‘Fashion icon’ football WAG issues scathing response after haters moan ‘they’ll let anyone in fashion shows these days’

A FOOTBALLER'S fiancee has been forced to hit back at haters who suggested she didn't deserve to be at London Fashion Week.

Jilly Cross, from Glasgow, is engaged to ex-Rangers and current Motherwell star Andy Halliday.

Jilly Cross attended this year's fashion weekCredit: @jillyisabella

Jilly is a football WAG but also has her own fashion labelCredit: @jillyisabella

Jilly was forced to hit back at trollsCredit: @jillyisabella

She regularly shares her outfit choices and shopping hauls with her army of 300,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram (@jillyisabella).

With years of fashion knowledge and experience under her belt, she also launched her own clothing label Dula in 2021.

The stylish entrepreneur aims to "normalise outfit repeating" with her curated collection, which has featured in Vogue magazine.

As she continues to establish herself as a player in the fashion game, Jilly was delighted to be invited to this year's London Fashion Week.

But after sharing clips of the runways in action, she faced comments from trolls who claimed "they really be letting anyone into fashion shows now”.

Hitting back, Jilly fumed: "I might not look like it right now because I’ve got hair like f***ing Jimmy Neutron, but I’ve been working in the fashion industry since I was 16.

"When I was at school I had a Christmas temp job at Debenhams. I know it’s not a super luxurious store but it was a start.

"Then I left there and actually I did work for a luxurious store called Cruise. I learned all about fashion houses because the designers would send in representatives from the designers that we sold, so I learned all about it.

"I worked there all while I was studying fashion business at university for four years. I got an honours degree from studying there.

"Two weeks after handing in my dissertation I got a job straight out of uni, which is hard to do in the fashion industry, especially in Glasgow.

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"Albeit I wasn’t working for Dior or Conde Nast, all right. I was still in the fashion industry working for fashion brands. I worked on cool campaigns, I learned things and I networked."

She added: "Then I started my own fashion brand which has since been in Vogue. And we also worked with Harvey Nics last summer, we had an event with Harvey Nics. Have you heard of them before?

"And calm down, I wasn’t shouting from the rooftops. I literally said I’m faking it until I make it and I’m just trying my best to make it in a really hard industry.

"Were you at the fashion shows? Were you sat FROW [front row]?

"Let me into the shows, stop being a hindrance to me. I’m not Anna Wintour, I’m not Andre Leon Talley but I might be one day. Ok I’m not gonna be one day but I’m trying my f***ing best. These trolls man."