Twiggy’s disturbing chiIdlike aesthetic..
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- Twiggy’s disturbing chiIdlike aesthetic..
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“I'd love there to be more larger models, but it's just not going to happen. Designers love to design for slim girls.” -Twiggy…. Watch my Kate Moss Video Next:
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Hey Karine Can you please do Sandra Dee next??
Hello from Bisbee, Arizona. I was her age and she was part of the British Invasion. She was so popular.
Forgot to say I like your shows!
She was bullying plus ➕model at America s next top model as a judge, pleeeeaaaaseee
@@sedakuday610yep. Lame....
Hi Karine 👋🏾 I really like your videos. Can you do one on Jerry Lewis? I watched a video on him getting emotional over death. And people in the comments were saying he is a terrible person. I don’t know who he is. Looked him up on google and it says he was a comedian. And I think he was from the golden age it says 1931 he might’ve started on years active.
I have family who are very naturally thin and the bullying is crazy. It’s harder than you’d think for some to gain weight
I agree.. like what can you do if it’s just how you are??
I was one of those people; genetics, a fast metabolism and running track in high school gave me a beanpole physique. I am not quite 5'10, and didn't hit 110 pounds until my freshman year in college. My petite, curvaceous best friend had all the boys after her, while one of my best guy friends once told me I'd be cute if I gained like 50 pounds. As it turns out, my beanpole physique was ideal for the modeling industry, and I had a short stint as a model. I look at pictures of myself at that time, and can't figure out why anyone would consider my skinny physique worth photographing. Like Twiggy, my figure became more womanly as I grew older, and I wouldn't change a thing about it. Love your channel!❤
im there with you. thats my life story.
Same
My mom was a great cook. She'd make me a big breakfast, I'd bring a big lunch, plus eat everything that girls who were trying to lose weight didn't want, then I'd go home, and eat a whole box of mac n cheese. My mom would make a big dinner and then I'd eat a sandwich before going to bed. I wouldn't gain a pound. That's fine for a girl, but my son is 6 feet tall and weighs 120. He can eat all day too. I got blamed for not feeding him enough when he was younger. It's definitely genes.
lmao "drugged up look" lmaooo her eyes are HOODED thats all...poor thing...i think she's gorgeous
@Wendy4Evertrying to write history here. They don’t know what they’re talking about
Exactly. I have hooded big eyes too and like them. No one has ever said I look drugged. 🙄🙄 She's beautiful. I love Twiggy and Mia Farrow's look from that era. Short hair, very clean, very pretty, no artifice. And being slim isnt a crime.
Her eyes are not hooded.
how would you call her eye shape? @@dolinaj1
Her eyes ARE NOT hooded, they're DEEP SET eyes.
Woody Allen asking her what her favorite philosopher is only to have her turn around and ask him what his is and not being able to name one is iconic.
She made him look a complete dork! Don't like the little twit.
Allen was just trying to be cute. His work was replete with references to philosophers.
@@Olive_O_Suddenemphasis on “trying” - and failed.
@@Olive_O_Suddenalso he wasn’t trying to be cute - he was trying to be condescending. Truth is, Allen didn’t do well in school. He’s no scholar.
@@00st307-mI agree that he failed. Being condescending to women was considered funny by some (many) men back then. But I guarantee you that Allen was very well-read and could have rattled off names of philosophers with no trouble.
I remember, Twiggy. She was not considered childlike at the time. I think that her value was in her large eyes and slender body. At the time, I think that she was an interesting skinny lady. With large eyes who was also captivating at that time and even now.
Thanks for the highlighted comment in the👍🏼
I agree. The beautiful eyes and her slim body were gorgeous.
Right, she was not considered childlike then. We have to remember babyboomers we're still very young at that time also.
@@gloriahuman5652 you are exactly correct. Thank you so much for your comment.
She’s not childlike now either, we live in a culture of perpetual fake outrage😂
before twiggy, there was Audrey Hepburn in the 50s. The gamine look started long before Twiggy.
Yes - I literally just commented Gamine - like Hepburn - Emma Watson too. I can’t believe how much better they look with short hair - it’s like all their features just pop after they go short - the long hair swallows them up and they don’t look as striking
Twiggy was a star but I notice she does look quite androgynous and boyish looking not in a bad way . She was gorgeous
@jennyclark6183she does though, it’s not a bad thing. Some people look androgynous and she is one of them. It’s not bad.
Childlike… uh, no.
Elfin. Doll like yes.
