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" It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage. "

Edie Campbell

Horse

Good

Ego

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" I am truly honoured to become ambassadress for Yves Saint Laurent. The brand's modern vision of beauty is very inspiring, and I am particularly proud to represent such an audacious archetype of woman. "

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" When I was 17, I used to really think about what I wore every day. "

" I think there is something to be said for not feeling like just because you're a model you have to be dressed up, look amazing, go to every party, and be smiling all the time. "

" Sometimes I wake up and think, 'I want to look like Sherlock Holmes today,' and other times I want to look like a witch from 'Macbeth.' "

" I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay. "

" Everyone Instagrams all the people they are with. I get that it's part of the job. But there's a point where it's like, 'Can't you just be a person and have a separate life to your job?' "

" People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die. "

" To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England. "

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" If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time. "

" You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes. "

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Messy

You

" You can't really plan for how that training session or competition is going to go. You have to see what your horse is giving you to work with, and then you tailor all your training around that. "

" My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses. "

" I wear clothes and sell products and ideas. "

" I think TV shows have usurped films! "

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Shows

TV Shows

" My role is to embody the Black Opium woman - I suppose you have to be the living embodiment of all the intangible things the brand stands for. "

" I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic. "

" It's amazing to be able to work with people right at the top of whatever they do... inspiring photographers and stylists with very interesting visual language. The more I do it, the more I enjoy it. "

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" The more I mistreat my hair, the stronger it grows back. I think it must be determined to survive. "

" There's a thing in the U.K., particularly in London, where it's kind of the idea of subculture and counterculture and the outside and the idea that it's great to be a freak, and the freak always wins. So I think English girls are a lot less scared of being the freak or looking like an idiot. "

Edie Campbell

Great

Idiot

" I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhere in the Middle East because they keep buying really nice horses for their Olympic teams - like, the Qataris. "

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Somewhere

Nice

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