Trinny & Susannah | Profiles

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Published: Friday, 27 July 2007, 8:27AM

Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine teamed up in 1994 to write Ready to Wear, a down-to-earth weekly style guide for the Daily Telegraph. Their phenomenally successful column ran for seven years.

In 2001, they joined the BBC to present What Not to Wear, a makeover programme that entered the national consciousness like no other.

The show moved from BBC 2 to BBC 1 running for five series and was also broadcast around the world.

Their no-nonsense style books What Not to Wear, What You Wear Can Change Your Life, What Your Clothes Say About You and The Survival Guide have been number one bestsellers in Britain and the United States and have been translated throughout the world.

They have both written for The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph.

In October 2006 they launch Trinny & Susannah Undress on ITV 1.

Trinny Woodall, born Sarah-Jane Woodall was born in 1965. She was nicknamed Trinny at school after the famous St Trinians. She started work in the financial and marketing sectors before becoming involved in PR, fashion and style.

Trinny is married to Johnnie Elichaoff, and has a daughter, Lyla and is stepmother to Eliachaoff's son, Zak.

Trinny appeared as a robot version of herself in the science fiction series Doctor Who episode Bad Wolf (2005, the robots Trine-e and Zu-Zana (voiced by the two presenters) were presenting a deadly futuristic version of What not to Wear.

Susannah Constantine was born in 1961 and worked for years under fashion designer John Galliano. She is now married to businessman Sten Bertelsen and has three children.