Erin O'Connor

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

— Erin O'Connor

Winter is my favourite season.

— Erin O'Connor

I'm like a tourist when I'm in London.

— Erin O'Connor

I see myself as the female John Cleese.

— Erin O'Connor

My job is to sell clothes to very rich women.

— Erin O'Connor

I'm often mistaken for a man.

— Erin O'Connor

I'm bad at rationalisation - very bad.

— Erin O'Connor

As a model, part of my job is to be critiqued physically.

— Erin O'Connor

It's not about hiding your imperfections on a shoot; it's about embracing them and being unapologetic about them.

— Erin O'Connor

It's like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones.

— Erin O'Connor

I've enjoyed many camping holidays with my sister and her children, but we're pretty posh campers.

— Erin O'Connor

How awful to be a perfect beauty! How confusing! God. Can you imagine?

— Erin O'Connor

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!

— Erin O'Connor

I lead a very busy life and don't have a lot of time, so my skincare needs to be easy and portable.

— Erin O'Connor

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

— Erin O'Connor

I am the world's laziest shopper, but very rarely have I had to take anything back.

— Erin O'Connor

In my work, I'm called to a job at the drop of a hat, so I like a sense of order to…

— Erin O'Connor

I can play the flute. Music was my favourite A-level, and I used to love composing my and stylising my voice to…

— Erin O'Connor

My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient…

— Erin O'Connor

When I first began modeling, I was very conventional looking. I had hair down to my waist in a side parting -…

— Erin O'Connor

I worry about how accessible cosmetic surgery has become. Of course, if it has genuinely helped people, and their confidence has grown…

— Erin O'Connor

I love the sun, but we don't get on at all; it doesn't agree with my Celtic tones. I also like nothing…

— Erin O'Connor

I understood early on that I was not the best-looking girl in the room. But I knew my advantage was a hard…

— Erin O'Connor

I am rubbish at the gym. I prefer to exercise by moving around - it doesn't matter whether I am dancing on…

— Erin O'Connor

My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love suits and anything sharp, and…

— Erin O'Connor

I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic that if you're bringing a…

— Erin O'Connor

New York is on a grid system, so it's slightly less challenging logistically, but Londoners are more relaxed in their selling approach.…

— Erin O'Connor

Clothes are like a suit of armour when you're young. I was quite a shy teen, so I wanted to make aggressive…

— Erin O'Connor

The Model Sanctuary is not about self-indulgence - it's about reminding and allowing them to become self-sufficient human beings. I wanted to…

— Erin O'Connor

I've been on both sides: the victim and the villain. I was the victimised model, and everything from my weight to my…

— Erin O'Connor

My story wasn't one of those cliched stories of being an ugly duckling, I had a pretty good time at school. But…

— Erin O'Connor

I am aware it's easy and may be fashionable to pose with a slum child, and the irony of getting the media…

— Erin O'Connor

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.

— Erin O'Connor

I enjoy travelling the world, but nowhere beats Walsall.

— Erin O'Connor

It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It's vintage.'

— Erin O'Connor

I want to show that we all have the right to be ourselves, and I certainly don't want to freeze time.

— Erin O'Connor

My hair is an untidy bob. I am very dark, but I embellish the roots because I am white in one clump.

— Erin O'Connor

As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.

— Erin O'Connor

Growing up, I had an insane crush on Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.

— Erin O'Connor

When you're physically growing up, you develop emotionally with that.

— Erin O'Connor