Trinny: We can be intimidating - Nov 9 2007
Trinny Woodall has admitted that she and her TV co-star Susannah Constantine sometimes intimidate women in their quest to revolutionise people's wardrobes.

The fashionistas, who are back on ITV1 with a new series of Undress The Nation, said they don't set out to intimidate women, but they can get a bit carried away, reports The Guardian.

Trinny, 43, said: "There are two of us and there's one of them so that does make a difference. And we can be quite intimidating. We forget that, because we are so swept up in what we're doing, and I'm sure that can be very overpowering."

She added: "Sometimes we need to take a step back and imagine how it would be if two people came up to us and did the same thing."

And Susannah, 45, admitted that although the pair try not to offend people, they can add to the pressure.

"We never criticise a woman's body or her age. We just criticise the clothes she wears and how they're not making the most of her body. We are part of the pressure, but we are a far more realistic part of the solution."



Trinny ’wore Susannah’s breasts’ - Nov 7 2007
Style gurus Trinny and Susannah are on a mission to boost Britain’s breasts.

The duo will address the subject of bras in the first episode of new ITV1 series Undress The Nation.

Flat-chested Trinny was so keen to discover what it is like to have a big bosom that she spent a day wearing prosthetic breasts.

She had a specially-moulded silicon pair made to boost her from a 32A to a 32D.

"I had them fitted so I know what it feels like to be Susannah," she explained. "I need to know what it’s like to have really big breasts. I think it’s important for me to try big breasts to really get in the headspace of somebody who has boobs."

But her husband Jonny Elichaoff was horrified, telling her: "Ugh, that’s sick. That has just done my head in completely."

With up to 80% of British women wearing the wrong size bra, Trinny and Susannah tested an unusual new measurement method which involved them dunking their breasts in a bowl of water.

The displaced water method is the brainchild of Dr John Tyrer, a design engineer from Loughborough University.

Dr Tyrer believes the most important factor in buying a bra should be weight, rather than cup size.

Susannah consulted Dr Tyrer after three different High Street retailers measured her as a 36C, 36D and 36F.

Undress The Nation begins on ITV1 on Wednesday at 8pm.



Trinny a ’shy girl’ at heart - Sept 25 2007
Trinny Woodall’s husband has defended the sharp-tongued fashionista, saying she is actually really shy.

The svelte 42-year-old is best known for making badly dressed women quake in their boots on shows like ITV1’s Trinny And Susannah Undress.

But her millionaire hubby Johnny Elichaoff reportedly told the Daily Mail: "The thing with Trinny is she comes across as cold and aloof, but in fact she is the kindest woman I have ever met. She has a heart of gold."

And the entrepreneur added: "All these things - the books, TV programmes, interviews - they are not about the money. They are about wanting to help women with their insecurities.

"The steeliness people see in her is really a cover for her chronic shyness, believe me."

Trinny, real name Sarah Jane, came to fame after she teamed up with Susannah Constantine to present BBC’s What Not To Wear. The series spawned numerous fashion advice books and the pair released their latest book, The Body Shape Bible, earlier this month.