Sunday, November 17, 2024

.... Of All the Russias? (Tzar, 1970)

 


What you get when the person running your advertising campaign watches Doctor Zhivago on a continuous loop all weekend...


Thursday, October 31, 2024

Un-Boxing Day (Acrilan, 1965)

 Parcel post.  When you absolutely, positively, need to get there overnight.



(Wearing your Peggy Page dress in Acrilan, of course!)

Monday, September 18, 2023

Simplicity Itself (Courtauld's, 1971)

 


Make up your Simplicity patterns in Sparva Tweed from Courtauld's.  See, the 1970s weren't entirely brown!

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

"Live In California" (California, 1962)

 Funny, those skyscrapers look more like New York...



(And incidentally, the clothes were made in Great Britain!)

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Like Mother, Like Daughter (Wamsutta, 1960)

 This is what the 1960s were like before the Generation Gap became a yawning chasm.



Monday, August 21, 2023

Miss Modern (Pittards, 1970)

 


Off to see the world in bright blue leather and a Concorde.  Can you get more modern than that?

Friday, August 11, 2023

Introducing... (Maglia, 1964)

 "You must meet Maglia."


Alas, they're talking about the gear, not the girl!


Thursday, July 13, 2023

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Those Breakaway Girls Again (Bri Nylon, 1966)

 What are they up to now?


They're travelling to Mars in their Janet Dickinson swimwear....


... And they're going swimming in their Morley sweaters!

Friday, June 2, 2023

Young Originals? (Crimplene, 1972)

 Nothing says the 1970s more than itchy, nonbreathing polyester fibres.  Nothing.



Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Flying Kangaroos (Arnel and Qantas, 1969)

 True Fact: Back in 1969 you weren't allowed to board a Qantas flight unless you were wearing Arnel™!

(New York)

(Bangkok)

(Amsterdam)

(Amsterdam again!)

.... Of All the Russias? (Tzar, 1970)

  What you get when the person running your advertising campaign watches Doctor Zhivago on a continuous loop all weekend...