Inspirational Images: Renate Zatsch in Antony Price
Posted: October 13, 2012 Filed under: 1970s, antony price, british boutique movement, Inspirational Images, mild sauce, norman eales, Renate Zatsch 2 Comments »
Photographed by Norman Eales
“If you are not wearing jeans you must be over thirty,” says Renate Zatsch twenty-five-year-old German cover girl in her Dietrich accent. “Jeans are a way of life, who doesn’t wear them?” says her boyfriend Michael Calderon. Renate likes jeans that fit. These white cotton pop jeans are seamed ove rthe bottom to fit like flypaper, and the off the shoulder blouse is bursting out all over. “It’s a gas,” says Renate. Jeans and blouse £7 each by Anthony [sic] Price. His jeans £7.50, sweater £18 at Browns.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, May 1972
A Musical Break: Bryan Ferry – You Go to My Head
Posted: June 29, 2012 Filed under: 1970s, antony price, bryan ferry, kari ann muller, Music 1 Comment »Because he’s Bryan Ferry and because he always seems to soothe me when I’m frazzled. I also love that Kari-Ann Muller is the girl in this video, seeing as how she’s the original Roxy Girl (note the original album cover framed on the wall behind her)… Schmoooooooth.
Apples and Pears (and other new listings)
Posted: June 19, 2012 Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, antony price, barbara hulanicki, barry lategan, biba, british boutique movement, chelsea girl, Fiorucci, jean muir, Susan Locke, Vogue, website listings 1 Comment »
Rare 1972 Jean Muir dress at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
I am delighted to finally reveal one of the most amazing pieces I’ve had the pleasure of handling and listing over at Vintage-a-Peel. This superb Jean Muir dress hails from 1972, as photographed by Barry Lategan for Vogue of April that year, and is made from one of Muir’s most distinctive prints, the Apples and Pears chiffon (which I already mentioned back in April).
I have also just listed a stunning cocktail mini dress by the supremely talented Antony Price and a definitive disco-era ensemble by iconic brand Fiorucci. Amongst other beauties, of course. Not least a mini dress by seemingly forgotten designer and owner of eponymous King’s Road boutique, Susan Locke. Susan was the girlfriend of actor Jeremy Brett in the late Sixties/early Seventies, and was also one of the first stockists of Terry de Havilland’s wonderful shoes. A fine pedigree, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Antony Price strapless mini cocktail dress at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Floral chiffon Seventies-does-Thirties dress at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Rare Fiorucci pink metallic bustier/trouser ensemble at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Paisley gypsy ‘Jake’ Seventies dress at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Galactic glam rock Seventies Chelsea Girl skirt at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Rare Biba ‘Lolita’-labelled Seventies maxi skirt at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Romantic mid Seventies ‘Lady Charlotte’ maxi dress at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
Rare late Sixties micro mini dress by Susan Locke at Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk
A Peek at the Boutique: Che Guevara
Posted: February 12, 2012 Filed under: 1970s, antony price, british boutique movement, che guevara, harpers and queen, Vintage Adverts 2 Comments »
The first photo I have ever seen of the exterior of Kensington High Street boutique Che Guevara, home of Antony Price in the early Seventies. Gorgeous looking in every way…
Inspirational Images: Roxy Girl
Posted: December 8, 2011 Filed under: antony price, bryan ferry, Inspirational Images, roxy music, seventies fashion 2 Comments »
Photographer uncredited. Circa 1974.
Scanned from Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music by Dafydd Rees and Barry Lazell (1982)
New listings: Cinnamon Girl
Posted: November 9, 2011 Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, antony price, miss mouse, ossie clark, paul nicholas, rae spencer cullen, seventies fashion, website listings, Yuki 4 Comments »
Paul Nicholas & Co
True to form, once I start listing I end up with songs running around my head. This time it’s been ‘Cinnamon Girl’ in honour of the Paul Nicholas & Co dress you see at the top there. I’ve also just listed a fabulous Antony Price, superb Ossie Clark, incredible Yuki, divine Miss Mouse and a stunning unlabelled piece in the most incredible psychedelic satin. Enjoy!
Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
Miss Mouse
Yuki
Antony Price
Ossie Clark
Sensory Overload
Posted: March 3, 2011 Filed under: 1970s, antony price, biba, bus stop, chelsea cobbler, Foale and Tuffin, Harri Peccinotti, Inspirational Images, kurt geiger, let it rock, mary quant, nova magazine, stirling cooper 4 Comments »
From Nova, February 1972. Photograph by Harri Peccinotti
If this were my spring capsule wardrobe, I’d be one very contented lady…
Sometimes I forget…
Posted: February 16, 2011 Filed under: annacat, antony price, jean paul gaultier, jean varon, john bates, miss mouse, rae spencer cullen, vivienne westwood, wallis, website listings, yves saint laurent 5 Comments »
…to post about new listings over here. How daft is that? I suppose it’s not bad daft, it just means I have way too much fun posting pretty or weird (or both) pictures and raving about strange things. But this blog’s existence is due, in no small part, to its progenitor Vintage-a-Peel.co.uk. Anyway, there have been a few new listings, the first of 2011 (because I’m slow and have had a lot of dressing work going on too), and there are definitely more to come. I’m slowly prising an Ossie from my grasp, so I’ll let you know when that happens….
Above is a superb playing card printed Miss Mouse satin coat. One of the best things I’ve ever seen!
Rare early Saint Laurent Rive Gauche piece (late Sixties)
Junior Gaultier high waisted red pencil skirt with applique details (Nineties)
Beaded black velvet bustier (late Eighties)
White cotton broderie anglaise Annacat blouse (Sixties)
Printed chiffon Wallis smock top (Seventies)
Rare John Bates for Jean Varon linen lace-up detail mini dress (Sixties)
White cotton wrap shirt by Vivienne Westwood Red Label (Nineties)
Cadbury’s purple velvet cocktail dress by Antony Price (Eighties)Vanity Fair: Pat Cleveland and Gala Mitchell
Posted: February 4, 2011 Filed under: alice pollock, alkasura, antony price, david montgomery, gala, just looking, manolo blahnik, pat cleveland, vanity fair, zapata 5 Comments »
Dress by Antony Price from Che Guevara
I must admit that I am generally pretty ambivalent when it comes to model worship, but two of my absolute favourites are Pat Cleveland and Gala Mitchell. So imagine my delight when I found another issue of Vanity Fair from 1971 (December this time. Again, falling apart. What’s with the Vanity Fair binding?) and an entire spread with the two ladies I love? Imagine my further delight when I realise the shoot contains phenomenal clothes by Antony Price, Alice Pollock and Alcasura [sic]. It helps that it was photographed by the great David Montgomery (whose photos always seem to tickle my fancy).
Outfit by Alice Pollock. Shoes from Zapata.
Outfit by Alkasura. Shoes by The Chelsea Cobbler.
Dress by Simon Ellis from Just Looking
Dress by Martha Hill
Big Softie
Posted: January 24, 2011 Filed under: antony price, bus stop, forbidden fruit, lee bender, observer magazine, seventies fashion 6 Comments »
Coat by Elgee. Gaucho pants by Thea Porter. Boots by Sacha.
I cry at everything. Songs on the radio. Films. Commercials. Nice things people say, do and write. My new niece. I’m the soppiest softie you could ever meet. And despite looking longingly at skimpier clothes and hoping for an improvement in the weather, I still love wrapping myself up in the softest velvets. I’m a complete sucker for textures which match my mood, and velvet is definitely protecting me from the horrors of the outside world right now. I adore this velvet-obsessed spread (entitled Velvet: The soft touch) from The Observer Magazine from December 1970. Photos by Steve Hiett.
I’ve got an incredible velvet Antony Price dress to be photographed and listed in the next week or so (along with lots of other goodies) but until then, I’ve still got an amazing velvet Forbidden Fruit dress and a Lee Bender for Bus Stop for sale in case you need a fix…
By Nettie Vogues. Boots by Charles Jourdan.
By Susan Small. Brooch by Thea Porter.
By Polly Peck. Boots by Biba.
By Gillian Richards. Shoes by Charles Jourdan.
