Jo Whiley

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Every year Jo Whiley always looks so fabulous and healthy. Every year I vow to get my arse in gear and have a mature makeover but every year after watching Glastonbury I’m still an untoned blob. I love her look but fear you need the height and tone to carry it off. Does anyone have clothing / skincare recommendations to start me on my way? (Drags weights out of the wardrobe)

She makes me feel crap.

So beautiful. I’ve seen her in real life more than once, and she’s just as effortlessly cool and gorgeous.

Nothing to suggest for a quick fix other than fake tan and cool trainers.

I’ve seen her in real life, she is tall and really skinny, more so than she appears on TV -
looks beautiful in a natural, elegant way, not obvious filler or enhancements,
wears simple clothes, e.g. block colour: black / white, subtle logo, no patterns,
I think she looks fab !

Glad it’s not just me! Fake tan and trainers are good place to start 😊

Just seen James Harknett (the major Tanner to the stars) tanned her for Glastonbury. He tans Kylie Minogue as well.
Oh, to look as good as either!

There are famous tanners?

Wow, she’s going to be 60 in a few days time. Apparently she’s a pescatarian.

She is the voice of my Couch to 5k app. I’ve completed it several times, do loads of exercise, and I’m still a pasty stone overweight size 14.

Pffft.

News to me too ... it just makes me think of leather tbh

Jo W is indeed stunning - I've got a feeling she's been interviewed by a dozen magazines, all asking "tell us your lifestyle secrets Jo?"

I’m googling her exercise routine as we speak.

I think slim and happy wins every time. Bung in a fake/real tan, hip clothes, lights and glasto backdrop and she’s bound to look great. If she put on two stone and you sat on her on a bus going to her office job at 8.30am on a drizzly November morning, she’d probably still look ‘nice’ but not superstar great.

I'm going to disagree on one point. I've seen her up close and she's not tall. I'm 5ft 6 and she's shorter than me.

She's effortlessly cool though

🤣🤣....this made me lol as it's 💯 true

I said major not famous and in that world, yep!
There are a few around the world. Jimmy Coco is the main name in the U.S.
Only know this from working in the beauty industry and also because I’m a huge Kylie fan!

I’ve got a huge crush on her. How does she manage to look so cool - effortlessly cool - and not remotely ‘too young’ or ‘try hard’?

I am tall and slim. I have a satin slip dress like the blue one she wore. I might go and put it on with shabby hi-top converse. Will I look cool? No, I’ll look like a twat.

I saw Holly Willoughby getting off her helicopter 🙄, she looked good, but so very put together and contrived. Jo looks like she just opened her wardrobe and yanked out some old stuff and it looks bloody amazing.

How does the tanner fella get round so many celebrities? Doesn’t it need to be reapplied after only a matter of days? How does he do it all. I’m intrigued. Never knew this was a thing.

She did! She said on her insta that her Cure t shirt was about 30 years old!

Loving the talk of the major tanners, makes me think of their expertise in leathery skin!

Having worked in that world, they will tan a celebrity for a big event, usually a one-off.
But it is known for them to go to the celeb a few days later to top it up.
For tours, for example, tanning brands will have recommended tanning therapists around the UK. If it is a bigger brand, they will have recommended ones in other countries, too.
The biggest tanners, like Jimmy Coco in the U.S., get flown all over the world. He tans the Kardashians regularly.
The Strictly ‘mob’ usually get done on the Friday night. Dancing on Ice crew on a Saturday. That is the toughest gig of all. When they go on tour, they will get tanned by recommended tanners. There is usually a brand attached, although Strictly use NDA’s so it’s not made public.
Claudia Winkleman… does her own, and is proud of it! You can usually see streaks on her hands, and that’s fine. It’s part of her charm.
Lots of celebs also have their tans ‘done’ and don’t discuss it. Again, which is fine.
It is quite the art. Lots of hair removal, and exfoliation, in order to get it right.
Most obnoxious person to tan? Peter Andre.
A-listers should be hard work but generally aren’t…
And yes, I am genuine worked in the industry for many, many years and to be fair it was great fun. The BRITs was brilliant, Harry Styles was fabulous, although a good friend had to tan Boris Johnson’s dad… not so fun!
Lots of celebs have a really light finish to even out skin tone before an event or shoot.
And in all of that, I can’t be arsed with it. I am like a milk bottle!
It is a big industry and worth a lot of money. In the UK it really started with St Tropez, which Victoria Beckham really was the poster child for.
The trend for that really overdone tan is really gone now, thank goodness.
The one question never answered? Who did Kate Middleton’s tan for her wedding day!

@PeggyMitchellsCameowell I’ve learned something today.

I did Couch to 5k with Jo Wiley's voice and loved her voice - so encouraging. Definitely my favourite!

I think her hair helps - she has really cool hair, even though it’s actually quite thin and just straight (so not highly exciting) it’s beautifully cut and sits perfectly on her. Mine is much thicker and bushy (especially in this humidity) so never looks that cool and effortless. Same with Kate Moss - that straight, thin hair can look amazing on a good face which it wouldn’t on an ‘ordinary’ face!

i also think you need good cheekbones. It’s not just being thin and brown (I am 50 and a tall size 8 with a tan, and I look NOTHING like Jo Whiley cos I have a big, cheekbone less, face, ordinary teeth instead of lovely and white and scruffy hair!) Some people are just very cool and she is one of them. I love her.

Not to derail but @PeggyMitchellsCameo is there a tanning brand you'd recommend for the novice self tanner with pale skin?

I love her look but fear you need the height and tone to carry it off.

I didn't think she was tall-she looked short standing next to Lauren Laverne!

I am a minefield of useless information.

I googled her height - she’s not tall. A bog standard 5’6.