Emily Ratajkowski wows in a zebra print coat and miniskirt

She recently released a collection of powerful essays called My Body.

And Emily Ratajkowski looked stunning in a zebra miniskirt and matching coat as she headed to Battersea Arts Centre to discuss her book on Saturday night. 

The 30-year-old model put on a leggy display at the WOW: Shameless Festival in London as she stepped out in a pair of red suede boots and the animal print co-ord. 

Emily showcased her edgy sense of style in the long-line zebra coat, which she layered over a classic black roll neck jumper. 

She accessorised with a large fluffy black hat and added a pop of colour with the pointy-toed boots. 

The model accentuated her natural beauty with clear lipgloss and a sweep of blusher and bronzer across her complexion. 

Emily showcased her lithe legs in the thigh-skimming skirt as she climbed out of her car before heading into the venue for a conversation about her essay collection.  

Stunning: The 30-year-old model put on a leggy display at the WOW: Shameless Festival in London as she stepped out in a pair of red suede boots and the animal print co-ord 

Cool: Emily showcased her edgy sense of style in the long-line zebra coat, which she layered over a classic black roll neck jumper 

Emily gets very candid in her memoir about taking back ownership of her body after beginning her modelling career as a teenager. 

The fashionista has been making the media rounds to promote her vulnerable essay collection, which was immediately a New York Times bestseller.   

During a press appearance last week, the mother-of-one said she would be ‘horrified’ by another teenager doing the same type of photo shoots she did early in her career.

Cute: She accessorised with a large fluffy black hat and added a pop of colour with the pointy-toed boots 

Flawless: The model accentuated her natural beauty with clear lipgloss and a sweep of blusher and bronzer across her complexion 

The acclaimed star has opened up about her first topless shoot when she was just 17, and while she found it ‘validating’ at the time, she knows she would feel very different now seeing someone go through the same experience.

‘I think that I had no sense of what was happening other than that it was validating, and felt really validating for older men who ran a magazine to say, “You’re hot,”‘ she said during the Changes with Annie Macmanus podcast. 

‘It felt really good to have that. At the time, that’s all I focused on. Now looking back, I’m like, “Wow!”‘ she added.   

Beautiful: Emily showecased her lithe legs in the thigh-skimming skirt as she climbed out of her car before heading into the venue for a conversation about her essay collection 

‘I was a child, I actually can visualise that specific picture in my mind and I’m thinking about if I saw a 17-year-old in that way now, I’d be horrified because I can recognise how young I was.

‘At the time, it just felt really powerful and cool. 

‘I think there were things going on under the surface of that that I didn’t even realize, was that I was learning to place a lot of value in how desirable I could be to men,’ she admitted.

Honest: Emily gets very candid in her memoir about taking back ownership of her body after beginning her modelling career as a teenager

Speaking out: The fashionista has been making the media rounds to promote her vulnerable essay collection, which was immediately a New York Times bestseller

Meanwhile, Emily also talked about her experience during puberty, as she started to develop when she was young and had to deal with conflicting emotions at the same.

She added: ‘I think from, like, [age] 10 to 12, I started to feel it at school with other kids, having boobs and under arm hair – it was very scary.

‘It both felt exciting because boys paid attention to me but then also they’d make fun of me for having underarm hair.’

Troubling: During a press appearance last week, the mother-of-one said she would be ‘horrified’ by another teenager doing the same type of photo shoots she did early in her career 

Views: The acclaimed star said she found her first topless shoot at 17 ‘validating’ at the time but knows she would feel very different now seeing someone go through the same experience 

Emily noted how her mother let her express herself and ‘celebrated’ her looks and the way the world saw her.

She said: ‘She really was all about letting me dress how I wanted and whatever. I think also she celebrated the way that the world perceived me as pretty and beautiful, which to me says less about her and more about how our world works.

‘Of course you’d want your daughter to be attractive because you know that they might have an easier life.’

Looking back: ‘[It] felt really validating for older men who ran a magazine to say, “You’re hot,”‘ she said during the Changes with Annie Macmanus podcast