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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...