Let’s Make Up
Posted: November 21, 2018 Filed under: 1970s, biba, Didier, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, jean louis davide, John Bishop, Make-up, mary quant Leave a commentKatrine on the left, is our Biba model… Louise on the right is our Mary Quant model… Both chokers from Biba. Hair for both girls was by Didier from the Jean Louis Davide Salon, Paris. Make-up was devised by top French visagiste, Clement and photographed in Paris by John Bishop.
Scanned from 19 Magazine, December 1970.
Vamp it up with Miners
Posted: September 13, 2018 Filed under: 1970s, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, Make-up, Miners, Uncategorized, Vintage Adverts Leave a commentScanned from Honey, November 1971.
And now for the amazing… Kansai Yamamoto
Posted: June 22, 2018 Filed under: 1970s, Boston-151, clive arrowsmith, Inspirational Images, Kansai Yamamoto, marie helvin, Sachiko Shibayama, Vintage Editorials, Vogue Leave a comment
On our left, this page, the satin Samurai appliquéd on a satin polyester T-shirt, £18; with sashiko—pure black cotton,–hip shorts. Black raggedy jacket of peacock feathers, with feather chaps buckled to the legs. Black patent boots on red satin platform soles,£28.
Centre, copper satin coat covered with navy and white cotton discs filled with butterflies, zipped up side, round the armhole to the collar and down the other side. Right, sashiko with a plaid of coloured lines, a violent satin hara kiri committed on the back (switched round here), £75. Black patent boots with turquoise satin platforms, £28. Wooden comb in the hair.
… and his marvellous painted circus of clothes. Twenty-seven years old, from Tokyo, he sells these unique clothes at Boston-1.51 where they hang like brilliant puppets, all the tradition of the Japanese theatre behind them. All clothes at Boston-1 51. Kansai Yamamoto oversees them in traditional kabuki stage manager’s kimono. Make-up, by Sachiko Shibayama, who has studied kabuki make-up for eight years.
Photographed by Clive Arrowsmith.
Scanned from Vogue, July 1971.

Above left, scarlet, black and white kimono blouse, wide skirt with dragon teeth hem, big curved belt that says “fireman!” about £95. Black patent boots on scarlet satin, £28. Centre, “Fireman’s boss” sashiko vest with scarlet words, about £30. Sashiko tied leggings. Right, spiral zipped coat flared through six orders of plaid, all crossed again with quilting, in brown, rust, blue, dark red, lined with black cotton, £30.
April Flower Evenings
Posted: April 17, 2018 Filed under: 1970s, belinda bellville, bill gibb, Gina Fratini, Inspirational Images, john bates, oliviero toscani, Rayne, Richard Sharah, Sue & Helen, thea porter, Toscani, Uncategorized, Vintage Editorials, Vogue, yves saint laurent, zandra rhodes 1 Comment
Primrose silk georgette camisole top and handpainted satin jacket by Bellville-Sassoon.
Delicate flower evening dresses, in silks and chiffons… Beauty far beyond the English flower garden…
Photographed by Toscani. Make-up by Richard Sharah.
Scanned from Vogue, April 1975.

Honey coloured silk dress by John Bates. Sandals by Saint Laurent Rive Gauche.

Silk chiffon by Zandra Rhodes. Pink sandals by Rayne.

Banana silk georgette printed with apricot flowers by Yuki.

Pale peach silk chiffon with sheer sleeves by Thea Porter.

Snow orchid chiffon by Sue & Helen. White sandals by Rayne.

Drift of frilled white silk organza printed with snowdrops by Gina Fratini. Sandals by Rayne.

Blackberry printed organza by Gina Fratini.

Cream lace jacket and skirt by Bill Gibb.

Palest pink silk chiffon by Bill Gibb.
Miners want you to be a painted lady
Posted: February 6, 2018 Filed under: 19 magazine, 1970s, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, Make-up, Miners, Vintage Adverts, Vivienne Lynn Leave a commentVivienne Lynn modelling for Miners make-up. Looks like she might be wearing Mr Freedom as well. Divine…
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from 19 magazine, April 1972
Paint Your Own Conversation Piece
Posted: November 29, 2017 Filed under: 19 magazine, 1970s, Make-up, Vintage Adverts Leave a commentScanned by Miss Peelpants from 19 Magazine, March 1972