She was born exactly 75 years ago as Lesley Hornby, but is known worldwide by a different name: she was called that because of her spindly figure (the English word twig means thin twig). A journalist called her “the face of 1966”. In the years that followed, she was to become the style icon of the “Swinging Sixties”. In addition, she put the beauty ideal of the 1950s aside. Ample breasts, striking curves and long, curly hair were no longer in fashion, and screen goddesses such as Brigitte Bardot and Sophie Loren were no longer the standard.
Twiggy’s look soon caught on: countless girls cut their hair short and strove to have a slim figure. Twiggy also became influential through the fashion she showed off – it is still associated with the 60s today.
Source: Stern
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