Model turned businesswoman Caprice talks business, film, and good health

Alice Bird | 24th July 2018

 

Caprice Bourret is the model turned entrepreneur that seems to have done everything in her 20 year plus career. Having just partnered with Manchester based global textile company Sadaqat, to help grow her ‘By Caprice Home’ brand, the adopted brit shows no signs of slowing down.

 

Once dubbed the most photographed woman in the world, Caprice has appeared on over 350 magazine covers. Now 46 and a mother to two sons, Jett and Jax, Caprice believes the modelling boat has sailed saying that: “If I do a cover now it’s fully clothed and it’s primarily to promote my business or an upcoming movie.”

 

Caprice modelled long before the age of Kylie Jenner and the social media model. She said: “Social media generation models are a bit irresponsible now as they are usually retouching the hell out of their bodies and then people are aspiring to look like something that isn’t real.”

 

Alongside being a mother, wife, and businesswoman Caprice has recently been acting. She said: “I have a short film coming out in July called In2ruders, it’s on Amazon Prime. I play a ruthless CEO that will do anything to get what she wants. The end of this year I play Harvey Keitel’s girlfriend in Sparkle.”

 

Caprice explained to me how, in acting, she doesn’t have an ideal role but likes to be quite versatile. She said: “I like characters that have depth and strength, vulnerability and purpose, as I am a bit of a feminist.”

 

Strength is something Caprice has shown she has a lot of. Last year she was diagnosed with a brain tumour that was discovered while she was filming skiing TV show The Jump. Although the tumour was benign, it was growing, and Caprice had to undergo a long surgery to remove the tumour.

 

She said: “Of course I was terrified and shocked, but thankfully after a seven-and-a-half-hour surgery they got rid of that nasty little bugger and it’s never coming back”

 

Her health scare is something that Caprice says has made her even more thankful for what she has. She said: “I thank god every day for good health which is something I always took for granted.”

 

Caprice is now a patron for the charity Brain Tumour research. She has campaigned to create awareness and raise funds to help people who have been affected or are being affected by a brain tumour.

 

She said: “I will keep on campaigning so I can turn something that was so evil into something positive.”

 

 

Alongside her charity work and family, Caprice’s main focus now is her business ‘By Caprice’ which was founded in 2006. The brand originally focused on lingerie, and after a massive success ‘By Caprice Home’ soon followed.

 

Despite building up her business entirely on her own, Caprice admitted that people do underestimate her.

 

She said: “Being a woman and a model – the stereotype haunts me.

 

However, I have overcome this as I have solid numbers and a successful business that is going from strength to strength, so I don’t really have to prove anything anymore.”

 

Now paired with licensing partner, Sadaqat, Caprice is ready to grow her brand internationally to make ‘By Caprice Home’ one of the biggest brands in the world.

 

But Caprice said her main focus will always be her family. She said: “Most importantly, I am going to be the best mum that I can be to my two most beautiful sons.”

 

With children, a successful business, movies, and charity work all on the agenda, Caprice has a lot going on but she says she wouldn’t change any of this: “It’s constant chaos with absolutely no time for myself or sleep whatsoever, but I feel so blessed and appreciate everything in my life.”

 

By Caprice Home is stocked in major retailers throughout the UK, including Dunhelm, Next, Very, Wayfair . Visit www.gobycaprice.com to view the entire range.

 

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