A post shared by Helena (@helenachristensen)Christensen is fronting an underwear campaign for upmarket lingerie brand Coco de Mer.
It’s rather wonderful to see a woman in her 50s looking this spectacular in such skimpy pants – not least because for as long as I can remember, underwear advertising has been dominated by models in an age range Leonardo DiCaprio would approve of.I’m under strict instructions not to ask any questions about the fact she’s an underwear model in her 50s.
In a previous interview, Christensen explained that she was “trying to make it [not talking about age] a conscious thing for every interview and every article about any woman, in the same way that nobody gives a s--- about a man’s [age].
If we talk about it and if you write about it, then we’re setting ourselves back.”“No woman feels confident about her body all the time, it’s just not possible,” she says. “The good thing about getting older is realising that everyone has the same insecurities about everything in life.
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