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Dressed to kill: how Diana Rigg became a 60s style icon – The Guardian
In her slinky leather catsuits and super-short miniskirts, The Avengers’ Emma Peel brought a fetishistic element to fashion
For many growing up in the 60s, Diana Riggs Emma Peel was their first style icon. Over two seasons on The Avengers opposite Patrick Macnees Steed, Peel kung fu kicked down televisions puritanical costume regulations to create a character who came to define the look of the swinging 60s. As important as Mary Quant or Twiggy, Riggs Peel was perhaps more influential as, through the medium of TV, she was seen by a bigger audience.
Working with fashion designer John Bates, Peel made several televisua…
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