The Pleasure of Laughing

Christy Turlington and Kate Moss, backstage at Isaac Mizrahi, Los Angeles, 1994. Image © Roxanne Lowit

I love the kind of laughter that takes over. Breath gone, body shaking, composure lost. Messy, unguarded.

It cuts through whatever you’ve been holding together, shaking something loose you didn’t even realise was stuck. For a moment you’re completely yourself, no performance, no armour.

Afterwards, you’re lighter — as if the laughter cleared just enough space inside you to breathe again.