Miss Mercy, the Frank Zappa muse and style icon who co-founded GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously), has died at age 71
“The thing I noticed immediately about these women was that they had spent a lot of time putting themselves together in ways that were so creative, you couldn’t believe it,” Wolman said . “They mixed together outfits of the day with things from antique clothing stores to create a real vision. They weren’t appearing half-naked to get the men’s attention. They were dressing up to put on a show.” “The GTOs are a sociological creation of Frank Zappa’s.
reports that she moved to Haight-Asbury at age 16 and remained there until 1967, where she immersed herself in the music scene. She spent six months in juvenile hall in 1966. “All the things my parents thought I would avoid by being in jail, I learned in jail,” she told. “My parents didn’t care; they thought jail’d be good for me. So I was in with dykes and junkies and the rest. I finally left the Haight when it lost its magic. Besides, I couldn’t see being a hippie the rest of my life.
She wound up living in room 229 of the Landmark Hotel in L.A. with fellow GTOs Miss Christine and Cinderella. “Mercy is a heavy girl, with a predilection for loose-fitting clothing made from antique cloth, boots, and black eye makeup looking as if it were applied with a canoe paddle,”The cover of the February 15th, 1969 issue of “Rolling Stone”
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