Guy Day: What I Want in a Wife
Posted: August 24, 2012 Filed under: 1970s, Mensday, mr fish, oliver reed, peter wyngarde 7 Comments »
Gyles Brandreth; David Broome; Mark Caine; Robert Carrier; Max Clendenning; Tom Courtenay; Roger Collins; Brian Strange; Michael Fish; Benny Hill; John Hurt; Simon Jenkins; Eddie Kulukundis.
Your eyes do not deceive you. A ‘What I want in a wife’ article is not a natural place you might expect to see either Peter Wyngarde or Ian McKellan’s face, but… this was 1972, so here they are.
As for Oliver Reed? Well, let’s just say I’m not surprised…
“Femininity is important. I hate the bull-dyke Women’s Lib type of bird. The best women for me are those who have plenty of drive but in the end like to be dominated. I like a girl who can understand and then tolerate me and, above all, she must have good knockers.”
Scanned from Cosmopolitan, April 1972.
John Lill; Lord Lyell; Ian McKellan; Ron Moody; Tim Nicholls; Simon Oates; Brian Patten; Lance Percival; Jimmy Saville; Ned Sherrin; Sidney Shipton; Johnnie Silvo; Joachim Stein; Dave Cash; Max de Trense; Derek Underwood; Jack Wild; Oliver Reed.
John Bentley; Earl of Lichfield; Georgie Fame; John Pitman; Victor Behrens; Karl Green; Michael Whittaker; Peter Wyngarde; John Peel.
Inspirational Images: Gabrielle Crawford in Miss Fish
Posted: July 13, 2012 Filed under: 1960s, Inspirational Images, Michael Crawford, mr fish, patrick lichfield, Vogue 1 Comment »
Gabrielle Crawford in an Elizabethan pageboy blue and green striped silk shirt from the new Miss Fish collection, 15 gns to order. She’s just back from Rome where her husband Michael has been starring in The Games. Miss Fish is the latest addition to the Mr Fish family, 17 Clifford St, W.1.
Scanned from Vogue, June 1969. Photo by Patrick Lichfield.
The most nostalgic clothes of all…
Posted: November 18, 2011 Filed under: 1930s, barbara daly, barbara trentham, gala, ginger rogers, harpers and queen, hollywood icons, maureen o'hara, mr fish, ossie clark, patrick procktor, rosalind russell 4 Comments »
Rosalind Russell wore this soft grey georgette evening dress with cross-draped bodice, for The Velvet Touch.
[Proving that nostalgia is nothing new...]
You are forgiven if you think the pictures on these pages are fashion circa 1971. In a sense, they are; but in fact, these are original Hollywood – the clothes of the stars, people like Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland, Jean Seberg, Shirley Temple — worn in their films, coming up for a gala auction at Sotheby’s Pantechnicon in Motcomb Street at 7pm on December 1.
The man who made it possible is Michael Fish — Mr Fish, no less — who bought the whole collection of 30s, 40s and 50s creations from Max Berman & Son of Hollywood, and is putting them to auction in aid of Immigrant Community Services. So you could help to provide a new children’s playground in Brixton, say, while treating yourself to a great fashion original . . . like Jane Russell’s navy pleated chiffon coat over crepe culottes ; Bonita Granville’s pink chiffon dress with Alencon lace and fine pleating; not to mention the original mini worn by Betty Hutton in Annie Get Your Gun.
Patrick Procktor is contributing to the programme for Mr Fish’s ‘frock fantasy’. Ossie Clark’s sensational model, Gala, will wear some of the clothes, as she did for us in company with Barbara Trentham. Make-up here by Barbara Daly; hair by Smile; location, Mr Paul Hamlyn’s house.
Square-shouldered 40s suits, as worn by Maureen O’Hara and Ginger Rogers.
Agnes Moorehead starred in this vampy black crepe dress with sequins and a matching shoulder cape fastened with jet.
Mensday: Chick-Appeal Pants
Posted: September 14, 2011 Filed under: 1970s, just men, ken scott, Mensday, menswear, mr fish, nova magazine 5 Comments »
Nova, December 1970. Photo by David Reed.
I didn’t know Mr Fish did undercrackers as well! I have to agree with Caroline Baker about the unpleasantness of the bikini pant for a man. My preference (which is all that matters, of course) is for tight boxers. Can’t be dealing with too baggy, or too skimpy!
“And when he pulls his frilly nylon panties right up tight, He feels a dedicated follower of fashion.”
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…
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.
Mensday? Mednesday? Whatever. It’s Menswear Wednesday!
Posted: December 8, 2010 Filed under: david bailey, Mensday, menswear, mr fish, rupert lycett green, sixties, Vogue 7 Comments »I’m thinking of turning Wednesdays into Menswear days; something tasty to cure the midweek blues. But I can’t decide if ‘Mensday’ is just too cheesy, even for me? Regardless, here is Mr [Michael] Fish wearing one of his own pieces, alongside one of Rupert Lycett Green’s flamboyant creations for Blades. Dribble….
Vogue, January 1968. Photos by Bailey.Vintage Fangirl Squee: Ossie Threads in Bowie Vids
Posted: February 22, 2008 Filed under: 1960s, british boutique movement, celebrities in vintage, celia birtwell, david bowie, mr fish, ossie clark, vintage fangirl squee 1 Comment »It’s not often you’ll get a vintage fangirl squee out of me (I guess cult TV fans will know what a squee is…..otherwise, just imagine a squeal and much hand clapping and excitement), usually only when I spot a frock I have in an old magazine or film, but when a friend sent me a link to these Bowie ‘videos’ from his Love You Til Tuesday film, I squealed like the Ossie-snuffling-pig that I am.
I’m not really sure it gets much better than Bowie in Ossie. Everyone knows Jagger in Ossie frocks and jumpsuits. But I’m not really a Jagger girl, not like I’m a Bowie girl anyway.
As an entertaining postscript, he seems to have adored that chinoiserie print shirt because I’ve found two more clips of him wearing it over the next year (and those are only the ones on youtube). Those were the days my friend, when you didn’t care if you wore something more than once because damn! it’s an Ossie and it’s fabulous. I find I still take that attitude about vintage pieces, you can wear something everytime you go out but you’ll still always find someone new will compliment you on it.
To end, and just because I feel like it, here are Flight of the Conchords with their truly, truly excellent Bowie tribute…
