Some people are only just finding out how legendary star Twiggy - whose real name is Dame Lesley Lawson - got her stage name.

When Twiggy burst on to the scene in 1966, she was a beacon of hope for all flat-chested, short-haired, skinny girls. Of ...

It's been almost six decades since a 17-year-old Twiggy sat across from Woody Allen for what would become an infamous ...

"The day before we met, she’d been working with a stroppy older model, then I walked ... anonymity into superstardom." Twiggy was named so because of her thin figure, and became known for ...

Twiggy and Sadie Frost tell Esther McCarthy about working together on a new documentary film about the iconic fashion model ...

Supermodel Twiggy, now 75, is being immortalised in a new film directed by her friend Sadie Frost, which looks back at how she was named the 'Face of '66' ...

Fresh off a breakthrough year which saw one newspaper brand the model 'the face of 1966', a 17-year-old Twiggy took the hot seat on the American host's chat show as her career went from strength ...

Fashion model Twiggy - real name Dame Lesley Lawson - was one of the biggest names of the Swinging Sixties, but few people know how she got her famous nickname. Famed for her large, dark eyes ...

In the US, chart stars Sonny and Cher organised a party for the fresh-faced model, while she hung out with Clint Eastwood. But not everyone was so kind. Twiggy was blamed for girls developing ...