1967 Summer of Love Wardrobe Inspiration.

1967 Summer of Love Wardrobe Inspiration These dream 1960’s “Budget Summer Wardrobes” would look stylish on a girl right now in 2013. Each of these fresh as a summer breeze wardrobes were picked to come under $100 in 1967. With annual inflation averaging at 3% , these wardrobes would come in around $700 now – which is ..er ..quite expensive…

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1960s Shoe Fashions – Illuminated heels

1960s Shoe Fashions – Illuminated heels. I guess this fashion fad didn’t take off. Model Joey Holter showcases a 1960 illuminated heel invention. The last image – taken in time lapse is pretty cool looking.    

1960s Fashion – Pattie Boyd models Mary Quant -1966

1960s Fashion Shoot -Pattie Boyd models Mary Quant -1966 Originally published in the iconic American sixties fashion magazine Seventeen, this Mary Quant fashion shoot featured model and Beatles girlfriend Pattie Boyd. 1.A Mary Quant rayon crepe navy mini dress with acid green bands. Pattie is seen here with actor Tom Courtney 2. A similar Mary Quant navy dress, with acid…

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Cosmonaut Vogue

Cosmonaut Vogue New Yorker and Brooklyn born Arthur Elgort and famous Vogue photographer took these these super cool photographs of Russian model Natalia Semanova,  for the December 1999 issue of Russian Vogue. Taken in the Cosmonaut Training Center of Star City with genuine cosmonauts. It has an unusually retro 1960s look about it.   Original interview with Arthur Elgort That’s…

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Veronika Carnabys new novel “Bohemia” a 1960s lovers treat !

If you love the spirit of the 1960s beat generation, then you should read this book by the aptly named Veronika Carnaby! [ no relation to the famous London Carnaby Street apparently! ] American writer and poet Veronika Carnaby has a vintage charm about her that naturally slips into her written works. The story of Bohemia follows Valerie  – a…

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History of womens fashion 1900 to 1970

A Short History of Women’s Fashion

A Short History of 20th Century Women’s Fashion – 1900 to 1970. Glamourdaze have just published a concise history of women’s dress styles from the Edwardian era to the late 1960s. Read about the massive changes which came about in women’s fashion before, during and after the First World War. How women escaped from the restrictive corsets of the Gibson…

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The 1960’s Make-up Look (1965) Maybelline

A charming 1960’s eye make-up commercial from Maybelline – the creator of mascara. The original formula was invented by New York chemist T.L. Williams in 1915. He gave it its name after his sister Maybel – who had shown him how she concocted her own basic lash make-up from mixing charcoal and Vaseline. When sold locally as Lash-Brow-Ine – it…

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Vintage Swimwear (1961 Film) – Playtex Swim Caps

  Vintage Swimwear Fashion (1961 Film) – Cloche Swim Caps from Playtex These days a girl has to keep her head to keep up with the changing seasons and styles. That goes for swim caps as well, with model Joan here seen above favoring the new crest shape motif against the new cloche shaped swim cap.(pic 1) The colorful 1920s…

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Gorgeous Swimwear (1961 Film) – Go Retro !

1960’s Swimwear by Oleg Cassini – 1960’s Swimwear by Oleg Cassini – creator of the Jackie Kennedy Look. This rare vintage fashion newsreel from 1961 features some beautiful swimsuit designs from amongst others – the famous French-born American fashion designer – Oleg Cassini. His designs for the First Lady Jackie Kennedy became known as The Jackie Look and was a…

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Rare Vintage 1960’s Hairstyles Film

Thanks to Richard Jeffs of The Baim Collection for allowing us to publish this one minute excerpt from the feature Girls Girls Girls from the Harold Baim Collection. Directed by none other than Michael Winner of Death Wish fame. It features a bevy of women on a trip to the beauty parlour to achieve that early 1960’s Hairstyle ! We…

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