Every article about her mentions how she looks childlike, youthful and so. Simply because *you* personally don't agree with it, won't stop people from thinking it.
@@InternetIsWildit’s yall perception, to consider youthfulness as childlike is what older people do. To be grown & have youthfulness naturally you are hated for it. Because how dare you look young no matter how much you age. They were all just haters that’s it. Plus twiggy looks like a doll, literally. Skinny naturally. Blonde. Could pull off a short cut. So they was big mad.
@@NanaCodedl "It's yalls perception" That's how she was literally advertised by her own modeling agent and by the brand she worked for Vogue, Yves Saint Laurent, check any of her magazines. So no it wasn't due to "misperception" it was a deliberate marketing choice. Rudi Gernreich referred to her body as an *adolescent physique* , not that of a beautiful young woman.
"Twiggy came along at a time when teen-age spending power was never greater, with that *underdeveloped* boyish figure, she is an *idol* to the 14 and 15-year-old kids. - Su Dalgleish, fashion correspondent for the Daily Mail.
"To consider youthfulness as childlike is what old people do and people hate her natural figure". Nobody does because there's a clear distinction, and nobody in history has ever hated a woman for looking younger than her age. It is probably the only thing women are universally applauded for achieving by everyone. There's a difference between looking like a youthful adult and trying to mimic the style, mannerisms and appearence of a literal child to sell them clothes. That's why Audrey Hepburn will forever be admired for looking young and being a living doll but majority find adults trying to mimic twiggy disturbing, and turns out her thin body type wasn't a cause of good genes or was natural because she turned into a frumpy woman in her 30s.
Let's not forget she sold hand bags on HSN. She did it all-novelist, actress, model, judge, entrepreneur.
I loved those Twiggy eyelashes. I wore them for years back in the 70s. FYI most teens back then were thin. Very few young ladies had big boobs or wide hips. I had nice legs from playing sports. Swimming and running track. There were some pervs but basically people stayed in their own category. It was a wonderous era.
So true, I was 135 and 5'6" in 1970. We were always outside walking and playing. Moms wanted you out of the house, no couch potatoes!
Thank you for the sensible comment about how teenagers actually looked in the 60's. I saw some film footage of young guys boarding a bus to go to the military and they all looked emaciated compared to todays' standards. In the 60's if your stomach was pooching out you were expected to skip dessert. Was that so bad? (PS I painted on those lower lashes for years and also wore the big top lashes -- it was fun to be young then as we didn't have to be "meta" about everything -- we were left our innocence.)
Of course many women had curvy bodies and big boobs in the 70s!! What a strange thing to say.
@melindahall5062 yes and no. Compared to Twiggy, yes. But better nutrition and more activity made for a slimmer population.
true, and it wasn’t ‘ok’ to be fat. It just wasn’t.
FINALLY a woman who ages gracefully. I hate all those botched, alien-looking ex stars that were once beautiful. How has that even become a trend?
Some people desire this path and judging them is not any more justifiable than judging people that choose different.
What are they supposed to do? Unage themselves? Use water from the fountain of youth?
@@Monicalala lol, criticizing isn't judging.
@@rosesgarden8622 not turn themselves into aliens for a start 😁
@ monicalala: If they choose to change their appearance then it is only natural that they will be subjected to critical evaluation. Why else would they seek to have these procedures if they do not expect to be noticed. It is disingenuous to project blame on critique because the anticipated result is not what is expected.
Great baby picture of her!❤ Twiggy kind of reminds me of those 1960's popular paintings of little kids with the big sad eyes by artist Margaret Keane.
They copied Margaret Keane with Twiggy......
There is nothing disturbing about Twiggy. She is perfect.
The way they portrayed her was disturbing
@@Ms.A422 Today, everything having anything to do with sex is considered disturbing.
Nobody is perfect, but I agree that there is nothing wrong with how she looks. It must really suck to simply exist and have people wag their finger at you for "looking" like a little boy. There are a lot of young women who are hit with that. On that note, it's also ridiculous when some people will try to shame a guy for being attracted to a woman like Twiggy. It's like, not everyone looks the same, or is supposed to.
@@Alsayid Twiggy is blessed by what she did in her amazing career and how unique she looks like.
Cornball comment without actually watching the video
Thanks for doing a video on Twiggy. I always wondered what happened to her. She was very popular in the 60's and a lot of girls wanted to be thin and dress like her in the pages of Vogue. I didn't know she only modeled for four years. Sounds like she is living a full life. Good for her!
