An incredulous Grant “Twiggy” Baker turned elated when he learned he had just won the fifth-ever contest at the notorious Half Moon Bay slab, just two years after his first session there.

While she hasn’t kept much of her wardrobe from her early ... years as the print designer for Stella McCartney – again, having already collaborated together for Marks & Spencer. And whatever ...

It is tempting to assume that experiences of this kind contributed to her decision to quit modelling for acting in the early 1970s. But, though she concedes that "models were looked down upon as just ...

The Beatles' Apple Records signed one of its first artists in 1968 after supermodel Twiggy discovered Mary Hopkin on TV.

Prior to being 'discovered', Twiggy wanted to be a designer and within ... the market before the company could make the most of the early demand.