The hair, the lashes, the cheeky look: model Twiggy in 1967, in one of her most famous photo sessions.
Few beauty moments have had the cultural aftershock of Twiggy in 1966. At just 16, Lesley Hornby became the face of modern youth and the Swinging Sixties: all sharp lines and wide eyes. Her legendary pixie cut, sculpted by British celebrity hairstylist Leonard Lewis - better known as Leonard of Mayfair - reframed hair as fashion, not finishing touch. Cropped and deliberately androgynous, it became inseparable from the rise of Mod style: graphic, youthful, London-born and unapologetically new.
"I'd been growing my hair," she told Jessie Ware’s podcast of that pivotal moment in the chair. "For a moment I kind of went, 'I don’t know whether I want my hair cut.' But I was in this very posh salon in Mayfair so I was a bit too shy to say I don't want it done, and I kind of nodded."
1966
An early shoot on London's King's Road, with her signature pixie and a swooping side fringe.
Twiggy's painted-on lower lashes - drawn beneath doll-like eyes - also became one of the most recognisable beauty signatures of the 20th century. Paired with pale lips and heavy liner, the look rejected glamour in favour of graphic impact, influencing everyone from runway artists to teenage girls with a mascara wand and a mirror.
From there, Twiggy's evolution mirrored her life, and the decades that followed. The severe pixie softened into bobs then gave way to the freer, curlier, more natural hair of the 1970s as she stepped into acting and theatre. The 1980s brought an understated, pared-back beauty while later years saw her return to elegant and age-defying variations of the bob.
In our latest Lexicon, we trace the supermodel's beauty journey and spotlight just some of her many iconic moments across the decades.
1966
An oversized braided hairpiece for an early photo shoot.
1967
Fun! One of her many British Vogue covers, featuring an artistic take on her bold eye look.
1967
Twiggy worked regularly with photographer Bert Stern this year, including this image with a very late 60s hairdo: centre-part, curly pompom style pigtails and flowers.
1967
Photographed by Bert Stern with another 60s beauty look, complete with blue shadow and groomed baby hairs.
2023
The model recreated the earlier shot for an eBay campaign encouraging circular fashion.
1968
When the shot is all about the hair. The model appeared in front of the lens of the iconic Richard Avedon many times.
1971
The beginning of her acting era saw the supermodel grow out her iconic pixie and embrace a simple - but still perfectly coiffed - bob. This look was for a press moment for her first film role in The Boy Friend. She crocheted the vest herself!
1972
Twiggy loved a hair accessory, with this turban like headband accentuating her longer golden locks for a Biba makeup campaign photographed by Justin de Villeneuve.
1974
Despite 'retiring' from modelling in 1970 - saying "You can't be a clothes hanger for your entire life!" - Twiggy still appeared on fashion magazine covers. This fantastical shot was from the 1974 Christmas cover of British Vogue, with voluminous curls studded with stars.
1974
Another headband moment, this time thick lace.
1976
A subtle blowout for the cover of her self-titled debut album.
1979
Long golden curls go perfectly with a golden harp.
1979
The late 70s saw Twiggy embrace brushed out curls.
1980s
What pixie cut? Embracing glamour with long blonde hair and a sequin jumpsuit.
1983
Attending the Tony Awards with crimped hair and a leather headband.
2004
Having a career resurgence in the early 2000s - this mid-length bob with wispy fringe was just before she became a judge on America's Next Top Model.
2024
Photographed for Vogue Portugal wearing a sparkling headpiece, and an update of her iconic beauty look.
2025
Iconic British blondes summit, at the Burberry show.
