Voici les pépées du nouveau James Bond
Posted: April 27, 2012 Filed under: 1960s, angela scoular, Catherine Schell, Ciné Revue, diana rigg, Films, George Lazenby, Ingrit Back, James Bond, Jenny Hanley, joanna lumley, Julie Ege, Mona Chong 3 Comments »
Ciné Revue, 23 Janvier 1969.
I am going to roughly translate that as Phwoar!! Check out the new James Bond’s bevvy of dollybirds*, to use contemporary British terminology.
I realise that Mr Lazenby really isn’t much cop as an actor, but a) he isn’t Sean Connery (who brings me out in hives) and b) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service has the glorious Ms Rigg in it, so no criticism is allowed chez Vintage-a-Peel. A great spread from Ciné Revue featuring all the key Bond girls in OHMSS (special mention for Angela Scoular), but weirdly omitting Joanna Lumley. Ah well, enjoy!
* I do realise this isn’t entirely accurate, but a literal translation seemed so boring…
The New Avenger in Lee Bender
Posted: March 5, 2012 Filed under: annacat, bus stop, chelsea girl, harold ingram, jean varon, joanna lumley, lee bender, murray arbeid, norman hartnell, polly peck, terry de havilland, the avengers, website listings 5 Comments »
I have just listed some stunning new pieces over at Vintage-a-Peel, but the real star of the show has got to be this incredible Lee Bender for Bus Stop skirt and halter top set. For it is identical to the one worn by Joanna Lumley in a photocall for The New Avengers in 1976. Deliciously bright and saucy, and the one thing which might distract the world from your pudding-bowl haircut!
Late Sixties cord jacket (click to view listing)
Murray Arbeid 1980s turquoise cocktail dress (click to view listing)
Terry de Havilland 1970s gold glitter shoes (click to view listing)
Norman Hartnell early 1960s chiffon and soutache evening gown (click to view listing)
Annacat 1960s blue velvet jacket (click to view listing)
Harold Ingram 1970s knitted top (click to view listing)
Polly Peck 1960s white cotton blouse (click to view listing)
Chelsea Girl 1970s stripe jumper (click to view listing)
Tom Bowker for Jean Varon 1970s silver lamé top (click to view listing)
Joanna Lumley in Catherine Buckley, The New Avengers 1976
Posted: February 21, 2012 Filed under: 1970s, catherine buckley, joanna lumley, the avengers 1 Comment »
It’s of the greatest frustration to me that nobody has yet bought this beautiful skirt by Catherine Buckley. Made from antique fabrics, patchworked into a maxi skirt, it is a key piece of this designer’s work and a beautiful garment to behold.
I knew she had designed clothes for Joanna Lumley as Purdey in The New Avengers, but it had been so long since I watched the episodes, I didn’t remember many individual outfits. Even so, it was highly unlikely that the super-active Purdey would have been wearing a patchwork maxi skirt. Or so I thought. Seems Ms Buckley designed a split midi version for the episode ‘House of Cards’ which Joanna wears to perfection in an action sequence.
Here are some stills, and here is a link to the skirt. Buckley’s work is rare enough, and these patchwork pieces even rarer.
Before they were famous: Joanna Lumley
Posted: September 2, 2011 Filed under: 1960s, joanna lumley, Vintage Adverts 3 Comments »Spotting old Joanna Lumley modelling shots could become an addictive pastime, and yet I keep forgetting to scan them in when I see them. No longer! From October 1968.
I’m not sure I know anyone who has inhibitions about jersey, but perhaps it was a big social problem in the 1960s?
Inspirational Images: Jean Muir models backstage
Posted: November 10, 2010 Filed under: 1970s, Inspirational Images, jean muir, joanna lumley 5 Comments »
Joanna Lumley, Kelly, J.J. and Roz Wilkins. 1970
Scanned from Jean Muir (exhibition book from 1980) by Leeds Art Galleries.
Designers and models
Posted: June 17, 2010 Filed under: amanda lear, bill gibb, christopher mcdonnell, jean muir, joanna lumley, john bates, mary quant, zandra rhodes 4 Comments »
One of my favourite Telegraph magazine spreads (May 25th, 1973) featuring some of my favourite designers (and, for a few, their partners) with their favourite models, wearing favourite pieces from that season.
The Comely Miss Lumley
Posted: June 2, 2010 Filed under: Inspirational Images, joanna lumley, Pattie Boyd, sixties 5 Comments »
Joanna Lumley in her Swinging Sixties modelling days. An unashamedly posh bird who knew how best to work with masses of hair and ‘insufficient flying buttresses‘. I choose my style heroines verrrrrry carefully, you know…
She’s been in two of my favourite cult TV shows of all time (The New Avengers and Sapphire and Steel) and continues to be an elegant, engaging performer and a true lady to this day. I always admire those who broke somewhat pointless social taboos back in the Sixties, and Joanna chose to have her son ‘out of wedlock’ at a time when it would have ruined many a career.
She’s one of those people who just seems to float gracefully above the mêlée of the world below. Elegant, classy and sparky, never a snob or an airhead. She wasn’t drama school trained either, and I often wonder if this makes someone a warmer, more likeable actor (much like the best fashion designers are rarely those propelled from St. Martins each year).
One day I’ll probably do a proper post on The New Avengers and Sapphire and Steel but, until then, enjoy La Lumley, Sixties-style.
