Residents: TWIGGY

In this installment of our notable residents series, meet Twiggy, supermodel and Tudor City tenant. Here is her life, in bullet points:

✪  Born Lesley Hornby, 1949. Begins her modeling career at age 16 in 1965. Her big eyes, stick-thin frame and boyish haircut make for an androgynous look perfect for the Swinging Sixties. Becomes an iconic figure ‒ one of the first international supermodels ‒ overnight.

✪  Retires from modeling in 1970, transitioning into movies (The Boyfriend) and the theater (a Tony Award‒nominated turn in the musical My One and Only).

✪  Marries British actor Leigh Lawson in 1988, and continues to work as a singer, author, fashion designer and television personality. Made a Dame of the British Empire in March 2019.

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Twiggy's Instagram feed reveals that she lived in Tudor City in 1984, most likely when she was on Broadway in My One and Only.