Twiggy
Getting her name from her sticklike figure, Twiggy's striking boyish looks made
her one of Britain's great fashion icons of the "swinging sixties", but she
became one of the few from the era who stayed famous and successful by
diversifying through subsequent decades; including a perfectly respectable
acting and singing career. A carpenter's daughter from Neasden, North London,
Twiggy made her own clothes when, inspired by Jean Shrimpton, she first embarked
on a modeling career, which got off the ground when a celebrity hairdresser
posted her photo in his window after giving her a...
