The Emergence Of Twiggy's Norm

In the mid-1960s there was the emergence of Lesley Lawson, better known by her nickname, Twiggy. Twiggy got her start when a fashion designer decided that he wanted a model that would essentially be a human hanger. He was not pleased how the curvier models bodies made the clothing look while walking down the runway. With Twiggy’s naturally slim figure, the clothes were able to flow and be shown better than they would have on a curvier model (Jantz 100). Her stick thin figure put her on the map as one of the first super-models and the poster-child of the “mod” scene in London (Biography.com Editors). Since then, extremely thin models have become the norm.