think I miss the energy the most. When you’re a mum, you can be a little isolated with the kids and yet in NYC, the buzz is always around you, whether you decide to participate or not. I miss the ease of bumping into people and popping for a coffee in the park or simply just pushing the stroller through the streets. I’m slowly getting used to the LA way of having to schedule! I’m lucky to have a fab group of friends [here] so the transition is definitely getting easier! MINI |
Tell us how you decided on your girls’ names.
I’ve always liked both names. Honor, because of Honor Fraser, an English model, and also Honor Blackman, a Bond girl in the ‘60s. After she’d been named, my mum and grandma called me from England. They were sitting with my Grandpop’s family tree and it turned out that my [three times] great grandmother had also been called Honor and she’d even emigrated to New York from Cornwall, after her husband had passed— so she was also a bad ass! We all ended up in tears as it’s such a strange coincidence. My aunt also recently found her signature ELLE STRAUSS |
at Ellis Island, which is super special. Imogen is from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. But honestly, I’ve always just loved the name. Imogen is not such an unusual name in England! We know schedules can be hectic— so tell us about yours! What does a typical day look like right now?
MINI |
Either a puppy or Imogen will wake me up, typically around 6. I will never get used to early mornings. I know a lot of mums say they’re just programmed for early mornings, but not me. I could sleep until mid-day given the chance. If [my husband] James is in town (he’s a photographer and travels a lot) he’ll wake me up with a cuppa, which, hands down, is the greatest thing on earth. Then it’s all systems go. Get the kids fed and ready for school, let the dog and cat out, do the school run, and then it’s onto either a shoot, styling a commercial, fashion editorial, or meetings with brands as a consulting creative editorial director, which I absolutely love doing. We have a wonderful nanny who collects the girls from nursery and school, so by the time I’m home, they are fed and bathed, which is like a another gift from heaven. James and I will chat and work and then aim to be in bed by 10:30 which inevitably becomes 11. ELLE STRAUSS |
How do you manage to keep all of the plates spinning?
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