Guido Di Salle I Photographer I Artist I Toronto

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Twiggy, The Model That Made Time Stand Still

Lesley Lawson, or "Twiggy" as she has been known for over 40 years, is widely credited with starting the era of the modern fashion supermodel. I recently read something about Twiggy and it reminded me of how timeless she really is, so I decided to write a short blog about her. For me, and I'm sure many others in fashion/beauty would agree, Twiggy is the ultimate face in which to create stunning looks with. Hence her rise to stardom and ability to adapt to different looks as witnessed by the sheer number of photos floating around the internet. Her particular shade of blonde, cute boyish haircut (which still looked feminine), pouty lips and incredible eyes gave Twiggy that undeniable X factor in which only the upper echelon of models (Christie Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Gisele Bundchen, Doutzen Kroes) have today. I urge anyone  with an interest in photography, art or fashion/beauty to delve into the world that is Twiggy. Some of the photos from the 60's ooze so much personality and raw genius, that you really begin to realize how difficult it is today, even in our digital age, to re-create these looks. Perhaps our reliance on digital imagery has taken a little bit of that old hasselblad feeling from us, when the negatives were the size of magazine covers. Or maybe its just because Twiggy literally made time stand still with her beauty and personality that somehow came through in every single picture ever taken of her,.