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Twiggy

In London, a 17-year-old British girl helps in the barber shop where her sister works.

One day she gave up her long hair and asked the hairstylist to cut it into short hair and dye it. Then she wore brightly colored clothes and took the bus to a young photographer's studio to get a haircut for a hairdresser. Take photos of window displays. The man who cut the girl's hair was called Vidal Sassoon, and the hairstyle took him eight hours to complete. The person who took the photo of this girl is called Barry Lategan. He thinks the girl in front of the camera is very interesting: very thin, without the exquisite curves of a woman, like a little boy; with a boy-like hair style; and wearing three glasses on her big eyes. A layer of false eyelashes; a frightened expression on the camera... The photo taken by Barry was discovered by the Daily Express and commented as "a face that can represent 1966."

Soon, this 17-year-old girl became the most famous model on the planet that year, frequently appearing in various newspapers and magazines, but she did not go on catwalks because she was only 1.67 meters tall and weighed Only 82 pounds. When she was 17 years old, this girl started shooting covers for Vogue, releasing records, and launching her own clothing brand...

You have to be famous early!

Although it was 35 years ago, no model or woman can play as important a role in the fashion industry as Twiggy did and became a symbol of an era.

Twiggy officially ended her modeling career at the age of 20. Her short four-year career as a model made her the most influential model in the 1960s. Her appearance was like a Revolution, completely changed people's definition of beauty and the way they apply eye makeup. Twiggy's curveless, androgynous image was popular in Europe and the United States at that time, and has influenced it to this day. Kate Moss was called a replica of Twiggy when she first debuted. As the fashion industry's first true supermodel, Twiggy was the first model to charge a hefty hourly rate, and her emergence paved the way for subsequent supermodels such as Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss.

"Twiggy" is a nickname because of her short stature, underdeveloped breasts, and long, skinny legs, which makes her look like a small dummy made of twigs. Twiggy's real name is Lesley Hornby. He was born on September 19, 1969, in a middle-class family in the northern suburbs of London. His father is a carpenter.

At the age of 15, Twiggy met Nigel Davies at the barber shop where her sister worked and started dating him. Nigel was ten years older than her and it was he who discovered her and turned her into a model. Her boyfriend and agent, they were together for ten years until Twiggy stopped modeling. Nigel Davies is really an interesting man. He likes to be called Justin De Villeneuve, a very arrogant French name. Before becoming Twiggy’s agent, he was a former model, former antique dealer, and former hairstylist. Justin believed that Twiggy was born to be a model, so he arranged for her to model for photographer Barry Lategan.

Twiggy wears a brightly colored super mini skirt, revealing her straight thighs. She looks a bit clumsy but has a kind of innocence unique to teenagers - she is even so pure that she has no breast curve, no waistline, no The hip line has no curve at all. Prior to this, no one thought such women were beautiful. Twiggy brought a completely different aesthetic to the past. She was portrayed by the British media as a rebellious image and became an idol for all women who wanted to get rid of the unchanging housewife life. : Freedom, independence; the image without curves has become the symbol of a new generation of professional women.

Justin knows how to run the Twiggy brand very well. He established Twiggy Industrial Company and launched Twiggy brand clothes, colorful socks, false eyelashes, cosmetics, dolls, calendars, posters, lunch boxes... 17 Twiggy also released her first pop single: Beautiful Dreams. After her success in the UK, Justin took Twiggy to Paris and made her a cover girl for ELLE and Vogue, expanding Twiggy's success from the British island to the entire Europe. In 1967, Justin took 18-year-old Twiggy to New York, the United States. Twiggy was even more popular in the United States than in Europe. Almost every photographer and every magazine wanted to take pictures of her, and her photos could be seen everywhere. She even launched her own magazine, Twiggy: Her Mod Teen World, in New York. The 18-year-old British girl has become a fashion icon recognized on both sides of the Atlantic.

At this time, Twiggy was charging US$240 per hour as a graphic model, while the red model in the same period was only US$40 per hour. This is the first time such a disparity in pay for equal work has occurred in the fashion industry, widening the gap between supermodels and ordinary models.

One reason why Twiggy can succeed in the United States is that there has never been such an image in the media before. In the 1950s, the image of sophistication and elegance appeared in the media, and undulating curves like Marilyn Monroe were fashionable. From Marilyn Monroe to Twiggy, their images are simply opposite. Twiggy's image is completely new, and her appearance has established a new aesthetic standard. Twiggy is still influencing the fashion industry. Today's Twiggy is Kate Moss. Their figures are very similar: Twiggy's measurements are 31-22-32, and Kate Moss's measurements are 33-22-35.

At that time, a reporter interviewed her and asked if she thought her body shape would become a fashion in the future. Twiggy was so surprised that she asked the reporter: "Do you really think I have the so-called body shape you mentioned? "Like all adolescent girls, Twiggy doesn't like her figure, and even thinks it's ugly. She even hates being photographed: "She always has to stuff her bra with tissues to show off her curves."

Twiggy’s mother was once very worried about her daughter’s weight loss and took her to see many doctors. The doctors concluded that like many adolescent girls, this girl just has a faster metabolism and her body shape It's not something you're born with, it's not a disease, and there's nothing you can do about it. Twiggy doesn't diet, she doesn't smoke or drink. Like all adolescent girls, she likes ice cream, bananas and dreaming. A reporter from Time was surprised when he saw Twiggy's appetite: "She can swallow a horse!"

Since Twiggy, the standard of beauty has become wider, and thinness has become a kind of beauty. Twiggy appears in a genderless androgynous posture, and her little boy-like body becomes a rebellion against tradition. Twiggy's thinness affected future model selection standards, making thinness the standard for models. And Twiggy is a healthy and thin girl - 41 kilograms is nothing special for an adolescent girl who is only 1.67 meters tall, right? Now the weight requirement for a 1.83-meter-tall model is less than 54 kilograms! From Twiggy to Kate Moss, the standard of beauty has changed. The body in its natural state is not popular, while the thinness of Kate Moss is unnatural, and women begin to dislike their own bodies.

When she was 19 years old, Twiggy decided to take a break, stay in the United States, and terminate her modeling career. She planned to become an actress. For this reason, she studied some acting, singing and dancing courses in the New York Department. This decision led to her break with Justin. In 1972, Twiggy won two Golden Globe Awards as an actor: Best Actress and Best Newcomer. But Twiggy hasn’t done so well since.

After playing a series of forgotten movie roles, Twiggy, a former fashion goddess, also started getting married and having children. In 1977, Twiggy married American actor Michael Witney. In 1978, Twiggy became a mother and had a daughter. In 1983, Michael Witney died of a heart attack, and Twiggy returned to the stage and became a stage actor.

In 1988, Twiggy married British actor Leigh Lawson and moved back to London. Beginning in 1991, Twiggy became the host of a talk TV show and began publishing books and writing her own memoirs. In 2003, Twiggy released a new album "Midnight Blue".

Twiggy is a key figure in changing female beauty standards and model body standards.

Twiggy’s popularity has increased salaries in the entire modeling industry.

Twiggy is a classic legend in the fashion industry.