The Basement Tapes

So, you kids today think your clothes are the ass? Seeing Twiggy on America's Next Top Model a few nights ago reminded us of the 1960s when she and fellow model Jean Shrimpton were the shit in swinging London. It was all fab! super! dizzying mod-style gear exploding everywhere, exciting the young and sending old-age pensioners to early graves. London was suddenly usurping Hollywood as the role model for trendy fashion. In 1999, WOW's Hollywood Fashion Machine on AMC explored the rocking shocking shagadelic movement of the '60s, with groovy period footage and comments from Twiggy and Mary Quant, unofficial queen of the mods. Yeah, seeing Twiggy reminded us of all that. (Watch the clip)

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