She always seems so happy. I love when these women leave the industry unscathed ❤
@@KarineAlourde hey you should do Carole landis! if she not on your list already :)
growing up in the 60s, Twiggy had a unique beauty, young, fresh, willowy thin, big eyes, always modeling cute clothes and makeup, not like the look of having overdosed on drugs, but with more of an innocence. she represented “mod” and the British influence that was huge at the time.
She is simply ADORABLE!!!!!!
Too cute for words and not one iota of her being full of herself.!!!
And takes the whole fashion scene with a grain of salt. I have to admit that she looks beautiful with short hair, since her features stand out and her limpid eyes look devastating. !!!!
I agree. She was the real deal. The short cut looked fab on her and with longer hair she doesn't stand out at all.
She was gorgeous,level headed and smart,she always seemed to be very nice to me.
When I was 23, i weighed 102 and I'm 5'8". I modeled also. Some young girls/women are NATURALLY thin. I'm sure it was the "look" back then but there really are women who can't gain a pound, naturally. THANK YOU Karine, for your WONDERFUL videos...always look forward to them.
So jealous 😢
Twiggy 1966: SUPASTAA !!
Twiggy 2020s: U will be scrutinized with humorless, suspicious, rigorous intensity.
Those who *don't come up organically* are seen as disingenuous and it might not be a big deal for some but audiences feel deceived and will rightfully reject those figures.
I definitely agree
Especially when they claim “they came from nothing”
Whoa. I like how she turned on Woody Allen....smart girl. ✌🏾
Women have always been held to unrealistic beauty standards and it didn't start with Twiggy. I loved her look when I was a teen and still do. She's pretty amazing!
The sickly/frail girl esthetic was also super popular in the Victorian era. The romanticism around the girl dying from TB was a thing and it’s so messed up. I hate how these messed up cycles keep repeating
Edit: I’ve gotten some comments that Twiggy isn’t sickly. I never meant to imply that she was. I have included a slash in the above comment to convey that I meant sickly and/or frail
Yes. Frail was considered demure and beautiful. But they still dressed like women.
If you are naturally slim , it doesn't mean you are sickly or frail . All my family are slim and healthy.
We keep buying into it as a society.
@@joanmatchett8100slim and sickly are different.
@@TEM14411 Yes , you can be sickly whatever you're weight , sickly just means unhealthy.
My mama was twiggy size during that time and she tried everything to gain weight from eating brewers yeast to eating 5 fried eggs a day nothing worked for her even when she got pregnant as soon as she had my big sister she was back to 90lbs she didn't gain weight until she turned 40
I can relate to this is well. I am 6'1 however so my figure is pretty much straight and narrow. 😳 I don't have much shape to me however I am so used to it and never focused too much on it because this has been my physique since I was younger. I think when I went to an appointment recently my current weight is 129 and as far as I can remember this is the most I have weighed. My mom always said the weight would probably come when I have a child because that is how it was for her. 😊
I am the same way as your mom! Good for her! I still weigh 102 lbs! Hahah😅
@@lucindamoran8686 👍🏾😂
My mum, uncle and aunt too! So thin, they tried everything to gain weight!
Me too. Skinny as a rake and I ate like a horse, but, always very active and did everything at top speed! I actually wanted to put on weight.
It is normal for a number of teenage girls to be slim while they are in their adolescence, however, when we mature our body matures with us and it is perfectly normal to look like a beautiful shaped woman in our 20s and 30s❤ believe it or not many of us were that slim, and we ate like there was no tomorrow during our adolescence❤ our metabolism was through the roof during that time of our life❤ when our metabolism slows down in our 30s, we start to look very normal with beautifully shaped bodies as women should have, and proudly so❤
that's exactly what happened to her! There are some photoshoots when she's older and she's still beautiful
What’s “normal” for a mature female body? I’m 52 and I’m still very slim - and I eat like a horse! Normal is a setting on a washing machine, and labels are for jam jars!
@@misspp7148 thats my point! I'm a slender woman because I dance ballroom for over 20 years! I understand what its like to deal with the stupidity of jealousy. You need to find the right friends so you are not bothered with silly people! I'm 45 years old this year by the way
@@amandanicolemorganVery well said amanda. Keep on dancing to keep the good health!
She's a WAIF. I think she's beautiful. Nothing disturbing there.
Could her childlike aesthetic have been a reason Woody Allen wanted to interview her? 12:25
Exactly.
As a teenager growing up in the 60,s Twiggy was a person we all wanted to look like..she was lovely and down to earth, normal!!
