New York City - One of the most photographed models of the mid-1960s Linda Morand was, like her contemporary Twiggy, an "It Girl" that set the style for a generation of women. Ushering in the "Mod" look along with Twiggy; Morand quickly became one of the most sought after models in America.  Hamptons.com sat down with the supermodel known as "SuperChick" at Café Maison in her Upper Westside Manhattan neighborhood.

Although Morand, like many of us from the flower power generation, now qualifies for senior discounts at movie theaters, she is a still a stunner with intoxicating looks and a figure that the average 20-something would envy. Albeit now gray, her hair still has a similar asymmetric short cut created for her by Christophe of Vidal Sassoon in 1966 at the insistence of Eileen Ford. In a word, she remains to this day an absolute beauty. Read more on Hamptons.com

Morand's striking resemblance to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis helped her land a contract with the Ford agency, "I looked so much like Jackie Kennedy that people would stop me on the street. Although Eileen Ford had always really preferred blondes, she was looking for models at the time that looked like the Jackie type, but Eileen said I had way too much hair so she sent me to Vidal Sassoon and they cut it all off."

Evidently the short hair worked because Morand found her way to the cover of Mademoiselle and the status as the new "It Girl."

Controversial 1974 French Vogue photo spread with Linda Morand as Jackie Kennedy shot by Helmut Newton. (Helmut Newton for Vogue)

 

For more information go to www.LindaMorand.com, or www.miniMadMOD60s.com, or www.supermodelshalloffame.com.

Press and Websites

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603002/bio INTERNATIONAL MOVIE DATABASE

My Love 60s http://mylovely60.blogspot.com/2009/11/as-mais-famosas-modelos-dos-anos-60.html

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1031308 New York Social Diary

A Place At the Table, the 2nd Annual Benefit for the Ali Forney Center  held at the Chelsea Art Museum.

http://mylovely60.blogspot.com/2009/11/as-mais-famosas-modelos-dos-anos-60.html The Most Famous Models of the Sixties

As mais famosas modelos dos anos 60  Famous Sixties Models

http://leblogdesovena.com/blog/2010/03/60s-space-age-fashion/ Space Age Fashion

Le blog de SoVeNa Sixties Fashion