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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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