Model (person) and dominated the London fashion scene and were well paid, unlike their predecessors. Twiggy became The Face of '66 at the age of 16. At this time, model agencies were not as restrictive about the models they represented, although it was uncommon for them to sign shorter models. Twiggy, who stood at with a 32" bust and had a boy's haircut, is credited with changing model ideals. At that time, she earned £80 an hour, while the average wage was £15 a week. In 1967, seven of the top model agents in London formed the Association of London Model Agents.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth Venus as "fantastical, densely described" and "almost entirely 'unscientific'". Gardner Dozois believed that Zelazny certainly knew that the Venus of "Doors of His Face" was not the actual Venus. Instead, Dozois saw Zelazny's Venus as "an homage, a deliberate act of retro nostalgia" for the "lushly romantic pulp version ... that had been popularized in tales from "Planet Stories" and "Thrilling Wonder Stories" decades before". In addition to its original appearance in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction", "The Doors of His Face ..." appeared in two best-of-the-year anthologies—"The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction" (15th Series, 1966) and