Twiggy has had a career in fashion that spans decades.
Born Lesley Hornby, Twiggy’s acclaimed modeling career started by accident. She agreed to model a new hairstyle for a salon in London when she was a teenager. Fashion editor Deirdre McSharry discovered the image and asked to meet Twiggy. McSharry arranged to have more photos taken of her. The editor, who worked at the Daily Express, featured the pictures in an article a few weeks later calling Twiggy “The Face of ’66.” The rest was history.
As a long-standing fashion industry figure, Twiggy has lived through many style phases throughout her life under the spotlight. She’s gone from the cool Mod girl in her teens and early 20s to a sophisticated and business-style judge during the seasons she was on “America’s Next Top Model.”
WWD looks back at the iconic model’s style through the decades.
1960s
Twiggy modeling flared trousers and a sleeveless polo-neck top in a photographer’s studio.
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The Mod era heavily characterized ’60s British style. Twiggy, whose fame was largely attributed to her androgynous looks, was the quintessential mold for many female “Mods” as they were called, with her short haircut and displaying the next big things in fashion as a model. Twiggy is considered a symbol of the Mod era, but rather than adopting trends, she was the trendsetter.
1970s
Twiggy steps from a Rolls-Royce car at an airport shortly after retiring from modeling on Oct. 3, 1970.
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In 1970, Twiggy retired from modeling, declaring, “You can’t be a clothes hanger for your entire life!” Despite her short-lived modeling career, this didn’t have any negative impact on her personal fashion sense. She began adopting the more colorful and bohemian styles of the…
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