Twiggy is so pretty. I love her eye makeup
10:00 I was around in the 70s ( I was little, but still) and her effect was VERY disturbing. All women were encouraged and expected to have NO curves, and i mean NONE. It did a lot of women harm to their self-image. I'm glad things have changed now
My sister and I both tended to be short, solidly-built young girls. I can remember my mother -- herself a big-boned Scots woman -- having an absolute freaking cow over the fact that sis & I "...didn't look more like Twiggy." 🙄
This got a lot of young ladies to get into taking/shooting drugs like speed.
Things have gotten worse with body positivity making teens and young adults believe they're healthy even though they're overweight, obese and morbidly obese. That's not healthy at all. That's not positive at all. When I go at the mall, grocery shopping, pharmacy, etc I've noticed more and more overweight people but it's more concerning and sad when it's kids...
@@Shadow-tv2ff There are many reasons for obesity these days that aren't necessarily in someone's control. This is all being done on purpose to us.
@@Shadow-tv2ff It's the fault of your economy. Now the majority of you can't afford fruits and veggies, cause they're hella expensive, but junkfood is always cheap and available.
Ive always been very thin. When i was a child, i was skin and bone. I looked like I had an eating disorder, but I didnt. I ate as much as everyone else. I got picked on a lot, mostly by my own family.
Twiggy was a teenager when she was a model , she was naturally thin , she was perfect for the clothes of the time, you had to be slim to look good in a mini dress .
The population was slim ,there was only ever one fat kid in the class back in seventies / eighties .
Back then, kids weren't spending sedentary hours on tablets and phones. I and my little group of slim friends played boisterously outdoors. Running and climbing trees.
@@jerushamaxwell281 exactly , we only went home if we were hungry or got dark .
The invention of "junior" clothing lines in the 60's also played a role in her being the "It Girl". Also the androgynous clothing like Carnaby Street suits which the men were wearing (just an example) looked great on a boyish frame and not so much on a Marilyn Monroe type as the narrator mentions. And clearly her frame was exactly like her two sisters (as shown in the photo of the family). "Frail" is a word. One might say "delicate" instead. And, yes, she was "discovered" and made into a model -- so is every single other model on earth. I just watched a documentary on teenage girls in the Siberian outback today whose parents are sleeping on the sofa and spending all their money trying to groom their daughters to be the next Twiggy. The ones chosen are sent to far flung places (as minors) ALONE to model in Japan or Eastern European countries.
In short I would say that Madison Avenue created new markets and started selling directly to teenagers starting in the 60's. The girls were particularly susceptible and not a single thing has changed.
I would also say that Twiggy was absolutely beautiful -- it wasn't just her face in repose, every single expression she made was gorgeous and that was the structure of her muscles -- from the dimples to the way her eyebrows moved. One definition of "beauty" is "rare" and every single top model has a very rare appearance (not counting the runway slobs who all look like unhoused, unwashed drug addicts now.
I have been thin and the same dress size since forever until I hit my 60s - only went up one dress size at the age of 65 and that was only because I got a little tum. I ate so much as kid and adult but my metabolism simply stopped me putting on weight - even using powdered drinks from health shops intended to bulk up which did not work. Not everyone is skinny by choice, and it can cause as much distress trying to put it on as trying to take it off but no-one ever highlights that. Twiggy is still a pretty, youthful looking woman - genetics.
It did for me! I tried weight gainer an everything but nothing until I was in my late 30’s now I’m 49 and weigh 144 I’m happy!
When I was a teenager, I wanted to have a body like Sophia Lauren and Raquel Welch, not Twiggy. I never wanted to be thin, but I'm happy that she did well for herself, and that her life was happy at home with her family. Well done. I'd love to see a video about Jacklyn Smith xx
Thanks for doing Twiggy! I love how thorough you are and how much information you gather for your videos, such great work!! 😊 How I love how Twiggy handled Woody Allen’s philosophy question, he clearly tried to make her look stupid, by being the older (quasi) “intellectual” guy man-handling her, and he himself end up looking like the fool as he clearly didn’t know much about philosophers himself. 😂
It’s crazy how things change and they can so easily make ppl start feeling absolutely horrible about the body they were born with! Like when “big butts” became the “thing” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been made fun of and felt absolutely humiliated bc I have basically no behind. I became extremely depressed over this at one point and admittedly it still bothers me. 😢And some of it is due to nerve damage and also the way my pelvis sits. I had a hard time finding pants to fit and I’m glad I’ve learned to love dresses even more and that’s basically all I wear now. I could do squats and the like until the cows come home and it’s just not going to happen. Ppl can be so cruel and I’m so tired of ppl being hyper focused on looks! But I will add that I’m thankful for my faith and my conviction to dress more modestly as it’s really helped and if more ppl dressed in a more modest fashion (men and women) we wouldn’t be so focused on what others body parts look like. And no need to come after me it’s my beliefs and my opinion. ❤
Instead of changing how we dress, we can all change how we think. It is our thoughts and beliefs that create experiences. What we wear is irrelevant. We are under so many distortions in this world. The best thing we can all do is love and accept ourselves, mind, body & soul.
