A Tribute to Twiggyby Eva Pasco Author of "Underlying Notes" 
"The Face of 66"--
that's what London's Daily Express called Leslie Hornby
(Twiggy) at the age of 16. Skinny, waiflike, hair
chopped into a boyish cut, the modish ingenue became the world's
first supermodel, and at the same time, my heroic
icon.
Twiggy allowed me
to become a trendsetter my freshman year of high school.
While most of my teen peers were ironing their long hair straight
after the Beatles made landfall in America, it became Greaser
passe for me to backcomb or rat tease my hair
to dizzying heights. While most girls my age developed
curves and began to veer into the fast lane, I was rake
thin and bookish. Kids in my homeroom affectionately called me
"Skinny Bones" or "The Brain."
Twiggy's debut on
the model runway put everything in perspective for
me. Suddenly, I became the cutest kid in ninth grade
sporting my new chic Vidal Sassoon haircut with a
peekaboo wave, and showing off my fawn legs in fishnet stockings as
I sashayed down the classroom aisles in
miniskirts.
Today, Twiggy
Lawson still offers us Sixties Chicks inspiration with
her ethereal beauty, chic manner of dress, and
super achievements through acting and singing. Twiggy herself
is quoted as saying, "The Sixties were a time when ordinary people
could do extraordinary things."
Long since my
freshman year and Twiggy's heyday, I have recently penned a novel
targeting Baby Boomer Babes, available at Amazon. More than a
cocktail for hot flashes and fluctuating libido, UNDERLYING NOTES
by Eva Pasco, is littered with debris from the Sixties and
confirms that love, passion, and adventure remain integral parts of
a woman's life at any age.
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