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Dame Lesley Lawson DBE ( née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the swinging '60s in London.
Sep 19, 2018 · Twiggy, born Lesley Hornby, was one of the defining faces of London’s swinging ’60s and is widely considered to be one of the world’s first supermodels. At 15, she met a hairdresser named Nigel Davies (now known as Justin de Villeneuve), who gave Hornby her signature boyish haircut.
- Julia Brucculieri
Aug 13, 2024 · Twiggy, British fashion model and actress whose gamine frame and mod look defined the fashion industry during much of the late 20th century. She is widely considered to have been one of the world’s first supermodels. Learn more about Twiggy’s life and career.
Actress: The Boy Friend. Twiggy is a top model of the late 1960s, who made skinny an "inny," along with other famous skinny models such as Jean Shrimpton ("The Shrimp"), Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Penelope Tree ("The Tree"). She was born Leslie Hornby on September 19, 1949, in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, one of three daughters of Nell ...
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Dec 24, 2023 · Managed by her boyfriend, de Villeneuve, Twiggy took the fashion industry by storm. She was unusual for a model of the era — just 5'6" and very thin — but inspired countless copycats who imitated her exaggerated eyelashes and longed for her waifish frame. For Twiggy, fame was life-changing.
- Kaleena Fraga
Twiggy. Actress: The Boy Friend. Twiggy is a top model of the late 1960s, who made skinny an "inny," along with other famous skinny models such as Jean Shrimpton ("The Shrimp"), Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Penelope Tree ("The Tree").
Sep 19, 2014 · Doll-like, with painted-on eyelashes, a constellation of freckles, boy-short hair, and a frame as slender as a reed, Twiggy —née Lesley Hornby —introduced the fashion world to a fresh new look...
