▁acknowled ged ▁the ▁direct ▁influence ▁of ▁ABC ' s ▁image ▁circa ▁How ▁to ▁Be ▁a ▁Z ill ion aire . ▁ ▁ABC ▁ ▁ABC ' s ▁Martin ▁F ry ▁and ▁Mark ▁White ▁loved ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁super ▁p imp / space ▁tr amp ▁char ity ▁shop ▁meets ▁Com me ▁des ▁Gar ç ons / Y oh ji ▁Yam am oto ▁look ▁that ▁F iona ▁and ▁her ▁friends ▁were ▁sport ing ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁- ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁know ingly ▁champion ▁a ▁retro ▁image . ▁Martin ▁and ▁Mark ▁had ▁written ▁and ▁produced ▁the ▁music ▁for ▁their ▁third ▁album ▁but ▁knew ▁they ▁wanted ▁a ▁completely ▁new ▁image ▁for ▁ABC ▁so ▁decided ▁to ▁ask ▁F iona ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁band ▁and ▁also ▁brought ▁in ▁American ▁David ▁Y ar rit u . ▁The ▁choice ▁of ▁someone ▁with ▁such ▁dimin utive ▁stat ure ▁was ▁deliber ate : ▁the ▁first ▁single ▁' How ▁To ▁Be ▁a ▁Mill ion aire ' ▁( in sp ired ▁by ▁Martin ▁Am is ' s ▁sem inal ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁book ▁M oney ) ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁cart oon ▁video , ▁model led ▁on ▁The ▁Jackson ▁ 5 . ▁The ▁new - look ▁ABC ▁was ▁pure ▁cart oon ▁fant asy ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁new ▁members ▁reflected ▁that . ▁F iona ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁dress ▁as ▁she ▁had ▁earlier ▁that ▁year , ▁and ▁while ▁her ▁personal ▁image ▁had ▁since ▁moved ▁onto ▁what ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁Sin é ad ▁O