History of Models III
You’ve come a long way, baby
By the time the 60s started swinging on both sides of the pond, the youth culture had officially taken over and fashion houses focused on designing clothing for the single, fun-loving girl. Micro-mini skirts and boyish pixie cuts required a 180-degree turn from the sophisticated ladies of the 50s to the skinny, thoroughly modern models represented by Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, and Peggy Moffitt. As the sexual revolution led to the feminist movement in the 70s, the ‘girls’ grew up, went to work, and hit the disco. The pouty, baby faces on Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar covers evolved into sexy, empowered All-American models like Patti Hansen, Lauren Hutton, Christie Brinkley, and for the first time, women of color like Beverly Johnson and Iman. The birth of the supermodel was on the horizon.