@@TEM14411Au contraire! Our clothes scream volumes about us when our mouths are silent. Your clothing may reflect your religious beliefs, your worldview (fast fashion or something more sustainable?), your educational background, your interests, your values. Everything you are wearing this minute was chosen by you for a reason.
@@spiritmatter1553to a lot of people it is just because they think something look nice or that the chose something out of their closet
@spiritmatter1553 when you know who you are, you don't need clothing to create the appearance of being anything. ❤
@@TEM14411 So really confident people go naked?
Twiggy ❤️. I grew up thin when my friends looked like Monroe. Twiggy changed my life. I fitted in.
So happy you did a bio on Twiggy!!! I had her on my wall as a teen in the 90s 😊
Body types come and go in trends.
I hate when people say this body type is unhealthy or unattainable without dangerous eating habits. My entire life I have literally eaten pasta, bread, French fries, pizza, icecream, etc on a daily basis. I am also 5’5. I never reached “triple digits” as I would refer to it in my prayers until I was pregnant. Even after 2 pregnancies and now being 47. All while never doing the slightest bit of exercise, am still only 107. It’s my natural body. I have 2 sons. One is 6’3 115 and the other 6’1 120 (this one drink 2 protein shakes a day as well as a 4,000 calorie a day diet and lifting weights for over an hour every single day. If he skips any of this, the weight immediately melts away. Our bodies just do what they do. We are still very healthy and keep up with our doctors visits and blood work. No medical professionals have ever been concerned. It is soul crushing to constantly hear people say anyone who is built like this is on drugs, anorexic, or sick. Yes, it hurts just as bad as when a fuller figure person who eats healthy and exercises is told they have over eat and are lazy. The only difference is that is socially acceptable to make fun of thin people or sing about skinny bitches. People laugh and think “it’s not really an insult”. How can a person who doesn’t belong to a group tell someone who does what we feel? I would never dream of telling a fuller figure person that name calling them “isn’t really an insult”.
You made some really good points.
Well at least you’re not fat it’s the worst thing you can be according to society it’s extremely sad but true
@@monkeysee110 Not all levels of thinness are acceptable in society. Yes, fat people are treated worse than skinny people, but being "too much" will always result in ridicule and bullying. I have a skinny male friend, and believe me, skinny guys are shamed even more than skinny girls, cause men are always expected to be "big", it associates with strengh and masculinity, while my friend is a literal schtick with no meat and muscles. I wish people would be less judgemental on someone and especially on their weight.
Obviously more likely since Soo many are obese
99% of us are not naturally Twiggy thin. It’s unhealthy for most to be that size.
woody allen !! good for you twiggy ..outsmarting a real jerk!!
Twiggy was MOD!!!!!😊😊
Still is. Once a mod Always a MOD!
❤ the pics!
Especially those of her and Kate Moss.
Beautiful! ❤
I'll never understand the "knighting" of celebs. The Royals are a group of celebs no longer needed.
yall better leave my good sis twiggy ALONE
I'm 7 years younger than Twiggy, and wore her style in grade school and junior high. I honestly do * not * agree that there was a hidden p=do side to her style... At the time, she represented a shift to younger girls, yes, but not in a 'disturbing" way. Before Twiggy, all fashion icons were sophisticated women, no light shone on younger girls, iow, they were not (yet!) an economic force. As Twiggy became popular, the buying power of young people was rising and, for the first time in history, the early Boomer was spending as much as their parents. Iow, fashion was highlighted by younger people, * for * younger people. Women in ther 30s and above were not Twiggies focus group, it was basically high school and college girls on their own, a focus on adolescence which became what we have now, ie, arrested adolescence as the goal in life, not adulthood.
The Beatles and rock and roll were the new sound, the mini skirt the new look but Jean Shrimpton was still selling sophistication, while Twiggy sold innocent youth.
It is Woke to see this as "disturbing". But, honestly, it was not at the time.
