Comments on: BTC: Peggy Moffitt, Muse of Mod

By: Jenifir

Jenifir — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:47:00 +0000

I vaguely remember reading that book(Pretty pretty Peggy Moffitt) when I was really young (early 70′s?) My Mum was married in a Mary Quant mini-dress and had a Vidal Sassoon hair do so I think that it would have appealed to her. I also remember having some paper dolls that may have been inspired by the book. I think I will need to find a copy. I wore those 60′s clothes in the eighties and have played with vintage ever since.

By: CB in NOLA

CB in NOLA — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:20:05 +0000

The first short I made featured pictures of Peggy in that orange space suit and a close up because they were used as wall decorations for the house we filmed in. It was a pop art spectacle with zebra rugs, Wahol Marilyns and 50 Barbies. That’s right 50! All dressed in various ’60s mod clothes. Really made the movie something special.

By: Latemodel

Latemodel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:44:52 +0000

Now I see where Chris Corner is stealing all his ideas!

By: Shaiyela

Shaiyela — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:58:49 +0000

@Tequila: the thing I love about Edie is that she’ll never die. She’s not just an “it” of the moment, she continues to live as an “it” now. People think they can gain their 15 minutes by her, when really it’s the other way around – her moment expands, and nobody remembers the messenger. That’s HER energy. She died in 1971 – how many people are still such a candid focus so long after their death, for not doing much at all while living?

By: LostLigeia

LostLigeia — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:32:33 +0000

As far as mod fashion goes, I’ve been fawning over The Horrors lately. Quite a decent band— reminds me of The Birthday Party— and their look is adorably gawth-mod. LOVE.

By: Mer

Mer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:27:14 +0000

“I dunno…lets see you try and sport a melonballer”

Oh, blargh. I was try to make a joke about gouging my own eyes out rather than look at this. FAIL.

By: Tequila

Tequila — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:58:27 +0000

Hey what do you got against flower petal patterns? :P Ok I’ll give in on the terricloth since it’s the textile of the devil but come on…look at the colors! Still way better than the branding to death of most stuff…then again I’m a guy and don’t actually have to wear this stuff.

I think I’m mainly judging it as an image over practical daily use though…kinda like clear plastic. Love the look in pics…not so much in the real world.

I dunno…lets see you try and sport a melonballer THEN we’ll talk ;)

(I use to wear a pasta strainer as a hat when I was lil kid though…made a good “space man” helmet!)

By: Mer

Mer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:37:11 +0000

“Really? They still factor in much more interesting to me visually than a lot I see. ”

Rrrreeeeeally? Aaaaaall of them? Terricloth flower petal bikinis included? And the floral print frump frocks? :D

I love the vast majority, but… no.

(Granted, they’re still better on the eye than uggs and a miniskirt, but then, so would be a melonballer.)

By: Tequila

Tequila — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:45:11 +0000

For me Peggy will always be the “it” of all things hands down. Fashion has “it girls”, trends, all stars, icons…pretty much weekly it seems but looking at any one of her pics…they could happen right now and still be ahead of the curve. It’s easy to get nostalgic and retro happy for the era…but damned she always looked like she was having a ball…

While she does not appear too much in Who Are You, Polly Magoo it’s hard not to miss her in 2 key scenes. Love that movie and watch it pretty much weekly cause it’s hilarious and has so much eye candy.

“Admittedly, some of those frocks look hideously dated now,”

Really? They still factor in much more interesting to me visually than a lot I see. Maybe not as daring but still enough to inspire…but maybe it’s just the way SHE wore them and my rose colored glasses for her…

…or that fashion as a whole right now is pretty damn dull save for a handful or two of genuine explorers.

There was a great blog about her…but it kinda vanished for a bit. Dunno if it ever came back…shame too cause it had some great images I’ve not seen since.

@Shaiyela…I love Edie (that’s actually her hand holding a drink and cig in my lil icon) but she keeps getting hijacked by everything from hipsters to those wanting to extend their 15min of fame for having known her. Factory Girl was a great example of tabloid heresy at its finest and cheesy formulaic “biographies” many like her get tossed into.

By: Shaiyela

Shaiyela — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:58:25 +0000

I’d never heard of Peggy! Maybe because I’m not much into researching “futuristic” 60′s fashion beyond Betsey Johnson’s original lines, but at least I’ve seen some of these fashions before (and that’s good enough for my knowledge). Can’t say I’m overly fond of her/them, but they are different!

If you want a good 60′s icon, look up Edie Sedgwick. She was famous for being a superstar and general fashionplate weirdo then. The trick was that she existed slightly outside and beyond Warhol too…before burning up young, unfortunately (yes, the movie Factory Girl is about her – it’s not very accurate).