Inspirational Images: Bill Gibb, 1974
Posted: October 25, 2010 Filed under: 1970s, bill gibb, Inspirational Images 8 Comments »I love collecting old press agency photos whenever I can, and frequently forget that I have them. One day I will have all the wallspace in the world upon which to display them. Until then, I must remember to scan the odd one for your delectation.
Cindy Présente Une Robe d’Automne
Voici déjà desmodèles de la mode d’automne etd’hiver. Il s’agit d’ici, d’un des modèles de la collection de Bill Gibb, de Londres, une robe au style “pré-raphael”, ample, à plis et brodée de fleurs, que CINDY présente avec grace.
4 Mai 1974 AGIP
I’m not quite sure how much grace Cindy is demonstrating in her modelling of a beautiful Bill Gibb dress, but it makes me giggle every time I look at it.
Carry On Behind
Posted: October 21, 2010 Filed under: bus stop, carry on films, dollyrockers, Gina Fratini, hardy amies, lee bender, ossie clark, ritva 7 Comments »
This is mainly a post about new listings, but I’m very behind in everything at the moment so the phrase ‘Carry On Behind’ keeps popping into my head. I caught the second half of that film a few weeks back and, as with most British films of that era, it right proper cheered me up. If I was going to have to live through an era of gloomy economics, I’d much rather have lived through the Seventies…
I’m also wondering whether there’s a gap in the heaving burlesque market for a naff Seventies stripper type? There are so many Bettie Page wannabes, and even a few Sixties-style go-go girls, but I would personally love to see some jiggling in nylon ruffles and bubble perms going on.
Anyway, there aren’t too many nylon ruffles and sequins in my latest batch of listings. But that’s because there are some seriously scrumptious moss crepe, satin, velvet and jersey goodies. Ossie Clark (twice! I’m too good to you….), Gina Fratini, Dollyrockers, Ritva, Lee Bender for Bus Stop, Hardy Amies and some beautiful unlabelled pieces as well. I hope you see something which tickles your fancy, and I’ll work on the whole nylon ruffles thing in the meantime….
Dollyrockers – psychedelic printed dress
Gina Fratini – Black jersey goddess dress
Ritva – nautical-themed knit sweater
Paul Nicholas & Co – Black moss crepe & chiffon dress
Hardy Amies – Printed silk chiffon dress
Lee Bender for Bus Stop – Black crushed velvet peephole dress
Vivid art deco printed jersey dress
Strapless cut-out flower dress
Ossie Clark – rust crinkle crepe satin dressPeek Inside The Boutique: Biba
Posted: October 19, 2010 Filed under: barbara hulanicki, biba, british boutique movement, seventies fashion, telegraph magazine 7 Comments »
BIBA
254 Kensington High Street, W8
Biba, probably the best known of all the boutiques, began business six years ago with a mail order offer of a gingham shift and scarf for 25s, because fashion illustrator Barbara Hulanicki thought it was impossible to buy inexpensive well designed clothes and decided to do something about it. At the end of last year, in premises 16 times the size of the original boutique in Abingdon Road, Biba opened as a store selling not only clothes but also accessories, make up and home furnishings, Barbara Hulanicki’s distinctive style is carried through all her designs, sold only at the store and by mail order catalogue. She works with her husband, Stephen Fitzsimon.
Barbara Hulanicki in the store, where carpets and furnishings have all been designed with complementary colours and patterns. Child’s dress, 6 gns.
On the mezzanine floor. Crepe coat and trousers, 15 gns
Mirrored on the staircase: a slim crepe dress, 9 gns.
Printed Tricel dress, 9 gns.
Hair by Barbara Hulanicki. Photos by Duffy.
Soul Soothers
Posted: October 15, 2010 Filed under: lemon pipers, noosha fox, prince, psychedelia, roxy music, svensk, the who 2 Comments »
Roxy Music – Out of the Blue (and pretty much the whole of Country Life. Love times a bazillion).