Yeah, the late 50s and early 60s saw the emergence of the teen demographic. For the first time, the world saw a group of young ppl that weren't yet adults but were too old to be considered children. Before then, kids jumped straight from childhood to adulthood. Twiggy's look was right for this youthful demographic.
I think Karine is reaching here in describing her look as p***ophilic. It's not considered that even today, with lots of young women embracing waif, pixie and lolita fashion. (The last of which I do find disturbing).
You have to remember that men were the behind the scenes drivers of the fashion business. They were The Gatekeepers. They were in charge of who made it big and who did not.
If you recall someone made a statement that the fifties were about the Marilyn Monroes and the Buxom beauties of that era and then we moved into the 60s where the models are childlike, and very thin. I think it was a backlash of the 50s...many men fantasized about dating a "Marilyn Monroe" type and were rejected. If you follow that men were in charge of the fashion scene, then it makes sense that they pivoted towards a female that was very young (think:Lolita), a female who would look up to them, no matter what the men looked like or how much they made, a female who could be manipulated. ( it would be interesting to find out how many sexual assaults of girls and very young women happened in the late fifties and most of the 60s)
Twiggy was definitely a byproduct of all of this. I remember as a teenager, Her image was plastered everywhere. I remember many of my white friends getting baby doll dresses and Mary Jane shoes, and short haircuts trying to emulate Twiggy.
My parents weren't having it! The only thing I was allowed to buy were the Mary Jane shoes!
The reason why this does not fly today is because we now understand that the era of Twiggy was actually a time when men were grooming girls and young women for sexual pleasures. No one called the men on it because the men were in charge, and the culture demanded that women always seek the attention of men at all costs. The women's movement had not really taken hold yet... So, women were buying into the notion that, let's say, date rape was okay, because "at least I have a boyfriend! "
I am so glad that we are more informed today...and that women aren't buying into these forms of manipulation...or am I completely wrong?
Well said/written!
Grooming is still rife and probably worse than ever when you consider the target audience is now primary school age children.
Aren’t most of the people that run the fashion industry gay men? So why would they push the little girl aesthetic so much?
The childlike, nymph aesthetic had a lot to do with the sexual revolution.
@@cheesehead8952 it was the women who wanted to look like girls. It had everything to do with the sexual revolution.
I love her cool looks and how grounded she is.
I love her Woody Allan response hahaha what a legend
I love all your videos but the flashing lights behind the photos is distracting in dark mode.
Ooo ok I’ll consider that for future videos ❤
I agree, i could not wach the video bc of that..
Gentle critique from an autistic subscriber since wording can negatively impact people like me more than others, and I hope the general message is sound :)
I understand your channel is focused on how the entertainment industry damages both the celebrities within, and the public because of the messages they perpetuate. I personally don't think the current title ("Twiggy's disturbing childlike aesthetic..") encompasses that well, and may send off the wrong message to those who only see the title. I've personally found comfort since I was young in Twiggy's signature style because I'm also androgynous and naturally skinny, and can see myself in someone like her more than "industry standard" looks. Twiggy's aesthetic helped me immensely in finding my own, so to see it specifically described as "disturbing" took me aback, because I wonder if you mean the underlying messages others interpret from her look are disturbing. I feel it discounts that Twiggy's signature look embodied her personal style too, and wasn't just industry work.
Your video embodies the nuance better than the current title, but it's important to consider that many people are only going to see the title of your video and take away that Twiggy's aesthetic is disturbing, or infer that having childlike traits is disturbing when it's not. Love your channel and the way you shed light on aspects of celebrity that most don't consider. Hope this all makes sense, thanks for taking the time to read :D
It's only disturbing if they sexualise it, like the way it's done in anime.
As a tomboy, I was was much more drawn to Twiggy's look.
@@miinfl7143So curvy women are allowed to be sexy, yet more thin women aren’t allowed that?
@@mynamo12 Huh?
@@miinfl7143 you said it’s disturbing for someone naturally thin and/or androgynous to be sexualized.
I love her on the album cover with Bowie - so iconic! Thanks for showing that a few times.
can big girls stop describing skinny girls as childlike it’s so weird, twiggy wasn’t childlike
12:15-12:34
KMSL 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭
I'm SOOO glad she demanded a name.
I grew up with Twiggy,thought she was cool. Loved her on the Cover of David Bowies "Pinups" album.
Za-za Gabor? You can always tell when a TH-camr is very
young, they don’t know how the old star’s names are pronounced.
