Pictures of Twiggy Hanging Out With Friends (Including Sonny and Cher) During Her First Visit to the U.S. in 1967

Here's a series of rare pictures of Twiggy—shot in California for a feature that never appeared in LIFE magazine—by photographer Ralph Crane. Captured at the very height of her fame as one of the first-ever supermodels, and during her first visit to the U.S. when she was all of 18 years old, the Twiggy in most of these pictures seems remarkably cool and sophisticated for one so young. (Perhaps not surprising, considering that she’d been one of the most famous figures—and had one of the most famous figures—in the world for the previous whirlwind year.)

Twiggy with boyfriend and manager Justin De Villeneuve (kissing her) and Sonny and Cher (right) at a party thrown for the English supermodel in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy in California, 1967.

Twiggy (with Steve McQueen, right) and unidentified partygoers in California, 1967.

Twiggy with Sonny and Cher (left) in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy at a party thrown for her in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy (center) at a party thrown for her in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy (left) at a party thrown for her in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy, Sonny and Cher and others dance at a party in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy (center, long dress) at a party thrown for her in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy lights up at a party thrown for her in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy at a party thrown for her in Beverly Hills, 1967.

Twiggy and friends (including boyfriend and manager Justin De Villeneuve) at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy with boyfriend and manager Justin De Villeneuve at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy and friends at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy with her boyfriend and manager Justin De Villeneuve at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy and friends at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy and furry friends at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy with her boyfriend and manager Justin De Villeneuve at Disneyland during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

Twiggy in California during her first visit to the U.S., 1967.

(Photos: Ralph Crane—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)