Boyd began her fashion career in 1962, modelling at first in London and Paris. Among her regular assignments at that time were jobs for the UK edition of "Vogue", "Vanity Fair", "Elle" in France, and "Honey", as well as fashion spreads in newspapers such as "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Times". She was photographed by David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy, among others, and appeared on the cover of British "Vogue". Other popular models of the day, such as Twiggy, based their modelling appearance on Boyd. In the description of journalist Tom Hibbert, Boyd and Jean Shrimpton became "international celebrities" as the embodiment of the "British female 'look' – mini-skirt, long, straight hair and wide-eyed loveliness". This look defined Western fashion for women as a result of the international popularity of the Beatles and other British Invasion musical acts from 1964 onwards. In her autobiography, Boyd recalls being known as the muse to designer Ossie Clark, who used to call some of his designs "Pattie".