‘I WAS ON EVERY COVER’: Absolutely Fabulous stars Patsy and Eddie give their hilarious thoughts on Vogue magazine
Actresses Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders stayed in character for BBC Two’s Absolutely Fashion documentary
ABSOLUTELY Fabulous stars Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders have given their hilarious thoughts on the future of Vogue.
The actresses stayed in character as Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone as they took part in a documentary about the iconic fashion magazine.
And Patsy said during the Sixties and Seventies, she graced many a cover during her modelling heyday.
The ladies were filmed taking part in a photo shoot for the magazine’s 100 year anniversary edition with model Georgia May Jagger.
And although the BBC Two cameras were not allowed to film the shoot or legendary photographer David Bailey, Joanna and Jennifer, as Patsy and Eddie, spoke to the film crew during the event.
When asked about the magazine’s legacy, Eddie said: “It’s fantastic. I remember when it started. Do I? No I don’t. But it seems to have always been there.”
Patsy added: “Yeah, always in our zeitgeist.”
They were then asked if they remembered the heyday of Vogue, the Sixties and the Seventies, to which Patsy said: “Well, yeah. I was pretty much on every cover in those days. I think it was Vogue…”
Eddie added: “I’m probably too young to remember it but I remember the idea of it. But you know, the great thing about Vogue, especially American Vogue, is that even if it’s summer, it’s always winter.”
When corrected that she actually meant British Vogue, she said, “it isn’t the same, it doesn’t work”.
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The ladies were then asked if the magazine would still be around in 100 years from now, and Eddie said: “Yes. And we’ll be here to see it but it’ll be Vogue Online.”
Patsy then asked her, “Do you know what that means?” to which Eddie replied: “No, darling.”
And Georgia May Jagger was very excited to be working with her comedy icons who she used to watch with her mother Jerry Hall when she was young.
She said: “I’ve seen every episode, Mum’s always loved it. She loves both of them and I think always Patsy’s style, the chignon, always reminded me of my Mum and my Mum’s always smoked.
“But it’s funny because fashion is ridiculous and it’s making fun of something that is really funny.”
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