Body confidence: Alexandra Shulman's bikini selfie

When a former British Vogue editor-in-chief posted a bedroom selfie little did she realise it would be seen as an empowering move, writes Margaret Jennings

YOU may have missed it if you’re not online, but an amateur selfie taken in a hotel bedroom by a 59-year-old bikini-clad woman last week, sparked a sensational response.

Alexandra Shulman, is no ordinary woman of course. She is the longest-serving editor-in-chief of British Vogue magazine, who stepped down from her role after 25 years, earlier this year.