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<\/p>\nReluctantly taking her appearance to the next level, Twiggy complemented her elfin-like face and big blue eyes with a pixie hairstyle in a unique look that\u2019s been replicated over the decades.<\/p>\n
Though she transformed the fashion industry with her youthful style, the legendary cover girl recently revealed that she didn\u2019t want the androgynous buzz that defined the look of the Swinging Sixties, and that she was just too shy to deny the work of a famous hairstylist in a \u201cposh salon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Celebrating her 74th birthday on September 19, we\u2019re taking you back to the 1960s when Twiggy first inspired the famous baby doll styles we still see today!<\/p>\n
In 1966, the British-born Twiggy\u2013whose birth name is Lesley Hornby\u2013was looking for a trendy new look to help launch her career. Standing at only 5-foot-6, the aspiring young model was told she was too short to succeed in the competitive fashion industry.<\/p>\n
Turning 74 on Sept. 19, the former supermodel recalled having her shoulder-length hair styled for some test \u201chead shots\u201d at London\u2019s House of Leonard and meeting the famed British stylist, Leonard Lewis (professionally known as Leonard of Mayfair).<\/p>\n
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Lewis was looking for models to try out his new crop haircut.<\/p>\n
In her recent guest appearance on Jessie Ware\u2019s podcast, \u201cTable Manners,\u201d the former style icon revealed that she never wanted to have her hair cut short.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went in to have it shampooed and set and Leonard saw me, and he said, \u2018Let me do my new haircut on you,\u2019\u201d Twiggy told Ware during the podcast. \u201cI\u2019d been growing my hair, for a moment I kind of went, \u2018I don\u2019t know whether I want my hair cut.\u2019 But I was in this very posh salon in Mayfair so I was a bit too shy to say I don\u2019t want it done, and I kind of nodded.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day, Twiggy returned to the salon and sat in Lewis\u2019 chair, bracing herself for what was coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went back the next day and I was in there for seven hours, where he cut it and then I went out and had it colored and then re-cut. Oh, it was mad,\u201d she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n
And though the androgynous look wasn\u2019t what Twiggy was chasing, she quickly understood why Lewis earned notoriety as a stylist.<\/p>\n
After perfecting her golden blonde crop, Lewis had British photographer, Barry Lategan, snapped Twiggy\u2019s pictures.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeonard put it up in the salon and a journalist saw it,\u201d Twiggy said, referring to the Daily Express fashion editor Deirdre McSharry, who while having Lewis style her hair, saw Twiggy\u2019s daring do in the photos. \u201cThat\u2019s how it all happened\u2026When that haircut started, when that photograph was taken, that was the pivotal moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pixie cut highlighted her large blue eyes, which she emphasized with mascara on her lower eyelashes.<\/p>\n
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English supermodel Twiggy poses for a portrait during the filming of \u2018Twiggy in Hollywood\u2019 directed by Bert Stern part of a three episode documentary series that aired in the spring of 1967 on ABC-TV, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
In a conversation with Vogue, Twiggy explained the inspiration behind her doe eyes: \u201cI was also constantly playing around with make-up at home. I had a rag doll that had those spikey eyelashes, so I bought false eyelashes for myself and created what became known as my sort of \u2018look.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
English supermodel Twiggy poses for a portrait during the filming of \u2018Twiggy in Hollywood\u2019 directed by Bert Stern part of a three episode documentary series that aired in the spring of 1967 on ABC-TV, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The former supermodel also said as a youngster, when she wasn\u2019t in the strict confines of her school, that she rebelled by wearing makeup and miniskirts to Saturday night mod clubs with her friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to a grammar school, so it was quite strict. We wore uniforms and makeup was not allowed. So, on the weekends, me and my friends would sit like most teenage girls and play with makeup.\u201d She continued \u201cAnd that\u2019s how that makeup evolved.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the eyes became part of her signature look.<\/p>\n
A few weeks after the shoot for the Daily Express, several pictures\u2013now iconic black and white images that launched her modeling career\u2013along with the headline \u201cTwiggy\u2013The Face Of \u201866\u201d appeared on the pages of the paper.<\/p>\n
The following month, she did her first shoot for Vogue and her \u201clife became a whirlwind.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The quintessential mold for mod fashion, Twiggy was the role model to many women and, still in her teens, she became the first celebrity that Mattel used as a blueprint for a Twiggy Barbie.<\/p>\n
Over the next several years, Twiggy\u2019s name became synonymous with the trailblazing British designer Mary Quant, who revolutionized fashion with short hemlines, freeing the female leg.<\/p>\n
After only a handful years of modelling, Twiggy retired in 1970 and explored stage and screen acting, along with singing.<\/p>\n
Her movies include starring roles in 1971s The Boy Friend\u2013a performance that earned her two Golden Globes\u2013and Club Paradise (1986), where she played the lead alongside the late Robin Williams.<\/p>\n
The America\u2019s Next Top Model judge also worked on a fashion line exclusive to Marks & Spencer and ppeared on several of the brand\u2019s billboard ads.<\/p>\n
In 2011, she released the album \u201cRomantically Yours,\u201d that features cover songs like \u201cBlue Moon,\u201d \u201cThey Can\u2019t Take That Away from Me\u201d and \u201cRight Here Waiting.\u201d Her only daughter, Carly Lawson (born 1978) is a guest vocalist on some of the tracks.<\/p>\n
Still on the frontlines of fashion, the stunning woman was ambassador for L\u2019Oreal and she partners with other brands as a designer.<\/p>\n
These days the icon is keeping busy with her own podcast, Tea with Twiggy, where each week she has intimate chats with her famous friends.<\/p>\n
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LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 SEPTEMBER 14: Twiggy attends Vogue World: London 2023 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on September 14, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
And despite all her achievements, Twiggy, one of the most recognizable faces of her generation, said her success can only be measured by the bond she shares with her incredible daughter.<\/p>\n
After her father, actor Michael Witney, died at 52 at her fifth birthday celebration, Carly was raised by her mom and second husband, Leigh Lawson, whom Twiggy married in 1988.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy number one is family. It always has been, even when Carly was little. If it didn\u2019t work for Carly, I didn\u2019t do it,\u201d said Twiggy, who\u2019s also a grandmother. \u201cWe went everywhere together but that\u2019s why we\u2019re so close now. The other day, she was saying, \u2018I can\u2019t remember a time when you weren\u2019t there, Mum\u2019 and it\u2019s because I was always there. Even when I travelled, she came with me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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