Twiggy in blue and green

Early life

Twiggy Lawson was raised in the Luân Đôn suburb of Neasden, the daughter of Helen (Nellie) Lydia Hornby (née Reeman), and William Norman Hornby, a master carpenter and joiner. She got her first job as an assistant in a hairdressers where her sister Viv worked then became a counter-girl at a Woolworth's store and factory worker at a printing firm.[1][2] She attended the Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Salusbury Road, Kilburn.
[edit] Modeling career
Twiggy during the 1960s

In 1966, Nigel Davies noticed the young Lesley Hornby and offered her a modeling contract. She was only 16 and...