By Lilah Parsons

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As the father of two young daughters, Gandy says he worries too about the effect of AI-generated imagery on mental health, particularly among young people.

“Looking at something that isn’t even real – where the person doesn’t exist – we don’t yet know the impact of that yet,” he says.

Gandy acknowledges that the fashion industry will inevitably need to embrace AI in some ways, but stresses, “There has to be regulation”.

For many, supermodel status can mean your personal life is as well-known as your work in fashion. But from his home near London’s Richmond Park – which he shares with his partner Stephanie Mendoros, his daughters, and their rescue dog, Dora – Gandy tells me he guards his privacy fiercely. On our visit, he is careful to shield the pictures of his family dotted around the house.

“I’ve always split my private life and my business life,” he says. “They’re two separate things. No one knows what my children look like; there are no images of them online. And I won’t be posting what I had for breakfast!”

Conversation swiftly turns to his garden. “I think you get to an age, I’m not sure if it’s about 40 years old, but some men become obsessed with their lawn,” he says, something he jokingly admits hasn’t benefited from having a bouncy castle on it all summer.

He tells me his daughters like to dress him up, too. “They’ve put hair bands on me that have bunny ears and bear ears, and I’ve forgotten that I’ve been wearing them,” he recalls, “So then I’ve gone shopping with them on.”

“I’ve come back and my partner has said to me, ‘You know you’ve got bunny ears on?'”

Gandy shakes his head, laughing.