With her cropped hairstyle, androgynous aesthetic, and mod style, Twiggy was the face of the '60s — and she remains a cultural icon to this day.In 1966, a teenage girl named Lesley Hornby stopped by a London salon to buy some shampoo. Hornby ended up getting a haircut as well, a photo of which the salon owner posted on the wall. That photograph caught the eye of a fashion journalist, who penned an article introducing Hornby — better known today as Twiggy — as “The Face of ’66. Read More...
Born in Tunis, Tunisia to Sicilian immigrants in 1938, Claudia Cardinale never intended to become a movie star — but fate had other plans.Starting in the late 1950s, a dark-haired beauty started to appear in Italian and French movies. Husky-voiced and alluring, she was soon dubbed the “Italian Brigitte Bardot.” But Claudia Cardinale was a legendary actress and sex symbol in her own right — as the photos above prove. Read More...
What happened on this day in history: The U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase and doubles the size of the United States, Lybian dictator Muammar Gaddafi is killed, and other pivotal moments from history.1600: Tokugawa Family Establishes Hegemony The Tokugawa family establishes hegemony in Japan. As Japan’s military leader, or shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, maintained control over other houses by reorganizing them based on loyalty and requiring them to live in the nation’s capital for extended periods of time. Read More...
