THE FIVE FACES OF TWIGGY
What is The Face of Sixty-Eight! It's a face from the past, a face from the history-books of movies, a face from Garbo and Harlow - The Face of The Great Days of Hollywood. We let Twiggy loose among a pile of faded film-stills and a collection of cosmetics. We said: 'Give us the once-and-for-all, the ultimate Hollywood Look.' This is Twiggy's reply...she composed her own make-up, and Leonard styled her hair with wigs...unfortunately, this post was almost in danger of becoming the 'The Four Faces of Twiggy' because the previous owner of the magazine took it upon themselves to remove a couple of pages!.. the very two which contained the Greta Garbo look and also Twiggy's interpretation of the silent movie star Theda Bara. However, I have managed to salvage the finished Garbo look, as it was also reproduced in Twiggy's autobiography from 1975, which i'm thankful for, as she made a particularly amazing job of it! The original finished 'Theda Bara look' is completely lost though, apart from one tiny postage stamp sized photograph from the introduction to the editorial which I have enlarged, even so it doesn't do her justice or the backdrop for that matter which was designed by Julie Hodges, who also created the wallpaper used to decorate the interiors of Biba in Abingdon Road and Kensington Church Street.
One of the five faces of Twiggy..This version is inspired by Ginger Rogers. Twiggy's white tie, tails and top hat are from Bermans, the theatrical costumiers, her shoes are from Charles Jourdan.
Twiggy's Ginger Rogers look...Complexion: Mary Quant's Bare Light Starkers make-up (worn without a powder for the necessary light, pale skin-tone). Eyes: lashes cut from a strip of Loads of Lash (applied in twos and threes); Brown Liquid shadow (in the creases); Transparent Eye Gloss (on the lids); and Black Tearproof Liquid mascara (applied in abundance on the lashes). Lips: Sexpot Red lipstick, with Lip Glosser over it.
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Twiggy wears a red Rita Hayworth-style wig for this transformation...Complexion: Lancôme's 03 foundation (a gold tone); Magie Foncée face powder; and Moderato Fard see powder rouge (for colour high on thr cheekbones). Eyes: a blend of Aurore and Vert shadow (on the lids); Brun 73 pencil (to outline the brows); and Twiggy's own lashes mascaraed with a pair of exceptionally long long ones, using Dark Brown Lancomatic. Lips: Incarnardin lipstick. The ear-rings are from Fortnum & Mason, and the leopard skin is by Maxwell Croft.
Twiggy's dramatic Theda Bara look...Complexion: Helena Rubenstein's Opaline Silk foundation; Silk Highlights (on the cheekbones); and Opalescent powder (for an alabaster skin-tone). Eyes: Tender Greige eye-shadow (notice how Twiggy keeps her eyes open while brushing it on, otherwise the shading would be too low to show when the eyes were open); Lumina Blue (on lids); Black eye-liner; and Black Fashion Brow. Back-drop design is by Julie Hodgess.
IMAGE CREDITS
All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from QUEEN magazine 8 May 1968, except for Twiggy's 'Garbo' look which I scanned from TWIGGY BY TWIGGY, an autobiography, published by Mayflower Books Ltd. Original Beauty editorial by Joan Price for QUEEN, all photographs by Justin de Villeneuve.