sweet enough to bring home to your parents
There is no doubt that 1967 was a year revolving around youth – while one segment of the population was getting down and dirty in the psychedelic Summer of Love causing conservative parents no end of grief and consternation, there was another even younger demographic that was swooning over the rise of cute and wholesome boy bands like The Monkees. Outselling both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at their peak in this year, the group’s popularity was indicative that some audiences weren’t ready to make the leap into the great roiling unknown and craved their escapism in easy to handle, prettily packaged doses. There was some temporary relief to be gleaned from such innocent girl or boy “next door” images being put out by the media – many mothers preferred their adolescents idolize a “Lesley and Davy” over a “Janis and Jimi” any day of the week…
twiggy in pop couture shot by Avedon – 1967
Twiggy was an iconic example of this trend, her aloof, waif-like look took the fashion world by storm – in a quick rise to international Supermodel stardom and with a host of magazine covers, products and accompanying endorsements, she proved to girls around the globe that anyone could become the brand.
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I have a Pinterest board devoted to 1967–I think maybe the Monkees need to be added. Thanks for another charming post!
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You’re welcome – they were so cute and I’m sure gave a lot of kids the urge to go into music…
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1967 – a great year for sure. We recently watched a documentary, ‘Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, and It was a very interesting look at how he became part of the cultural revolution of the ’60s and beyond. Thanks for the memories.
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I’ll have to look for that one – I can remember getting his wedge bob when it came out! I’ve been working my way through some fashion documentaries recently as well – Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino, etc. always so interesting…
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I remember 1967. My last year of studying asa teacher! Great times they were
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Unfortunately, Twiggy may have contributed to the insane drive to be thinner and thinner…
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I was thinking about exactly that when I was posting… there are other models quite a bit earlier that indicated this was the direction body image in the media was going (and Balanchine’s dancers didn’t help) – even though she was “naturally” thin and boyish, her global visibility really brought skinny to the forefront… Thank goodness she looks normal now…
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Another terrific Neil Diamond song :) D 34
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So true – Everyone forgets about Neil Diamond’s prolific songwriting career – a lot of great music came out of the Brill Building…
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I’ll say. I wonder what the equivalent is today?
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Considering that alot of the (popular) songs I hear these days have about 4 words repeated over and over again, I’d have to say it’s one of those learn-to read primers – just kidding… I have no idea, does such a thing exist anymore?
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I was thinking American Idol (Ha!) Or Australia You’ve got talent (Not!) :) D 34
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