Woman in a black tuxedo with bow tie looks fabulous
I’ve been wearing tuxedos for as long as I can remember. This is the one I wore for the album artwork on Romantically Yours, which I released in 2011. I wore it very masculinely, with a shirt and an undone bow tie, but with a little bit of femininity from the diamanté belt.
I spend my life in either skinny jeans or trousers. I love trouser suits, and the tux is just the dressed-up version of that. I simply think they are rich and extremely agreeable to wear. Each time you get welcome to a dark tie do, it’s so natural for men – they simply put on a tux and necktie. In the interim, ladies experience the miseries of picking a gown. I do sometimes wear dresses but often I think: ‘Oh, I’m just going to wear a tux.’ I think if you get a very beautiful woman in a black tuxedo with bow tie they look fabulous.
On the cover of my first album, Twiggy, in 1976, I wore a white tuxedo and I had very long blond hair. It was my first pop album and that tux was made for me by Tommy Nutter, who was one of the great tailors and also one of my best friends. I used to go to Tommy and he’d make me a female equivalent of the suits in men’s stores, to better fit my shape. Regardless I have a couple of them, in spite of the fact that I can’t get into them any longer – I was a significant moment back then!
You used not to be able to get brogues for women anywhere, so I went to the Prince of Wales’ shoemaker in Savile Row and had two-tone white and brown ones made for me because I was a huge fan of Fred Astaire. They have got satin ribbon laces and they are beautifully handmade.