When Justin de Villeneuve discovered this, Leslie Hornby I worked as a hair washer at a barbershop. She was 16 years old, big eyes, long eyelashes and short boyish hair, the perfect combination of innocence and rebellion, class and tenacity. He immediately thought that she would be perfect for incarnation “new face” Swing London 60s, so he introduced her to the fashion world as Twiggy (“toothpick”), clearly referring to her youthful thinness. And with that nickname, she soon became an icon consecrated by Mary Quant’s miniskirt. Sixty years later actress Sadie Frost returns to directing new documentary on Twiggy’s life and career.
A year after making his on-camera debut with the London BFI Film Festival’s documentary “Quant” on the life and work of British designer Mary Quant, Frost returns to directing with a story centered on the British supermodel. “It’s such a colorful story that I didn’t feel like I was making a direct and real documentary,” she explains to WWD. women has changed. Fresh and irreverent – in her swaying poses and funny expressions so far removed from the iconic mannequins of the past – Twiggy has revolutionized the world of fashion and style.posed for the most important covers of the time and also launched her own clothing line at the age of 17.
Being the face of important magazines such as Fashion, El, tatler, Seventeen As well as Interviewin 1970 left the catwalks – “You can’t be a hanger all your life,” he will tell the press. – devote himself to acting: his famous interpretation in Guy, a 1971 musical by Ken Russell that earned her two Golden Globes for Best Newcomer and Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy. His appearance in the film dates back to 1980. Blues Brothers, a highly successful 1980 film by John Landis with Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and a special appearance by Aretha Franklin. In 1983 he made his Broadway debut with My one and onlyalong with Tommy Tune, his partner in Guyreceiving a Tony Award nomination, and in 1988 he joined the cast of Madame Suzatzkawith Shirley MacLaine, before he was chosen by Tyra Banks to judge one of the most popular fashion programs in the United States and the world, America’s Next Top Model.
Now that he’s 73the last 34 of which she spent with actor Lee Lawson – after Michael Whitney was prematurely widowed – Twiggy continues to be the undisputed landmark in the fashion system. A living icon that the new documentary wants to glorify and glorify.
Source: Elle