April 27, 1967 How Twiggy Became a Feminist Icon

April 27, 1967 How Twiggy Became a Feminist Icon WSJ Twiggy Lawson Model, Actress and Singer Everyone says to me, you know, you were so clever. You were so— I wasn't. I was panic stricken because that was done in front of an audience. You know and I— Oh wow. I was just 17 years old. I was very, you can probably see, I was quite shy. Yeah. You know, it was weird what had happened to me. So I was still kind of getting used to that. And I was used to people, when I did interviews, I was used to people saying, "How did you get your name?" Lane Florsheim Host, My Monday Morning "How did you get your name?" Or, "What do you eat?" You know, "What do you do think of New York?" you know, those sort of questions. Oh, you know, I like them all. Who? All your basic philosophers. Who? Just all of them. I don't know their names though. What their names? So when he opened with "Who's your favorite philosopher?" God. I was like, "Oh my God." And I remember I can remember the feeling to this day, my stomach. I was like, because I didn't know any philosophers. And I thought— "Don't cry, don't cry." Because there's an audience. But all I wanted to do was leave. I didn't want to be there. And so in my panic, I kind of looked at him and said, "Give me some names, " you know, I don't because I said, "I think I don't know any." And he said, "Oh, everyone's got a favorite philosopher." And I said, "Well, who's yours?" And he says something like, "Your Greeks and your Romans" or whatever. And I said, "Yeah, but what their names?" And he says, "Your Greeks and your—" and he couldn't name any either.