And now for the amazing… Kansai Yamamoto
On our left, this page, the satin Samurai appliquéd on a satin polyester T-shirt, £18; with sashiko—pure black cotton,–hip shorts. Black raggedy jacket of peacock feathers, with feather chaps buckled...
View ArticleCholi Choli
The waist is the place to expose for summer 1969. For dancing, for the beach, for anywhere. (But do count calories carefully!) Savita has designed a range of bared-waist outfits to set you dancing...
View ArticleJust Like Granny Used To Wear
Very Thirtyish, with its floral print and elbow length sleeves, a Liberty print cotton dress by Foale and Tuffin. Leather shoes by Ravel. Crochet straw hat by Biba. Granny’s clothes are coming back....
View ArticleNaturally, a Titian Beauty
Jane Dunn with Max Factor make-up. She wears Carlos Arias’s dress in beige and blue, quilted and embroidered wool; £120, from Boston-151. Photographed by Barry Lategan. Scanned from Vogue, August, 1971
View ArticleScents to Soak in
Illustrated by Philip Castle. Scanned from Harpers Bazaar, March 1969
View ArticleCrêperie
Poppy field morocaine dress with drawstring neck by Ossie Clark for Radley. Plaited suede sandals by Bata. Flirty little crêpe dresses so irresistibly feminine you’ll never be alone for long. Anyone...
View ArticleGo to a party
Wonderful in white… snowy crepe, sleeves long and ringed with Irish thread work. By John Bates at Jean Varon. Jewellery by Adrien Mann. Man’s shirt to order from Thea Porter. Photographed by Paul...
View ArticleAutumn’s Prettiest Silhouettes
Left to right: Berkertex, Mary Quant for Ginger Group, Clothes at Colin Glascoe, Gina Fratini, Frederick Starke, Polly Peck. Scanned from 19 Magazine, September 1970. All clothes by Wallis.
View ArticlePaint just took a trip
Probably the greatest paint advert of all time, featuring model and singer Amanda Lear wearing clothes by Kansai Yamamoto from Boston-151. Shoes are by Zapata (aka Manolo Blahnik). Scanned from Honey,...
View ArticleBe Wilder Still
Ever been to bed in satin or gone to work in lizard, looked through chiffon or wore a cardigan to your knees? Well we haven’t either, but Grandmother might have. The Ossie Clark and Alice Pollock...
View ArticleSatin Goes To Blazers
Purple satin blouse by Ann Reeves. Green satin jacket and matching green satin Oxford bags both by Sheridan Barnett for Copper Coin. Belt from Bus Stop. Rainbow brooch by Cash Graphics. The original St...
View ArticleThe Great Coats
Black panne velvet hat from Feathers. Exotic black floor length beaver-look Borg fur fabric coat by Ossie Clark at Quorum. The title of this editorial reminds me of being in Dublin earlier this year....
View ArticleAll Things Bright and Beautiful
L-R Vampy wedge heeled shoes by Sacha, Skinny lemon boots by Russell & Bromley, Co-respondent leather running shoes by Sacha, Stripy suede boots with crepe soles by Sacha, Double stripe soft...
View ArticleLet’s Make Up
Katrine on the left, is our Biba model… Louise on the right is our Mary Quant model… Both chokers from Biba. Hair for both girls was by Didier from the Jean Louis Davide Salon, Paris. Make-up was...
View ArticleTwo Lovely Black Thighs
Camisole and french knickers by Trisha Kerr Cross. Suspender belt by Charmerein. Shoes by Charles Jourdan. Pillbox hat by Charles Batten. The black arts of what to wear next to your skin. Silk and...
View ArticleTokyo
Photographed by Guy Bourdin for a Charles Jourdan advert. Shoe is ‘Tokyo’, £20.50. Scanned from Harpers and Queen, April 1975.
View ArticleGo Gaucho!
Striped woollen poncho skirt by Beatrice Bellini for WHI. Chamois lace-up blouse by Janet Ibbotson. Lace up suede boots by Anello and Davide. Leather and bead necklace by Feathers. Not only does...
View ArticleTessa Kennedy by Norman Parkinson
Tessa and Cary wearing antique Afghanistani caftans in the garden room, a patterned passage really, where Cassian sleeps. A Kelim rug covers the bed, the cushions are sewn from Indian silk scarves....
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