That’s Not My Age Podcast: Model Jan de Villeneuve

Jan de Villeneuve wearing a 1980s Edina Ronay cardigan and Nicky Butler earrings. Photo: David Benett
In the 1960s, model Jan de Villeneuve regularly appeared on the cover of Vogue and was photographed by all the greats, including, David Bailey and Norman Parkinson. An architecture and design graduate from Ohio, she was discovered in her early twenties while visiting a friend in New York. This super-cool fan of vintage fashion was refused entry to a restaurant in San Francisco in 1971 for ‘being too mod’. In a feature called ‘What we really wore in the 70s’ she described her outfit to the Telegraph, ‘I had on a long Liberty-print skirt, a white peasant blouse and a cardigan. Strangely enough, a lady wearing a skimpy two-piece leopard-print outfit with midriff showing was allowed in – I had to borrow a trench coat.’

1970 British Vogue cover shot by David Bailey. And Richard Quinn catwalk show s/s 2020
Over 50 years later, Jan’s modelling career is going through something of a renaissance and she’s back on the cover of magazines ( most recently the Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine at the weekend). She still loves vintage fashion and collecting patchwork quilts, spending time with her family – Jan lives in Kent with her partner the rock and roll drummer Andy Newark, her daughters are the illustrator Daisy and model-turned-photographer Poppy de Villeneuve – and taking her dog Charlie for a walk.

Harper’s Bazaar Netherland cover
Jan de Villeneuve talks about her career, age and style and being an older model on the latest That’s Not My Age podcast:
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PODCAST CREDITS
Producer and audio engineer: Linda Ara-Tebaldi
Host: Alyson Walsh
Guest: Jan De Villeneuve
Music: David Schweitzer
Artwork: Ayumi Takahashi
Coordinator: Helen Johnson
Hi Alyson,
I loved listening to your interview with Jan. Voice plays such a big role in a podcast, and, as you pointed out, her’s is so melodious and she is a fast talker. Your voice is equally intriguing in a sweet way going up and down. It was inspiring to hear Jan because she has an upbeat love of life, and she is living a good one in the Kent countryside. She has a true love of great clothes. Thank you for this podcast and I look forward to more.