Yes. I never understand why they don't find out how something is pronounced before recording. Rookie mistake.
She has the most gorgeous eyes and fantastic lips. She was absolutely beautiful during her heyday and she is still beautiful.
As a new model, she weighed 91 lb. As an older woman, she weighed 110 lb.
Love how shes aged naturally. Still pretty and not alien looking. Older women look so ridiculous with all their facelifts botox etc. Natural is best.
I discovered Twiggy and she has been an inspiration to me and has helped me to accept my body and my natural thinness. I’m as thin as Twiggy and I know how naturally thin or petite people can be bullied sometimes. It’s really hard for us to gain weight. Fortunately I’m comfortable with my body though and that’s what matters. Thanks for this video❤ Always a pleasure to watch them
Karine, another stellar presentation. Can you please do a breakdown on Karen Carpenter (We've Only Just Begun); Twiggy is a name that was well-respected in my youth. I got bulimia trying to look like Twiggy. She reminds me of Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby) I can't express how influential Twiggy was when I was a teen in the 1970s. She set a great and dangerous standard, just like you said but she definitely was one of my favorite models. Thank you.
Twiggy was one of my mother's favorites in the 60s. I can see why. She and Edie Sedgwick looked like twins. ❤
Oh wow they do favor 😍
I think it's just the hair style. Edie Sedgwick had a hard look where Twiggy had an innocence about her.
@@sussie7460 We all know why Edie had a hard look ...sadly. 😞
@@danavixen6274 That's so very true.
@@sussie7460 Factory Girl was a GREAT movie btw. ❤️
WOW!! She aged gracefully. She probably didn't smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, do drugs, and she probably was REALLY naturally thin. She probably wasn't doing things people thought she was doing to remain thin.
There are so many women that do so many illegal things to their body to have curves it's ridiculous, so being naturally thin is a thing, 🥴😂 you can remain thin after having children, and up until you're elderly.
Kate Jackson is naturally slim...her body use to remind me gof Gumby, because of how super thin she was....check her out.
AHH! Thank you so much for this video. 🥰
You are so welcome! I hope you enjoyed it 💖
It wasn't ''disturbing'' it was just an aesthetic, she was never shown in a sexualized light. Your captions always serving desperation 😂
Very good. She appeared to keep a level head throughout her career.
Twiggy was so beautiful, I don't think she promoted or represented anything bad
i 100% agree, she was a naturally slender teenager girl with a whimsical and childlike fashion style. the mod fashion scene had those attributes with being whimsical and childlike as well, it was a very popular look in the 60's! i think it's a very lovely and unique style, i try to even incorporate those styles into my everyday look! there's nothing wrong with twiggy or her "aesthetic"...
Please do a video on Josephine Premice. I enjoyed your Celia Cruz video. I'm not sure if you know,Celia Cruz was born to a Haitian mother, and azucar was a battle cry for the Afro-Cubans( Africans) that worked the sugar and fields. She was very pro-black, but she loved all people. She learned a lot about music from music by a Haitian woman named Martha Jean-Claude. Please do a video on her as well. Thank you!
I saw her in My One and Only when I was twelve years old. I had no idea who she was but she was very charming and pretty. It was a really fun show.
Yes she was very thin but beautiful.
I’m so glad you picked Twiggy. Thanks
Twiggy was only 16 when she began modeling and retired at 20. Prior to Twiggy's popularity as a model, the average model was one dimensional, stiff and used only for selling clothes and accessories. Black dress, simple string of pearls, 36 " 24" 36." Twiggy was laughed out of every modeling agency she tried. They called her ugly, told her she had no figure and said she looked like a boy with the avente garde new haircut she popularized. Twiggy and her photographer added color, movement, androgeny and whimsical flare to the art of modeling. She came on the scene at the beginning of the psychadelic Mod Movement which started in London and reached across the pond to America. So, she wasn't going for "childlike" as in fact, technically she was still a child. By the age of 20 years old, she almost single handedly turned modeling into a veritable art form. I was attending a small college in Portland, Oregon by age 20.
I was a teenager in the 80s and I can't tell you how dated the 60s look seemed back then. I really hated it!
At the time she was not child like in behavior nor did she look like a child. She was beautiful incredibly photogenic and cool - that’s why she’s a super model. She’s also a talented actress and singer.
Yep, it's only disturbing if they behaved childlike as well.
Facepalm! That waif look was a thing in my teens too 😂
Twiggy was only about 16 or 17 when she was modeling and I was about her same age and 5’7” and 100lbs and I ate like crazy, my sister was taller than I was and also slim. She was one of my favorite models at the time.
