Mercy has no regrets
Lingerie campaign celebrates difference, challenging our obsession with youth.
Mand body image.
“These are very real images which sends a good message I think.”
Brewer said the shoot, by photographer Harry Were at historic Alberton House in Auckland, was “like a situation comedy”.
“The house was open to the public and people were wandering about and I was lying around in my underwear.” Brewer, who is Scottish, but has lived in New Zealand with her husband and two daughters for 14 years, started modelling again by chance.
She was spotted by stylist Karen Inderbitzen-Waller who introduced her to Unique Model Management which signed her. Since then she has modelled for Zambezi and Andrea Moore. She’s also a designer and has won awards at the World of Wearable Art awards.
Lonely co-founder Helene Morris said the campaign challenged messages about ageing.
“The beauty and fashion industries are so obsessed with youth, but we are all ageing, and there are so many wonderful things about growing older.” ercy Brewer has walked the runways of Milan, New York and Paris. But she rates starring in a lingerie campaign that launched a week out from her 57th birthday as a career highlight.
The Auckland woman said she couldn’t believe it when New Zealand cult lingerie brand Lonely picked her.
“I’m so thrilled I did it and I’m knocked out Lonely chose me,” Brewer said yesterday.
“I started modelling again three years ago after a 20-year break and this was the first time I had modelled lingerie.”
Despite sharing the catwalk with Helena Christensen and Naomi Campbell in the 80s and 90s, it was only recently Brewer decided to put herself out there and take more risks.
“When I modelled previously I missed a lot of opportunities because I was overly cautious. It’s the things you don’t do that you regret at the end of your life, so I dived in.”
Feedback has been positive and Brewer was proud to be part of something that challenged ageing