Why we are bored of the classically beautiful

GAPPY teeth, prominent birth mark, asymmetric features, funny hair?

Perhaps you’re a model. Apparently models these days are all about being jolie laide. No, not that kind of laide — although you’d expect they are that too — but ‘jolie laide’, which roughly translates as ugly-pretty. Or, to reluctantly use that hideous word, quirky.

Blank perfection is a bit old — apparently the current trend for models is flawed but interesting, rather than the traditional golden glamazon. Should we, the general female public, be glad? Or do we even care? Is it of any relevance to us whether models look perfect or not?