I was watching the Twiggy Episode (Season 1, Episode 21) of The Muppet Show with my HD tonight and enjoyed this montage of Twiggy photos while she sang “In My Life.” I found an interesting tidbit on Twiggy’s website (which, by the way, is packed with Twiggy news, trivia, books, photos, movies, music, etc).

Back in 1966, Lesley Hornby was about to change her name and experience her first taste of fame which all began on a January afternoon and a trip to Leonard’s hair salon in Mayfair…

“I was in the salon for about seven hours and they were cutting and colouring it, it was all extremely exciting for me. He was brilliant, I went from this mouse like brown to the colour which I have kept now.”

Following the hair cut, Twiggy tells of the photo shoot that was to follow.

“Well after the hair cut I got on the bus to Barry’s (Lategan) and met this really sweet lovely man who was to take my photos, I mean I’d never been in front of a camera before!”

Barry Lategan describes the first photo shoot which were to produce the shots for the Face Of ‘66.

“She appeared with this short hair cut which was an extraordinary transformation in her because her face came out more prominently and she’s got a beautifully modelled face, totally well proportioned and there was something very new to me because she had painted her own eyelashes below her eyes and this was something no one had been doing or had done, she sat in front of the camera and it was dazzling…”

So that explains those lower lashes! 

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