Susannah Caroline Constantine (born 3 June 1962) is an English
fashion journalist, advisor,
television presenter, author and
designer. Her second book, entitled
What Not to Wear, has won her a prestigious
British Book Award and sold 670,000 copies. Constantine was born into a wealthy family; her father was successful in property and shipping sectors. She was privately educated as a child and went on to date British royalty,
David, Viscount Linley, during the 1980s. Constantine has been involved in fashion for a long period, originally working in America for
Giorgio Armani and then
John Galliano in London. She met
Trinny Woodall in 1994 who both proceeded to write a weekly fashion column,
Ready to Wear. They 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. From there they were commissioned to
BBC Two to host the style series,
What Not to Wear, from 2001 to 2005. She made regular appearances as a style advisor on
The Oprah Winfrey Show and following her success on the shows, she went on to co-host
Trinny & Susannah Undress... on ITV in 2006 and
Undress the Nation in 2007. Constantine and Woodall have now dressed over 5,000 women.
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