Twiggy Quotes

I didn't really know about Marilyn Manson - it's not my sort of music, not exactly the sort of thing I would curl up and listen to!

I eat healthily because that's the way I prefer to eat, and I'm sure it helps keep the weight off.

Ageing doesn't mean giving up on style and individuality; it doesn't mean abandoning fashion and living in comfy slippers and flannel knickers.

I was very, very underdeveloped for my age, I hated what I looked like, so I thought everyone had gone stark raving mad.

For special occasions, I love pretty dresses - but nothing too frou-frou!

Confusion is the best form of communication. It's left to be unexplained.

Being a grown-up woman doesn't mean you can't look beautiful, individual and different.

I don't like it when people say, 'You're 45, so you should be wearing X and never Y.' For me, dressing is about attitude, not age.

Back in the '60s, there was a car sticker that read, 'Forget Oxfam, Feed Twiggy,' but I ate like a horse.

Tailored jackets with jeans is a great look for all ages. Dress up with a heel and pretty shirt, or just wear a smart T-shirt under the jacket.

I'd love there to be more larger models, but it's just not going to happen. Designers love to design for slim girls.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.

I'm just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.

[On her thinness:] It's not what you'd call a figure, is it?

I want to continue to try and break the barrier between male and female.

I was very skinny, but that was just my natural build. I always ate sensibly - being thin was in my genes.

I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

The key with a full-skirt shape is to balance it out with a great figure-hugging top.

I love flat shoes, more so than heels. One of my obsessions is men's co-respondent lace-ups.

If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.

I used to be a thing; I'm a person now.

As every teenage girl, I was absolutely obsessed with The Beatles, and the first record I bought was 'Please Please Me.' I'd have been 13 at the time.

I like to get on with people. I don't go around being nasty, but if someone crosses me, I can be horrible back.

You can't be a clothes hanger for your entire life.

You won't often find me in a pair of killer heels: my heel height doesn't rise above two and a half inches, as I would just fall over!

I love Kate Moss. I've worked with her a couple of times, and she is a great girl, really funny and easy to work with.

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

Always be natural. Putting on airs will make a giggle out of you. Be yourself and if you don't know something say so.

Fashion should be stylish and fun.

The sixties were a time when ordinary people could do extraordinary things ... !

I was a very, very shy, insecure teenager.

Yes, black is slimming, but it's not always youthful. The right tone of red, however, is flattering on all women.

Jamie Oliver's books are the best. I love Jamie. Bless him!

There's no need to dress like everyone else. It's much more fun to create your own look.

My relationship with M&S continues to be an exciting journey, from modelling to designing my online range.

We all have bits that we don't like, but you don't have to be a size 10 to look wonderful.

I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.

M&S clothes just get better and better, year after year. I'm always begging for stuff from every shoot we do.

Can you imagine wot it was like. All the girls gettin' luvly figgers and me stayin' flat as a pancake? It was no fun, I tell you.

It's hard to see how anyone can fail to care about innocent children and animals being blown up by landmines.

My weakness is chocolate - especially butterscotch and nut varieties.

I ate like a horse when I was younger, and not very sensibly, though no one ever believes that.