When Cara Delevingne took a step back from modelling, many assumed she had quit for good.
But the 23-year-old wants to put people straight: she never “quit” modelling and has no hard feelings towards the fashion industry.
Cara Delevingne (Justin Tallis/PA)
The model and actress – who starred in Paper Towns – said she took time out of the limelight to tackle her depression. After unveiling new modelling images, she shared on Twitter:
Can we just set the record straight…
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
I never said I was quitting modeling
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
I do not blame the fashion industry for anything
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
I suffer from depression and was a model during a particularly rough patch of self hatred
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
I am so lucky for the work I get to do but I used to work to try and escape and just ended up completely exhausting myself.
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
I am focusing on filming and trying to learn how to not pick apart my every flaw. I am really good at that
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
Okay…. Rant over. Just wanted to clarify and word vomit a little
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) April 1, 2016
The model has now returned to the fashion industry with the release of her Yves Saint Laurent campaign earlier this week – a glamorous black-and-white ad shot in New York City.
Revealing the images, she wrote simply:
I never quit
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) March 30, 2016
Cara has previously opened up about her struggles with mental illness, explaining at the 2015 Women in the World Summit in October: “I was completely suicidal, I didn’t want to live any more. I thought that I was completely alone.
“I also realised how lucky I was, and what a wonderful family and wonderful friends I had, but that didn’t matter. I wanted the world to swallow me up, and nothing seemed better to me than death.”
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