Tony Sokol Jul 29, 2019
Sharon Tate rode into the 1960s on an All-American missile and defined the decade in a perfect frame.
“Honey, let's face it; all I know how to do is take off my clothes,” Jennifer North said in the film Valley of the Dolls, deflating the image of the sexual revolution and one of the decade’s most cinematic sex symbols. But that’s because Sharon Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski and the hypnotic witch in the under-appreciated cult horror thriller Eye of the Devil, had a deeper knowledge. The actor and model encapsulated both the look and attitudes of ‘60s youth, from her Thea Porter-designed micro-mini dress to her coppertone tan. Even the Malibu Barbie is said to be based on a Sharon Tate character.
Tate would have turned 75 last year had she not died at the age of 26 during the summer of ‘69. While...
Sharon Tate rode into the 1960s on an All-American missile and defined the decade in a perfect frame.
“Honey, let's face it; all I know how to do is take off my clothes,” Jennifer North said in the film Valley of the Dolls, deflating the image of the sexual revolution and one of the decade’s most cinematic sex symbols. But that’s because Sharon Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski and the hypnotic witch in the under-appreciated cult horror thriller Eye of the Devil, had a deeper knowledge. The actor and model encapsulated both the look and attitudes of ‘60s youth, from her Thea Porter-designed micro-mini dress to her coppertone tan. Even the Malibu Barbie is said to be based on a Sharon Tate character.
Tate would have turned 75 last year had she not died at the age of 26 during the summer of ‘69. While...
- 2/2/2018
- Den of Geek
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