Svensk – Dream Magazine (from brilliant psychedelic compilation album Piccadilly Sunshine)
Prince – Girls and Boys (And pretty much the whole of Parade right now. I particularly love the line “She had the cutest ass he’d ever seen, he did too they were meant to be”.)
The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine (Perfect pop. Makes you happy without making you want to vomit)
The Who – My Wife (and most of Who’s Next. This one in particular always seems to make me laugh.)
Fox – He’s Got Magic (I very rarely skip past Fox songs. The lyrics are brilliant, baffling and beautiful, which is possibly partly to do with Noosha’s style of singing. Love.)
Inspirations
Posted: October 13, 2010 Filed under: britt ekland, Catherine Deneuve, emma peel, jane birkin, jenny boyd, maureen starkey, natalie wood, oliver reed, ossie clark, pan's people, prince, sandie shaw, stevie nicks, the avengers 12 Comments »
Down with lurgies and stress! Boo, and may I say, hiss. I haven’t felt much like posting here, or anywhere. I’m lining up some listings when I’m able though, and they should be up and running next week I hope. Until then, or until I have the energy to post properly again, here is a lovely, shiny post with lots of lovely inspirational images I’ve picked up here and there.
Inspirational Images: Pat Cleveland in Zandra Rhodes
Posted: October 8, 2010 Filed under: Ed Pfizenmaier, pat cleveland, radical rags, seventies fashion, zandra rhodes 11 Comments »
By Ed Pfizenmaier. Scanned from Radical Rags. Early Seventies.
Inspirational Images: Joan Buck in Ossie Clark
Posted: October 7, 2010 Filed under: 1960s, celia birtwell, Inspirational Images, joan buck, ossie clark, radical rags 7 Comments »
Joan Buck in Ossie Clark. Didier Duvall. Date unknown, late Sixties. Scanned from Radical Rags.
A delicious image in so many ways. A messy bed, creativity flowing, casually pulling on your Celia-print Ossie whilst looking into an impossibly tiny but beautiful mirror…
Peek Inside The Boutique: Foale and Tuffin
Posted: October 6, 2010 Filed under: 1970s, brian duffy, british boutique movement, Foale and Tuffin, ingrid boulting, telegraph magazine 5 Comments »
Marion Foale (left) and Sally Tuffin in their boutique.
Foale and Tuffin Ltd
1 Marlborough Court W1
Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin spent three years designing clothes under their own label before opening the Foale and Tuffin boutique in 1965. Their designs, often based on history, are still sold to other stores and boutiques in Britain and they export to the U.S. and Europe as well. They design for a relaxed way of life and make clothes they or their friends could wear.
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, July 17th 1970
Photos by Duffy.
Chiffon blouse, £7, and three matching skirts, £7 each.
Printed cotton dress, £12 10s. Hair by Vidal Sassoon.
Geeky Cobblers (and other listings)
Posted: October 5, 2010 Filed under: annacat, biba, bus stop, chelsea cobbler, georgina linhart, hats, jean varon, john bates, john stephen, lee bender, platforms, shoes, terry de havilland, website listings, yves saint laurent 6 Comments »
I wanted these Chelsea Cobbler boots to fit me so badly. But my spindly calves put paid to that desire, so they’ve just gone up on the website. Then, flicking through a 1970 copy of Nova (as you do), I spy them on the rarely-spotted designer Georgina Linhart. Geek heaven + spindly calves = Geek Hell. Or something…..sigh. Please will somebody very lovely buy them from me?
Annacat
Bus Stop by Lee Bender
Bermona
Biba
Terry De Havilland
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
John Stephen
John Bates for Jean Varon
Lowy and Mund
Unsigned (poss. Mary Quant)Inspirational Images: Annacat, 1969
Posted: October 5, 2010 Filed under: 1960s, annacat, british boutique movement, hats, Inspirational Images, Vogue 3 Comments »
Annacat outfit. Vogue’s Own Boutique. Vogue, May 1969
