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Twiggy

Photograph
1967 (photographed), July 1967 (published), 1995 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Vogue (publishers)
Traeger, Ronald (photographer)
Traeger, Tessa (printmaker)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

A gelatin-silver print of the model Twiggy riding a moped in London.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleTwiggy (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin-Silver
Brief description
Photograph by Ronald Traeger, 'Twiggy, Battersea Park, London', gelatin-silver print, photographed in 1967, printed 1995
Physical description
A gelatin-silver print of the model Twiggy riding a moped in London.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 50.3cm
  • Paper width: 40.5cm
  • Image height: 36.5cm
  • Image width: 24.8cm
Gallery label
(07 03 2014)
‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:

Ronald Traeger (1936–68)
Twiggy wears Twiggy Dresses
Battersea Park, London
Unpublished fashion study for British Vogue, Young Idea, 1967

The American Traeger spent much of the 1960s working in London, where he captured this exuberant shot of Twiggy riding a moped. Named ‘The Face of 1966’, Twiggy represented Britain’s optimistic youth and became an icon of adolescent fashions. She even launched and modelled Twiggy Dresses, her own line of clothing.

Gelatin silver print
Given by Tessa Traeger
Museum no. E.72-1996
Credit line
Given by Tessa Traeger
Object history
As is common with the work of fashion photographers, many of Traeger's greatest negatives were lost or discarded by his clients. This print was copied by his widow, Tessa Traeger, from an apparently unique original. She made the print in 1995 using Ronald Traeger's darkroom procedures.
Subjects depicted
Women
Mopeds
Miniskirts
Twiggy
Place depicted
London
Bibliographic references
  • Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.72-1996

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Record createdNovember 6, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85265/twiggy-photograph-traeger-ronald/
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