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Jackie Kennedy Style – January 1961

1960’s Style embraces the First Lady’s look – The spectacle of the First lady and her husband has set hearts racing for many reasons, but Jackie Kennedy fashion has set a look and style that is setting the national pace this year! College girls copy the Jackie style  casually, suburban housewives faithfully. Millinery shops are being fortified with the largest…

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Shirley MacLaine transforms into a Geisha – 1961

Step by step – Shirley MacLaine learns the Geisha Look – How to keep a man happy in Japan, an ancient and complicated art, and the attractive American star Shirley MacLaine, intently studying a real geisha at her make-up, has come to the source of that art to learn it. She is studying the geisha look for the part of…

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1960s Fashion – The Chanel Look of 1961

It’s all about trim slim suits from Paris – Paris was rich with rumours of radical changes just before the fall fashion showings – frightening predications of dropped hemlines, wasp waists, even padded hips! Then Paris fooled the prophets. Skirts stayed short, waists remained sensible and hips were left alone. The Chanel suit will be around for a while yet….

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The 1962 Fashion Shoot that launched the Swinging Sixties

Jean Shrimpton – David Baileys iconic Vogue photos – New York 1962 “She was magic. In a way she was the cheapest model in the world – you only needed to shoot half a roll of film and then you had it” – David Bailey on Jean Shrimpton. When British Vogue photographer David Bailey and his unknown protege model Jean…

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1960s Fashion – Autumn Wardrobe Plan for 1964

Autumn Dress Styles in the year of The Beatles – 1960s Fashion report by Everywoman’s Georgia Wells. The kingpin in every wardrobe for Autumn is – the dress, for which you can read – suit, two-piece, or jumper and skirt. Around this revolves the whole cycle of smartness, the clothes that turn your dress into a head turning rig-out. When…

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Photobooth Women – 1900s to the 1970s

Photobooth selfies of women from 1900s to the 1970s- The first self portrait vending machine or “photobooth” was introduced back in 1883 by a Percival Everett. By the early Edwardian era – photobooth selfies had become quite a craze. They were commonly found at sea resorts. The first set of images found by Walter Plotnick is a touching collection of selfies by a young…

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Vintage Swimwear Color Fashion – 1960s.

Rich color swimwear fashion film from the early 1960’s. And here we are thanks to the birdy at the poolside to look at the lovely swimwear. Did you know that most swimsuits come from California? Our designers are doing wonders with new fabrics and designs. The beachwear accessories are just as colorful and interesting. Like this fun hat the girls…

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1960s Fashion – The Jackie Kennedy Mannequins 1961

1960s Fashion –  The Jackie Kennedy Mannequins 1961. The wonderful archive at Time Life Magazine throw up some beauties every now and then. These wonderful photos were taken on the way and at John Frederic’s shop in New York in January 1961.   The caption which went with these pictures when Life Magazine first published it all those years ago…

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1960s Long Hairstyle Tips – by Sixties Model Pattie Boyd.

1960s Hairstyle tricks for ‘long haired girls’ – from Sixties Model Pattie Boyd. Most of us will agree that a girls shining glory is her hair.I feel it is so important for a girl to devote her main attention to her Barnet –  which is the London slang word for hairstyle. My hair is pretty longish, so this article I’m…

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1960’s Eye Makeup Tips – from Sixties model Pattie Boyd

1960’s Eye Makeup Tips – from Sixties model Pattie Boyd Originally published in Sept 1965 in the beauty magazine 16. Pattie Boyd – ( Beatle girlfriend and source of inspiration to classic songs such as George Harrison’s Something and Eric Claptons Layla. ) wrote a column entitled Pattie Boyd’s Beauty Box. In this, the first article, she began with that…

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