The ASHLEY effect
“HONESTLY, GOD IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS KEPT ME SANE. In the midst of people manipulating your body and demanding what they want of you, your emotions go wild.”
OH, WAIT — he did Meghan’s hair?” I’m regaling Ashley Graham with the fact that Serge Normant, who styled her hair for our Harper’s BAZAAR shoot, was responsible for the Duchess of Sussex’s royal wedding messy bun — and she is thrilled. “That’s so funny,” Graham exclaims. “I always dreamt of working with him and then when we got him, I knew it would be epic!” After some back and forth across international datelines, I’m speaking to Graham from London, while she is in New York City on a lunch break at another photoshoot. No rest for the wicked, hey? “Don’t even worry about it. This is just what we do,” she assures me, then lets out a belly laugh — wicked, genuine and warm.
By the time you’re reading this, Graham will likely be lighting up screens across Australia. She’s
