The way I looked when I started modelling - I was a skinny schoolgirl, stuffing tissues into my little 32A bra. I wasn't trying to be that thin; I was perfectly healthy, but still - that look is a total impossibility for women over the age of 20. Fashion has a lot to answer for, doesn't it?
Interpretation
The quote critiques the unrealistic beauty standards set by the fashion industry.
Twiggy reflects on her early modeling days, revealing the pressure to conform to a specific body image that many women cannot achieve as they age. She highlights the absurdity of these expectations and suggests that the fashion industry is responsible for promoting unattainable ideals.
In practice
In a discussion about body positivity, this quote can illustrate the pressures women face in the fashion industry.
What I do Coco would have hated. The label has an image and it's up to me to update it. I do what she never did. I had to find my mark. I had to go from what Chanel was to what it should be, could be, what it had been to something else.
The difference between style and fashion is quality.
What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.
Having the chance to walk at New York Fashion Week for Yeezy and Milan Fashion Week for Alberta Ferretti and Max Mara in a hijab is so significant. It sends a message to young women everywhere that you can be beautiful for just being you.
A well dressed man is a best accessory a woman can have
Fashion can be about escapism but I have always been interested in the aspirational side of it - wanting to present the self you hope eventually to become.
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