By Mencap
At just 23, Ellie Goldstein is already an established model, actor, and rising star in the fashion business. She’s graced the cover of Vogue, modelled for Gucci and Nike, and enchanted viewers of BBC’s Mallory Towers. Now she’s bringing a dash of fashion and her signature smile to Mencap’s retail stores, just in time for Learning Disability A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. week (16-23 June).
Ellie is modelling clothes from Mencap shops
Ellie has been busy proving that you don’t need a screen star
budget
A budget is a plan where you look at how much money you have and how you will spend it.
to serve serious style. She’s been absolutely throwing shapes in her favourite Mencap retail high street outfits, turning preloved looks into professional glamour.
“I love how the photos have turned out, I look so cool in all the lovely outfits! It’s really exciting to see myself in the shop windows. It means a lot to me to be part of Learning Disability Week and to show what people with learning disabilities can achieve - follow your dreams!”
Ellie is one of our proud team of Mencap
Myth
A myth is an idea about something that is not true.
Busters. A group of people proving wrong the outdated ideas of what learning disability looks like, and looking increasingly fabulous doing it.
We are very proud to have Ellie on the team. She’s hilarious, fearless, and has exactly the kind of attitude that we need plastered in the windows of our 32 and counting Mencap retail shops.
Our interview with Ellie
In this video, Ellie answers some quickfire fashion questions.