We Chat To Model Cora Corre About Having Vivienne Westwood As A Grandmother

We Chat To Vivienne Westwood's Granddaughter Cora Corre

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by Emma Spedding |
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On Sunday night Vivienne Westwood's granddaughter Cora Corre made her London Fashion Week debut walking for - you guessed it - her gran Vivienne Westwood. Cora walked down the runway arm in arm with her grandmother in the finale, wearing an off-the-shoulder cream dress with a bouquet of flowers. It was one of the most Instagrammed moments of fashion week so far.

READ MORE: Cora Corre walks for Vivienne Westwood

On Monday night the 17-year-old made her second London Fashion Week appearance at Giles, joining Binx, Gigi Hadid and Malaika Firth on the runway. We spotted Cora backstage and just* had* to ask her what it's like having Viv as her granny.

Cora said about closing her show: "It was good! It was really nice actually - keeping it in the family. I did my first show with her when I was younger." You might think the finale had been planned for weeks, but Cora revealed to us that she was only asked to take part a couple of hours before the show.

Cora said: "Yesterday afternoon about two hours before the show. I got a call asking if I wanted to try on a dress possibly for the show." She only found out she would be walking - let alone doing the final walk with Dame Westwood - when she arrived. "I found out at about 3.30pm and the show was at 5.30pm I think!"

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So did Vivienne give her any tips before she hit the runway? Cora said: "She told me to be myself. She was literally like just be yourself like you're walking down the street. Bring your personality. Be sassy!"

But her grandmother doesn't give her advise about her modelling career very often. Cora told us: "Her most important things are to read loads and to read her blog as much as I can. She updates it every morning, so she likes me to read it. Reading in general she thinks is great." So does she have a Vivienne Westwood reading list? "Sometimes I get sent things she thinks I should read or links to her blog posts."

Giles has a habit of picking the it models (cough, Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner), so could Cora be the new, well, Cara? Let's look at her modelling credentials.

She's signed to Next Models. Has the Katie Grand stamp of approval via a* Love Magazine *shoot. Has fashion in her blood - she is the daughter of Agent Provocateur founders Rees and Joe Corré and the granddaughter of Dame Vivienne Westwood and the late Malcolm Maclaren. Oh and she is part of the next generation Primrose Hill set - Mr Rafferty Law (son of Jude Law and Sadie Frost) is a regular feature on Cora's Instagram page.

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