David Gandy is relaxed. The Essex-born supermodel is sitting in his light-filled kitchen, sipping a glass of water and reflecting on his almost 25-year career.
At 45, Gandy’s striking dark brown hair, sharp cheekbones and piercing blue eyes have been at the centre of some of fashion’s most iconic campaigns of the last two decades, and he is one of the few male models to become a household name.

