Editing British Invasion (section)

== Other cultural impacts ==
Outside of music, other aspects of British arts and engineering, such as [[BSA motorcycles]], became popular in the US during this period and led American media to proclaim the United Kingdom as the center of music and fashion.

=== Film and television ===
{{quote box|quote=Julie [Andrews] became a movie queen by falling very  smartly into step with the recent vogue in America for almost anything labeled British.<ref>{{cite news |title=As Millie, a real Julie Blossoms |date=28 April 1967 |work=Life magazine}}</ref> |source=– ''Life'' magazine, April 1967.|width=18em}}

The Beatles' ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' marked the group's entrance into film.<ref name=Britannica /> The film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' – starring English actress [[Julie Andrews]] as the [[Mary Poppins (character)|titular character]], and released on 27 August 1964 – became the most Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] film in history. ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'', released on 25 December 1964, starring British actress [[Audrey Hepburn]] as [[Cockney]] flower girl [[Eliza Doolittle]], won eight Academy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 |title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners|access-date=July 27, 2012|work=oscars.org}}</ref> and ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' released in 1968, won Best Picture, becoming the final musical film to do so until ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' in 2002.

Besides the [[James Bond in film|Bond series]] that commenced with [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]] in 1962, films with a British sensibility such as the "[[Angry Young Men]]" genre, ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' and ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' styled London Theatre. A new wave of British actors such as [[Peter O'Toole]], [[Michael Caine]], and [[Peter Sellers]] intrigued US audiences.<ref name=Cogan /> Four of the decade's Academy Award winners for best picture were British productions, with the epic ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', starring O'Toole as British army officer [[T. E. Lawrence]], winning seven Oscars in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963 |title=The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners|access-date=July 27, 2012|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

British television series such as ''[[Danger Man]]'' (renamed ''Secret Agent'' in its American airings), ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' and ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' began appearing on American screens, inspiring a series of American-produced espionage programs such as ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' and the parody series ''[[Get Smart]]''. By 1966, spy series (both British and American versions) had emerged as a favourite format of American viewers, along with [[Westerns on television|Westerns]] and rural sitcoms.<ref name="TLS">{{cite news|title=Fourth TV Network Looming on Horizon|author=William E. Sarmento|newspaper=[[Lowell Sun]]|page=20|date=July 24, 1966}}</ref> Television shows that featured uniquely American styles of music, such as ''[[Sing Along with Mitch]]'' and ''[[Hootenanny (TV series)|Hootenanny]]'', were quickly canceled and replaced with shows such as ''[[Shindig!]]'' and ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]'' that were better positioned to play the new British hits,<ref name=americasradiostars/> and segments of the new shows were taped in England.<ref>"Two Paths of Folk Music," ''Hootenanny'', Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1964.</ref><ref>James E. Perone (2009). ''Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion''. p. 76. ABC-CLIO,</ref>

=== Fashion ===
Fashion and image set the Beatles apart from their earlier American rock and roll counterparts. Their distinctive, uniform style "challenged the clothing style of conventional American males," just as their music challenged the earlier conventions of the rock and roll genre.<ref name="ReferenceA">Cooper, L. and B., ''Journal of Popular Culture, 93''</ref> "[[Mod (subculture)|Mod]]" fashions, such as the [[mini skirt|miniskirt]] from "[[Swinging London]]" designers such as [[Mary Quant]], and worn by early [[supermodel]]s [[Twiggy]], [[Jean Shrimpton]] and other models, were popular worldwide.<ref>Fowler, David (2008) ''Youth Culture in Modern Britain, c.1920-c.1970: From Ivory Tower to Global Movement - A New History'' p. 134. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Small is still beautiful |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-116426956 |work=Daily Post |date=May 10, 2004 |author=Burgess, Anya}}</ref><ref name="paid">{{cite journal|date=February 8, 1967|title=The Girl Behind The World's Most Beautiful Face|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6wssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3cYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3967,1120155|journal=Family Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Most Photographed Model Reticent About Her Role |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=REsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pE8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7034,4428159 |date=June 11, 1967 |author=Cloud, Barbara |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jean Shrimpton, the Famed Face of the '60s, Sits Before Her Svengali's Camera One More Time |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067955,00.html |date=May 30, 1977 |magazine=People |volume=7 |number=21 |access-date=September 2, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203542/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067955,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Newspaper columnist [[John Crosby (media critic)|John Crosby]] wrote, "The English girl has an enthusiasm that American men find utterly captivating. I'd like to import the whole [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] girl with her 'life is fabulous' philosophy to America with instructions to bore from within."<ref name="seebohm19710719">{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |title=English Girls in New York: They Don't Go Home Again |work=New York |date=1971-07-19 |access-date=6 January 2015 |author=Seebohm, Caroline |pages=34}}</ref>

Even while longstanding styles remained popular, American teens and young adults started to dress "hipper".<ref name="Ross">{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/1964-brits-invade-u-s-no-one-can-escape-wbna3833078|title=Fab Four + 40: Looking back on the British invasion|last=Ross|first=Michael|date=2010-08-05|work=TODAY.com}}</ref>

=== Literature ===
In anticipation of the 50-year anniversary of the British Invasion in 2013, comics such as ''[[Nowhere Men]]'', which are loosely based on the events of it, gained popularity.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/books/review/nowhere-men-vol-1-and-more.html?_r=0 |title=Reanimated: 'Nowhere Men, Vol. 1,' and More |newspaper=The New York Times |date=13 December 2013 |access-date=14 August 2014 |author=Wolk, Douglas}}</ref>