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She may be one of the most iconic faces of the 1960s, but chances are you don’t know all that much about Dame Lesley Lawson, aka Twiggy. Director Sadie Frost aims to correct that with Twiggy, an intimate behind-the-scenes documentary about the (in)famous model/actress/singer/daughter/girlfriend/wife/mother — who, it turns out, is awfully down-to-earth for someone who found worldwide fame so young.
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What a charming and captivating time capsule about a woman who embodied her time and then transcended it. Director Sadie Frost’s Twiggy is, of course, a delightful memory trip back to the swinging ‘60s in London and the ascendency of working class teenager Lesley Hornby to the heights of fashion fame. As gamine faced, slim and androgynous Twiggy, she broke all the rules for what women should look and act like. But because Twiggy is so singular in her authenticity and unabashedly positive nature, the film become a stirring portrait of something else entirely.
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Twiggy is director Sadie Frost’s appealing, charming documentary about the 1960s fashion icon known as Twiggy, whose super-skinny form and androgynous looks transformed how the fashion industry thought models were supposed to look. Prior to Twiggy, British fashion models came from the upper classes and were slim but curvy, tall and elegant young adult women. This 16-year-old girl from working class London, who spoke with a Cockney accent, changed all that.
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Sadie Frost’s Twiggy is a great watch for fashion fans and, more specifically, Twiggy fans. I liked learning more about her and seeing that she was who I thought she was–funny, self-deprecating, and without airs. I feel like, to paraphrase one of the people interviewed for the film, that her genuine spirit is what helped catapult her to stardom. She might have been one of the world’s most iconic fashion models, but she still remembered her working class roots.
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As engaging and straightforward as its title luminary, British director Sadie Frost’s documentary Twiggy skillfully explores this multitalented model, film, theater, and television star. Through candid interviews with Twiggy, her daughter Carly, husband Leigh Lawson, numerous friends, and others with whom she worked, a personal and professional profile emerges of a multifaceted, largely unaffected, vivacious talent. With a factually oriented approach to Twiggy’s life, Frost balances Twiggy’s good luck at 16 to be dubbed “The Face of ‘66” by London’s Daily Express and thereafter catapulted to stardom with her dedication and hard work for succeeding decades.
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Sadie Frost is a renaissance woman. From her early years working as a model and actor to running her own fashion house and production companies, there are few hats Frost hasn’t worn. Sadie Frost started her career as a child actor and model. Her notable cinema roles as an actor have been as Lucy Westenra in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and a role in Paul W. S. Anderson’s debut feature Shopping. In the 90s she established the first of two production companies she would run. One was responsible for the release of David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, amongst other features. With Quant, Sadie emerges as a director with a distinct visual voice using her knowledge of fashion and youth culture to investigate the impact of swinging sixties icon Mary Quant. Nadine Whitney spoke with Sadie about what inspired her to move to the other side of the camera.
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Sadie Frost, actor, producer, fashion designer, and now director is the perfect person to handle Mary Quant’s story. By the time she was filming Quant, Mary was in her nineties and unavailable for interviews. To tell Mary’s fascinating story she relies on archival footage, artistic reinterpretations (starring Camilla Rutherford as Quant), and a fascinating selection of interviewees that include musician Dave Davies (The Kinks), legendary fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, and people who worked with and knew Quant personally.
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Since 1976, the Seattle International Film Festival has been a welcoming venue for those underrepresented creatives who have struggled to have their voices heard and their visions seen. SIFF has grown to be a year-round source of inspiration with many events being offered and even a summer camp for kids, but the festival is its heart. Held this year from Apr 14 – 24), the festival’s focus was — as it has always been — on diversity.
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