Editing The Lovin' Spoonful (section)

=== Image ===

The Spoonful's image was influential on their contemporaries.{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=143}} The band's stage act was both eccentric and extroverted,{{sfn|Helander|1999|p=236}} driven by Yanovsky, who Jacobsen later said "invented the hole-y jeans, falling apart T-shirts, crazy rock guitar antics on stage, the whole subsequent thing of rock 'n' roll guitar[ists] being wild, crazy individualists".{{sfn|Unterberger|2002|p=174}} The author [[Bob Stanley (musician)|Bob Stanley]] later described the band's look as a clash between that of the [[Beatniks]] and the Beatles,{{sfn|Stanley|2015|p=124}} and the American men's fashion magazine ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' produced a fashion spread of the band in its June{{nbsp}}1966 issue, detailing how the group sported "[[Mod (subculture)|mod]] gear", but from New York's [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] rather than London's [[Carnaby Street]].{{sfn|Hill|2018|p=97}}

The group wore clothes with stripes and spots,{{sfn|Stanley|2015|p=124}} stripes having been popularized by [[Brian Jones]].<ref name="Guitar World" /> Sebastian often wore [[denim]]{{sfn|Stanley|2015|p=124}} and [[Windsor glasses|granny glasses]],{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=143}} the latter of which he adopted from [[Fritz Richmond]],{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=77}} and which John Lennon subsequently adopted in September{{nbsp}}1966.{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=318}}{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=244}} After the band met the fashion designer Jeannie Franklyn in December{{nbsp}}1965 on the Sunset Strip, Franklyn designed custom-clothing for Yanovsky.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=103–104}} Yanovsky is generally recognized as the first rock musician to wear [[cowboy hat]]s and fringed [[buckskins|buckskin]] jackets,<ref name="Guitar World">{{cite web |last1=di Perna |first1=Alan |title=The Lovin' Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky is one of the Sixties' most overlooked guitarists – here's how he fearlessly blended genres to forge the 'Americana' guitar sound |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-lovin-spoonful-zal-yanovsky |website=[[Guitar World]] |language=en |date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718155527/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-lovin-spoonful-zal-yanovsky |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> and his wardrobe also consisted of [[fur coats]],{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=143}} mod ties, [[corduroy]] jackets, vests and [[boutonnière]]s.<ref name="Guitar World" />