Mensday: Mr Fish
Posted: August 31, 2011 Filed under: london aktuell, Mensday, menswear, mr fish 7 Comments »Ahhhhhh. Another dose of fabulous from the same great Youtube uploader who gave us the Ossie, Biba, Mary Quant and Mr Freedom (and then a whole other bunch) ‘London Aktuell’ videos. Mr Fish introduces his own collection, filmed in a deserted street with creepy mannequins and perfectly dressed dandies…
Wunderlich in Pink
Posted: August 30, 2011 Filed under: haute naffness, Inspirational Images, interesting record sleeves, pinkness, roxy music, seventies fashion 8 Comments »
Oh lordy. I cannot believe how long it’s been since I last blogged, nor how sporadic my blogging has been. It’s been one of the most all-consuming jobs I’ve done in a long while, and left me more than a little numb inside. Only the thought of getting back to blogging and vintage-ing has kept me going!
So I’m easing myself back in gently (I finish tomorrow night, thank goodness) with a little toe-in-the-water blog post.
I like to think of myself as someone who is developing a nice collection of tasty vinyl (mainly Roxy Music and Fox recently…I’m moving on to Living in a Box next, just to maintain the rhyme), of course. But occasionally I simply have to buy something just for the amazing cover. Everyone knows the Top of the Pops albums, and their variations, so I try to scout out the more unusual ones. Although it’s hard to justify beyond ‘it’s for the blog’ and then I forget to scan them in. Like this one. Someone had obviously had a major Wunderlich clearout, but I couldn’t justify buying a whole bunch of dodgy-looking Seventies women at £1.50 a pop. So I picked my favourite, and she’s definitely the least dodgy-looking. She’s pretty incredible, to be honest, and I just couldn’t get over the pinkness. Enjoy!
Stamp of Chic
Posted: August 18, 2011 Filed under: cherry twiss, janet reger, missoni, mr freedom, norman eales, ossie clark, seventies fashion, sonia rykiel, telegraph magazine 10 Comments »
You no longer need time on your hands and London on your doorstep to keep slightly ahead of fashion. Now many of the brighter boutiques sell their clothes by post, and it is as easy to dress well in the Hebrides as in Kensington. For example, Ossie Clark’s screen-printed silk skirt and flowing smock (above) can be ordered separately from Just Looking, 88 King’s Road, London SW3 and 5-7 Brompton Road, SW3. The smock costs £34.10, the skirt £56.65 (plus 25p post and packing).
Browns, 27 South Molton Street, London W1, will send the red and white Indian cotton slip dress (left) for £25, plus 55p post and packing.
The Sonia Rykiel collection at Browns includes the maribou jacket, £28, sweater, £16, and waistcoat, £15. The pleated skirt, £21, is also from Browns.
The yellow trouser suit of Missoni's knits (right) costs £65 from Browns. Shoes by Pierre Cardin, £17.50, from Charles Jourdan.
French knickers, £3.70, and bra, £3.70, in pink silk are by Janet Reger. By post only from Bottom Drawer, 4 bouverie Place, London W2.
Mr Freedom, 20 Kensington Church Street, London W8, post this gaberdine trouser suit designed by Kim Lew. The price is £28, plus 25p post and packing. Walter Albini halter neck top, £18 from Browns.
Mensday: The Rolling Stones
Posted: August 17, 2011 Filed under: brian jones, keith richards, Mensday, menswear, mick jagger, the rolling stones 8 Comments »
Just because I love the photo. Brian is wearing Celia-print Ossie Clark gear, for which I adore him. Even Icky Micky looks acceptable. All-round thumbs up and gurgles from me…
Scanned from A History of Fashion.
Inspirational Images: Moon Heart
Posted: August 16, 2011 Filed under: Inspirational Images, Sarah Moon, seventies fashion, Vogue 4 Comments »
Simply beautiful photo by Sarah Moon from Vogue, June 1974.
Mensday: Bowled Over
Posted: August 10, 2011 Filed under: aquascutum, Illustrations, Mensday, menswear, telegraph magazine 5 Comments »
In my teenage years, I developed a bit of a weird thing for cricketers. It was much ridiculed by my peers, but there was just something about the smart trousers, jumpers and lazy, peculiarly English feel of a cricket match which was like some kind of catnip to me.
It has lessened dramatically over the years, but I definitely think it was some kind of reaction to how horridly many men dressed in the town where I grew up. As I met more well-dressed men, I realised I was simply craving smartness, an effort, something ‘different’. So I’m very taken with the snazzy Seventies take on the look in the Aquascutum advert above. The beautiful illustration doesn’t hurt either…
Scanned from the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, May 1977.
One face, four moods
Posted: August 7, 2011 Filed under: hair, Honey Magazine, Make-up, seventies fashion 6 Comments »
I’m sorry, I just couldn’t bear to type it out as ’1 face/4 moods’ in the title. It just looked so clunky. Regardless of such pedantry, this is a stunning two page spread. Wild child and temptress are the clear winners, for me, because I am clearly both. Ha! Ho! Hee!
‘Coolly freaky hair’ is exactly what I aspire mine to be described as. I’m starting to think I just need to get it permed and be done with it…
Weekend whiz around London
Posted: August 6, 2011 Filed under: biba, bus stop, countdown, Honey Magazine, Illustrations, london, ossie clark, quorum 5 Comments »
The past, eh? It was just better.
Scanned from Honey, August 1968
Wear your art on your sleeve
Posted: August 5, 2011 Filed under: countdown, deborah and clare, hans feurer, liberty's, lyn and mary, menswear, mr fish, mr freedom, pablo and delia, seventies fashion, sunday times magazine 9 Comments »
Designed by Lyn and Mary, available at Deborah and Clare
Incredible spread from August 1970, showing the best of the exquisitely hand-painted and printed textiles around at the time. Highly covetable and just about the most perfect styling ever. There’s even a token piece of menswear!
The Sunday Times Magazine, August 1970. Photographed by Hans Feurer. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
Faces reprinted by Roger Riley (art student at Liverpool Polytechnic) onto voile shirt.
Mr Freedom, 430 King's Road
Jumpsuit by Marsh and Armstrong, to order from Countdown 137 King's Road. Shirt by Biba, boots by Mr Freedom
Shoes decorated by Pablo and Delia. Shawl from Imogens, 274 Fulham Road.
Dress and eyeshade by Pablo and Delia. To order from Mr Fish, 17 Clifford Street.
Designed by Lyn and Mary, available from Deborah and Clare
Silk dress by Lyn and Mary from Deborah and Clare. Hat and boots by Biba.
Shirt made specially by Liberty's from French hand-painted panne velvet.
Inspirational Images: Steel Appeal, 1970
Posted: August 4, 2011 Filed under: British Steel, Inspirational Images, jewellery, Vintage Adverts 4 Comments »
Ahhhh, good old British Steel. You wouldn’t have thought that the British Steel Corporation would have been able to sex-up their image through print advertising, and I would certainly never have imagined it could look so downright amazing.
Jewellery specially created for BSC by Loughborough College of Art and Design.
The Sunday Times Magazine, August 2nd 1970. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
