Twiggy and Go-Go Boots 

The summer of 1967, fresh from the shores of London, where let’s face it, everything that was cool originated, Twiggy hit the scene in a big way. To me, she looked like a fawn.🦌 Her long legs adorned with posh, brilliant yellow go-go boots, 👢 a shockingly short mini dress and big blue eyes with long lashes (courtesy of three layers of false lashes) and model thin. I adored her. I wanted to be her. 

My younger sister Dana and I begged and begged my mom for a Twiggy Barbie. My mom cut our hair short so we could “look just like” Twiggy. My cousin Terrie, who lived on the next street over, took one look at us, and cut her hair too. 

If we could’ve worn go-go boots and mini-dresses we would’ve felt so groovy while we all danced to Nancy Sinatra singing, 🎶"These Boots Are Made for Walkin’"🎶 on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. A blast-from-the-past never goes out of style. YouTube has a video featuring this song on American Bandstand, you may want to watch,📺 that is sure to take you back to a time in your life where the music, go-go boots, and Twiggy haircuts, are forever young and hip! 

 

Genevra Bonati

A Halted Heart