TALK: Beyond the Runway

Unfortunately, this event will no longer be going ahead due to a change in the authors’ availability. All bookers will be contacted with more information.

Join two icons of British fashion as they discuss the hidden side of the industry, from the eating disorders that Penelope experienced in the 60s and 70s and the acne that ruined her career to Lady Jean Campbell life long battle with chronic pain.

Vogue cover model, face of the Swinging Sixties, and David Bailey’s muse, Penelope Tree was discovered aged 16 at Truman Capote’s legendary 1966 Black and White Ball and became one of the style icons of the decade, inspiring a generation of future models including Kate Moss. Now 74, Penelope has written her first novel, Piece Of My Heart (Moonflower Books, June 2024), an honest and strikingly moving exploration of what it takes to make it in the fashion industry, and a coming-of-age story peopled with larger than life characters from high society, fashion, music, and film. 

Lady Jean Campbell is one of the UK’s top fashion models who has been the face of fashion houses including Burberry, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton and Zara and graced the cover of magazines including Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire. The daughter of the Count & Countess of Cawdaw, Lady Jean Campbell is a direct relation to Queen Camilla, and has suffered from Chronic Pain related to hip displacement since the age of 13 and in 2024 is launching a new podcast on the subject.