The Face That Launched a Million Pages

𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲, a former part-time hairdresser was named British Woman of the Year. Just three years earlier, she'd been discovered by a fashion journalist for London's Daily Express newspaper. Almost overnight, she became an international modeling sensation. Born as Lesley Hornby, Twiggy's lanky frame, long lashes and short hair made her a symbol for the Mod movement that swept through the youth culture of the 1960s.

𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬𝘀, 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗛 follows the madcap travails of two flaky hippies on a spur-of-the moment road trip who stumble onto a multiple murder and become the prime suspects.

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The Period Pieces Blog curates fun facts from the 1960s inspired by the novel Mustang to Paducah by Raul Ramos y Sanchez.

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