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Showing posts with label Miss Elliot. Show all posts
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Monday, September 19, 2016
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Birthday Girls: Opposites, Attractive
It almost seems some sort of cosmic joke that these two icons of the 1960s share a birthday.
Leslie Hornby Lawson, the Twig, as seen by Mattel
Cass Elliot, with distracting accessory
They are the polar oppposites of Mod Femininity. Twiggy ruled the fashion world with a ubiquity that's hard to believe today, when any girl who does more than two shoots a season is a "supermodel"; Cass brought an almost heartbreaking enthusiasm for showbiz to the cool LA affect of the Mamas and the Papas before launching her all-too-short solo career.
One adores them both, of course - but it's Cass, I have to admit, that I still dream a little dream of...
Leslie Hornby Lawson, the Twig, as seen by Mattel
Cass Elliot, with distracting accessoryThey are the polar oppposites of Mod Femininity. Twiggy ruled the fashion world with a ubiquity that's hard to believe today, when any girl who does more than two shoots a season is a "supermodel"; Cass brought an almost heartbreaking enthusiasm for showbiz to the cool LA affect of the Mamas and the Papas before launching her all-too-short solo career.
One adores them both, of course - but it's Cass, I have to admit, that I still dream a little dream of...
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