I remember when she came on the scene / I was 13 I was very envious of her figure and always tried to emulate her style . lol I was a larger person than her lol . I never hated on her .
She is very, very thin but her face does not look sickly and skeletor like in my opinion 🌞
A lot of Victoria's secret models are like this. Like young miranda kerr
In the 1960’s there was a cultural divide between the establishment and everyone else aka a youthquake. A youthful look was associated with carefree living. And one of the beauty ideals became doe-eyes and small perky breasts. Being young is as important today as it ever was but these days a youthful look is accomplished with Restalyn,,Botox, and silicone implants that remain perky regardless of age.
A youngTwiggy reminds me of Kelly Preston.
Yea, I didn't know why all the Mothers put their girls including me, in baby doll dresses that were so short to the thigh in the 60s & 70s. I hated that, it was cold or sticky to sit on metal/porcelain school chairs for a long time. To swing, the seat was hot and ripped your skin off if you jumped off, or the hot metal slides burned our legs and I wanted to climb trees. So my Mother put thick knit stockings on me or made me pants to the knee or altered by brother's old corduroy pants under my dress. I was a trend setter.
Live your life as fun and healthy you can when young as age just appears one day and not much you can do about it. You feel every ache by 6pm.
Idk why, but I thought that Twiggy had died young for some reason. I was glad to discover she’s alive and well, and had a successful career beyond modeling! I think she’s a victim of society who loves to criticize people’s sizes. “She’s too skinny; it can’t be natural “ or “she’s too big to be sexy (Ashley Graham haters). Personally, I think people who weren’t blessed with these genetics are just jealous. She sounds smart and level headed. I chortled with glee when she put that douche Woody Allen in his place!
I was a teenager in the 1960s. Twiggy was never considered "childlike". I think that's projection on your part, Karine. She was simply a VERY, VERY famous model--every bit as famous as Kim Kardashian is today. People considered her the face of the British Invasion, which of course included The Beatles.
I always wanted a thinner frame like Aaliyah etc❤🤞🏻✨️ love her eyes, very unique 👌🏼
Aaliyah was a goddess.
You are beautiful just the way you are
This is just a rant but I really hate it when people just automatically assume that a very thin and petite short person with a babyface doing normal adult things like dating or just taking romantic pictures is a child or looks like a child and bash people who say petite is their preference. I feel like this excludes petite people and petite people are automatically thrown into the child category. I am 4’ 11 and skinny, growing up girls always mocked how I am “too little” and “childlike” when guys would treat me more gently than they would treat the other girls , sorry for the long rant! I just wanted to ask if anyone can relate but if not I guess it’s different for everyone 😢
Who is your favourite philosopher ? To ask a teenager such a question who has nothing to do with philosophy is very dumb ! I mean she was a fashion model at that time, the subject and questions should be centered around that ? Right ? But she came out victorious out of that !
It’s called humor
She was a great influencer and poster-child of anorexia and bulemia. Unfortunately many young , impressionable girls tried to emulate her with tragic results.
Ok I am the same age as TWIGGY..What was really difficult having her as a role model was THERE WAS NO SPANDEX in clothing ! If you had any kind of chest most of the trendy clothes did not come in your size ..I learned to draw TWIGGYS on my lower lashes expertly and did so for 2 years...
Some in the comment section are saying Twiggy was not considered child-like, nor did she try to appear that way - but take a look at this photo. 8:35 Oversized sandals to make her look like a little girl trying on her mother´s shoes.
You're reaching. She looked like a flapper. The hair, makeup, lighting and pose are to sophisticated to be childlike.
I thought Twiggy was beautiful and still is.
Finally doing someone without negative commentary....... thanks 😊
She’s gorgeous
They should put her pictures in an art museum she is gorgeous.
hey karine love your videos I think twiggy would fit in the 1920s I mean look at her Face❤❤❤
I met Twiggy when I was about 11 years old. She was one of my favorite models.
Rude to call her disturbing
I can tell the creator is overweight and insecure just by how she keeps insisting on Twiggy's weight in weird backhanded comments
Loved this one,wonderful pictures ❤
Glad you enjoyed it 💖
I was a big eyed, skinny preteen, teen and into my 20s. I adored Twiggy! She moved us away from all women having to look like a Marilyn Monroe type to be considered beautiful. I even had a Twiggy doll!
That flashing background just about gave me a seizure and I don't have seizures.