Friday, April 21, 2023
Musical about ‘first working-class model’ Twiggy to open in London
Musicals | The Guardian: She was a teenager from Neasden when a photograph of her newly cropped hair catapulted her into a world of glamour and celebrity. “It happened almost overnight. One day I was an ordinary schoolgirl, and the next I was ‘the face of 1966’. It was madness but wonderful,” said Twiggy, the former model, actor and fashion designer.
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To say that Twiggy was a famous model is an understatement. Twiggy truly helped shape fashion, trends, lifestyle, and story in the 1960s. Twiggy was the perfect poster child for the 1960s. The 1960s being a time of rebellion by the youth. Characterized by the rapidly increasing amount of political polarization and by the drastic shifts in fashion. The 1960s also solidified the place of teens as their own demographic. Gone were the days that thought of teens as just mini adults. Teens were now leading change, leading fashion, leading movements.
I am a bit sceptical about having yet another biographical musical on broadway. Truly, these musicals do not last too long. It feels like every year we have a few and they die quite soon. I think Twiggy’s story is quite inspiring but quite optimistic. It could so quickly turn into “she could do it, so, so can you!” which is not sincere or fair. The structures in the 1960s are different to today. Due to many changes to the economic climate and further alienation of the poor (specifically movements and changes that have been done by conservative parties). The rags to riches story is near impossible to achieve nowadays. Debatably even more so than in Twiggy’s time.
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