‘Fashion icon’ football WAG gives scathing response to hater’s insult during fashion show
A footballer’s fiance has been forced to hit back at haters who suggested she didn’t deserve to attend London Fashion Week.
Jilly Cross, from Glasgow, is engaged to ex-Rangers and current Motherwell star Andy Halliday.
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She regularly shares her outfit choices and shopping trips with her army of 300,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram (@jillyisabella).
With years of fashion knowledge and experience, she also launched her own clothing label Dula in 2021.
The stylish entrepreneur wants to ‘normalize’ the repetition of outfits with her curated collection, which is featured in Vogue magazine.
As she continues to establish herself as a player in the fashion game, Jilly was thrilled to be invited to London Fashion Week this year.
But after sharing clips of the catwalks in action, she faced comments from trolls who claimed “they are now really giving everyone access to fashion shows”.
Jilly responded angrily: “I may not look like it now because I have hair that looks like Jimmy Neutron, but I have been working in the fashion industry since I was 16.
“When I was at school I had a Christmas temp job at Debenhams. I know it’s not a super fancy store but it was a start.
“Then I left there and actually worked for a luxury store called Cruise. I learned all about fashion houses because the designers sent representatives from the designers we were selling, so I learned all about them.
“I worked there the whole time while I studied fashion business at university for four years and got an honors degree there.
“Two weeks after handing in my thesis I got a job straight out of university, which is hard to do in the fashion industry, especially in Glasgow.
“Even though I wasn’t working for Dior or Conde Nast, I was still in the fashion industry and working for fashion brands. I was working on cool campaigns, learning things and networking.”
She added: “Then I started my own fashion brand which has since been featured in Vogue. And we also worked with Harvey Nics last summer, we had an event with Harvey Nics. Have you heard of them before?
“And calm down, I wasn’t shouting from the rooftops. I literally said I was faking it until I made it and I was just trying my best to make it in a very tough industry.
“Were you at the fashion shows? Were you FROW [front row]?
“Let me join the shows, stop being a hindrance to me. I’m not Anna Wintour, I’m not Andre Leon Talley, but maybe one day I will be. Okay, I’m not going to be one day, but I try my damn best. This trolls man.”
Jilly’s hilarious clip has been viewed more than 264,000 times, and social media users are completely on her side.
“I TOTALLY BELIEVE you will be Anna Wintour one day,” someone predicted.
A second wrote: “HAHAHAHA tell her queen.”
A third added: “I was so proud to see a little girl from Glasgow at fashion week!! You should be so proud of yourself.”
“You were MADE for the fashion world,” someone else insisted.
“Jilly for the next Vogue editor,” another pleaded.
While a sixth said: “You’re a fashion icon, what does she mean?”
Jilly got engaged to midfielder Halliday in 2022 during a romantic holiday in Mexico, after seven years together.