Was Twiggy the single most destructive force in young womens culture in the 20th century?

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  • The unacheivable body shape of the malformed twiggy caused misery for millions of women who were told that is how they should look in order to be fashionable and the trend has continued ever since.

    Before that rounded women such as Bardot and Monroe were considered much more attractive than the skinny childrens figure models such as Twiggy.

    What do you think?

    By the way, i attach no blame to Twiggy herself, she was simply the tool.


  • By today's standards Twiggy was not that thin. She did not starve herself or work out; she was just "lucky". Her body was just the ideal canvas to display the fashions of the time - fashions that were designed by mostly men. Slim women were always the favourites of haute couture.
    Even I'm too young to remember the flappers of the 1920s when thin was in and Wallace Simpson famously said that a woman could never be too rich or too thin.


  • no of course not, most women then did not ascribe to the twiggy shape, she was naturally thin, and even now isn't exactly fat. Plus people nowadays are eating so much junk food, and that is why the body shape is totally changing. My mother was slim, so were her fermale friends, and they did not gorge or burgers or any junk food, they weren't in vogue then.
    Plus is you look through history, women have been influenced by successive fads, and fashion magazines, the 1920's was the jazz age, where if you look at women they were slim but not really skinny.


  • Well she definitely wasn't an advocate for anorexia. Everyone blames Twiggy but really the twenties brought about the slim body figure popularity. Don't forget corsets. =)


  • When people finally wise up to the fact the skinny model is a walking clothing rack used to not detract from the clothing by being too sexy...the world will be better off.

    In the real world, does the anorexic looking girl get more attention, or does the woman who is fit & curvy get more?

    The answer's pretty clear.

    What's sexy didn't change much, women with feminine curves are still preferred FAR more than women who are very, very thin.

    That type of body is basically only desired for high fashion modeling, beyond that, not too many find it attractive sexually =o)


  • she led to kate moss and other skinny chicks with no ***.


    who thinks this skinny women crap looks good except for other women and gay men..??


  • What the bur-ladi 'ell is a Twiggy???


  • i think that she didnt help the situation for sure.


  • Fine looking woman, Twiggy. I've fancied her for about 40 years. Still looks alright.


  • Maybe those shallow enough to let the media rule their lives, REAL WOMEN just got on with theirs....







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