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keep getting bullied for having a monobrow.”
I wanted to make them smaller. Of course, if you’re
being told that you have something horrible on your
face, you’re going to want to change it, but I’m glad
that I listened to her.
MC: I guess you need to thank her now the world
is obsessed with your eyebrows.
CD: I do indeed. Thanks, Mum! You should have seen
my grandmother’s eyebrows. I have to trim mine
every week, but hers were so long they just grew into
her eyes. They were exactly the same shape as mine.
Sadly, she passed away a few years ago, when she was
102, but my eyebrows remind me of her. It’s very
sweet, something I feel I am able to carry on.
MC: Do you have a favourite lip look?
CD: I love a lipstick in a dark colour
like Diorcelestial. You can wear it day
and night and change it from matt to
shiny by layering a gloss over the top.
I’m someone who eats, talks a lot and
is bad at maintaining lipstick, so it’s
great because it’s long-lasting.
MC: How does wearing lipstick make
you feel?
CD: It’s the process of putting it on
that I enjoy. It’s almost like an inti-
mate experience with yourself, like
touching yourself.
MC: Care to elaborate?
CD: That sounds a bit
weird, haha! But it’s
almost like you are
seducing yourself.
You’re putting some-
thing on your lips,
you’re feeling sexy ... it’s
empowering. And it’s
not just women; men
can wear lipstick, too. It’s something they should do
more. There’s nothing as great as putting lipstick on
and having it smudged off.
MC: What are your desert-island beauty products?
CD: A good rose mist spray to keep my skin hydrated,
because I fly a lot. I like to use an anti-ageing moistur-
iser, like Dior Capture Youth, because prevention
is pretty important, especially with the rise of cosmet-
ic surgery. It’s better to look after your skin than go
for a needle or a knife.
MC: How do you practise self-care?
CD: I wouldn’t be able to do what I do without any
self-care. I go on a yoga and meditation course once a
year after [autumn/winter] fashion week. It’s a good
time to go away because January and February are
always very busy. The course is eight hours a day, very
intense, and it allows me to connect with myself. And
that practice carries me through the year, so it’s
very important. As a kid, I could leave my make-up on
for days and just carry on, but as I get older, I take
self-care more seriously.
MC: Is there anything people would be surprised
to learn about you?
CD: This is odd, but sometimes I think it might be a
good idea to go to military school to give me some
boundaries. I’m very physical and love being chal-
lenged. I also think Bear Grylls is amazing, and I
would like to be left on a desert island. It would be
exciting to see the end of the world because I know I’d
be able to survive.
Carnival Row airs on Amazon Prime Video
from August 30.
ABOVE Jacket,
shirt, jewellery
and tie, all
Christian Dior.
CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP
RIGHT The
Delevingne
family is one
of the most
renowned society
families in
London; the
actress stars with
Orlando Bloom
in fantasy drama
Carnival Row;
Delevingne shows
off her shaved
head at the 2017
MTV Awards
“I love being challenged. I’d like
to see the end of the world
- I know I’d be able to survive”
INTERVIEW