Kitty's Corner

Some of you might remember that I bought a bunch of movies a couple of months ago. Among other stuff I bought the first series of Muppet Show. I watch an episode here and there, but since the show was first broadcasted in 1976 I don't know many of the actors that were on the show with the Muppets.

The other day I saw and episode with a girl whose name I recognized. That was Twiggy:



Twiggy's real name is Lesley Hornby, and she was born in 1949 in Neasden, London. She is an English model, actress, and singer. At 16, she became the first prominent British teenage model. She was known for her androgynous looks, large eyes, long eyelashes, extremely thin build, and short hair.


Fashion has not been the same since Twiggy first time was photographed by Barry Lategan. Her unique face with some incredibly large and fascinating eyes caught on.

She weighed only 41 kilos when she became a fashion icon. The designers flocked round the boy girl with the long, thin legs, and they started creating teenage clothes - something completely new in the 1960s, when pleated skirts with a length below the knee, blouses and twinsets pretty much had been "uniforms".

Here's Twiggy on The Muppet Show in 1976.

Twiggy has been in numerous films, for instance "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and "Body Bags" (1993), and she was one of the judges in America's Next Top Model from 2005 to 2007.

In the summer of 2009, beauty company Olay debuted its "Definity Eye Cream" campaign depicting Twiggy. Accusations of airbrushing created a stir with the media and public. A website campaign attracted 700 individual complaints. Procter & Gamble admitted to minor retouching and replaced the image.

Here's what made people react. The picture on the left is how she was shown in the ad, and the picture on the right is how she really looked.



No wonder that people reacted so strongly, but I'd still say she still looks pretty good for a 60 year old!