Meet cool, confident Edie Campbell—It Girl, model, and face of YSL Black Opium. But who is Edie Campbell? The short answer is a 24-year-old British model who has become the fashion world's darling. But the long answer is that she's a refreshing change of pace. After years of beach-waved glamazons, Campbell is a less cookie-cutter beauty icon: gorgeous, sure, but unexpected, with a wry humor, boyish style, and a very chic mullet that you'd never see on, say, Gisele. Want proof? Meet the self-described gremlinhere.
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GLAMOUR: So the story goes that your mullet put you on the map as a model. True?
EDIE CAMPBELL: I'd been modeling since 2006, but when I cut my hair off and dyed it black for Vogue [in 2013], everyone stopped dressing me up like a sixties doll for shoots. The sixties shtick never sat comfortably with me; it can be quite infantilizing. There was a gremlin inside me, and the mullet allowed it to get out!
GLAMOUR: Any apprehensions in cutting it off?
__EC:__No, I'll keep it short as long as I can. When you're a model there are two sides: You're told you need to be a blank slate, malleable to whatever styles. Then you have the ones with a "look." I've had a much better response from being like, "This is me."
GLAMOUR: You booked Alexander McQueen and Louis Vuitton campaigns with that hair, so clearly the fashion industry loved it. But what about friends and family?
__EC:__Well, I bleached my brows, then cut my hair and dyed it black in one fell swoop. My mum loved it. But I reappeared at university, and everyone was like, "Oh my God, what the f*ck happened to you?!" My boyfriend too. But he came around.
GLAMOUR: We must discuss Instagram: You poke fun at yourself for looking grumpy (@ediebcampbell). What's that about?
EC: When I first started doing runway, everyone was like, "She looks so grumpy all the time!" But that's just my resting bitch face! In reality, I'm quite a cheery person. It's become a bit of a joke.
GLAMOUR: English versus American beauty: major differences?
EC: American beauty is very polished—clean, sporty, outdoorsy, happy. English beauty can be a bit rough around the edges. Expressing yourself through music, art, fashion, makeup, and hair is a huge part of British culture. There's no fear of standing out.
GLAMOUR: So what's next—is acting in your future?
EC: There are so many talented actors, and it would almost be rude of me to try to cut in on those struggling thesps. I would really like to model as long as possible—it's a great gig.
