
– What Not to Wear: For Every Occasion, Weidenfeld Nicolson (1 June 2004)
– What You Wear Can Change Your Life, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (17 September 2004)
– Trinny & Susannah Take on America: What Your Clothes Say about You, HarperCollins Publishers (October 2006)
– What Your Clothes Say About You, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (29 September 2005)
– The Body Shape Bible, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (18 September 2007)
– Who do you want to be today? Be Inspired to Dress Differently, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (11 September 2008)
Susannah Constantine Net Worth
Constantine is a fashion guru, journalist, artist, advisor, television presenter, author, designer, and actress who hosts My Wardrobe Malfunction. Therefore, Constantine has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Constantine’s estimated net worth is $5 million.
How Old Is Susannah Constantine
Constantine is a 60-year-old who was born on June 3, 1962, in Hammersmith, London.
Is Susannah Constantine Married
Yes. Constantine married her husband Sten Bertelsen a Danish entrepreneur and businessman. The pair married in 1995. Constantine and her husband reside in a sprawling West Sussex country home with their three children; Joe, Esme, and CeCe.
Who Is Susannah Constantine
Constantine works as the host of My Wardrobe Malfunction, a “revealing podcast about our relationship with the items we wear”. Constantine’s second book, What Not to Wear, co-written with her fashion colleague Trinny Woodall, won her a British Book Award and sold 670,000 copies.