Top 40 Twiggy Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Being young isn’t about age, it’s about being a free spirit. You can meet someone of 20 who’s boring and old, or you can meet someone of 70 who’s youthful and exciting. I met Fred Astaire when he was 72 and I was 21, and I fell in love with him. He certainly was a free spirit.”

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2. “Always be natural. Putting on airs will make a giggle out of you. Be yourself and if you don’t know something say so.”

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3. “I don’t understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.”

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4. “Sometimes I can’t believe I’m going to be 60. I always say there’s no point moaning about getting older, when there’s nothing you can do about it. But still, I do find it quite funny. I look at that number, 60, and I think, really? Me?”

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5. “I’ve had albums out since the 1970s. I was in a musical, ‘The Boy Friend,’ directed by Ken Russell, and I was on Broadway in ‘My One And Only’ with Tommy Tune, so I’ve always been a singer, but I suppose people think of my modelling more.”

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6. “I’ve always loved life, and I’ve never known what’s ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.”

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7. “Confusion is the best form of communication. It’s left to be unexplained.”

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8. “You can’t be a clothes hanger for your entire life.”

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9. “There’s no need to dress like everyone else. It’s much more fun to create your own look.”

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10. “Knitwear can play a vital part in layering. The simplicity of a lightweight cardigan makes it one of the best ways to layer outfits. I love granddad cardis for winter, worn over a vintage lace shirt, waistcoat and full skirt with slouchy boots.”

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11. “I’m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.”

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12. “I used to be a thing; I’m a person now.”

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13. “My weakness is chocolate – especially butterscotch and nut varieties.”

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14. “Back in the ’60s, there was a car sticker that read, ‘Forget Oxfam, Feed Twiggy,’ but I ate like a horse.”

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15. “Even if your bosoms are your best asset, deep round-neck or scoop-neck Ts can be too revealing. Offset this flash of gorgeousness by covering up your arms with a little cardi that has sleeves to the elbow.”

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16. “I was very, very underdeveloped for my age, I hated what I looked like, so I thought everyone had gone stark raving mad.”

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17. “At sixteen, I was a funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And then, suddenly people told me it was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad.”

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18. “I like to get on with people. I don’t go around being nasty, but if someone crosses me, I can be horrible back.”

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19. “Belts distract the eye from a bloated tummy, a heavy-set upper body and all manner of sins. They can be a superb way to update your wardrobe without breaking the bank, and there’s no reason to stop wearing them, ever!”

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20. “Ageing doesn’t mean giving up on style and individuality; it doesn’t mean abandoning fashion and living in comfy slippers and flannel knickers.”

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21. “It’s hard to see how anyone can fail to care about innocent children and animals being blown up by landmines.”

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22. “I want to continue to try and break the barrier between male and female.”

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23. “I have an iPod, but I do still love CDs. There’s something nice and tangible about a CD. I’m a mixture of old and new – I love my sewing machine, but I’ve also embraced new technology. The iPad is what did it for me – it’s extraordinary.”

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24. “Being a grown-up woman doesn’t mean you can’t look beautiful, individual and different.”

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25. “What happened to me in the Sixties was so major and so worldwide and so huge, there’s no way I can repeat it. But in a way, I had nothing to do with it, it just took me over. It was bizarre, it was weird, and I had no control over it. I don’t think anyone could have planned what happened to me.”

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26. “I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.”

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27. “Tailored jackets with jeans is a great look for all ages. Dress up with a heel and pretty shirt, or just wear a smart T-shirt under the jacket.”

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28. “Wearing a bold print gets harder as you get older. Its safer to stick to subtle prints or block colours. I have always found prints quite tricky. My daughter Carly, who is on the design team at Stella McCartney, is obsessed with them.”

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29. “Want to continue to try and break the barrier between male and female. If you want to do that, that’s fine. At our shows, it’s like a Halloween party, which isn’t a bad thing. I’d like to see more of it actually.”

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30. “I love exercise but I find it boring doing the same thing all the time, so I fluctuate between going to the gym, doing Pilates and taking dance lessons.”

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31. “If I want to calm down, I’ll buy some fabric, get a pattern, shut myself in a room and stay there for days, really happy. And at the end of it, you get a bedspread or some curtains or something to wear – it’s lovely.”

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32. “I’ve never really had a waist. Even when I was at my slimmest, my silhouette was very straight up, straight down. But I have learnt how to give myself a bit of waist by optical illusion. For this, bring on the belts.”

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33. “It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.”

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34. “Life is about making choices: you can either spend three quid on a glossy magazine or you can spend it clearing three square metres of minefield and help give people their lives back. As simple as that.”

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35. “Fashion should be stylish and fun.”

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36. “Fluted sleeves or any sleeve that flares out before coming in again at the wrist are very feminine and a great way to distract from the dreaded ‘bingo wings.’”

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37. “For special occasions, I love pretty dresses – but nothing too frou-frou!”

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38. “I think everyone should sing – it’s so good for you, as it makes you breathe deeply, and it’s good for you emotionally, too. It’s a brilliant release way of lifting the spirits.”

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39. “I didn’t really know about Marilyn Manson – it’s not my sort of music, not exactly the sort of thing I would curl up and listen to!”

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40. “I love flat shoes, more so than heels. One of my obsessions is men’s co-respondent lace-ups.”

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41. “You won’t often find me in a pair of killer heels: my heel height doesn’t rise above two and a half inches, as I would just fall over!”

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42. “I eat healthily because that’s the way I prefer to eat, and I’m sure it helps keep the weight off.”

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43. “I used to do my own make-up. I used to have this doll that had those big eyelashes on the top and bottom, and I think I copied her when I was doing my eyes, putting false eyelashes on the bottom as well as the top. So I came up with that look myself.”

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44. “The trick is to find the style that is right for you. When it comes to trying new clothes, my advice is not to take it too seriously – it’s all about having fun.”

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45. “We want to raise the children the parents aren’t raising. I think we want to press individuality on people, though that doesn’t necessarily mean being like us. But, it doesn’t mean that if you come dressed like us that you aren’t being yourself.”

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46. “If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.”

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47. “I ate like a horse when I was younger, and not very sensibly, though no one ever believes that.”

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48. “Christianity, like most religions, works with fear. Sins can be confessed and you are ‘Clean again’ and can start to sin again without thinking about your old sins. We believe that people should ask themselves why they sinned. They should show some responsibility.”

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