Photo by Peccinotti. Flair Magazine, October 1972.
Scanned from Men in Vogue, November 1966. Illustration by Alan Aldridge
Scanned from the Supersonic Annual 1977.
“And there’s no permanent bird on the horizon either…so you’re all still available to be Freddie’s ’77 mate…a real supersonic hook-up!”
Fox: Imagine Me Imagine You 7" single cover
Photographer uncredited. Circa 1974.
Scanned from Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music by Dafydd Rees and Barry Lazell (1982)
Left: Striped lurex top and pants by Frank Usher, £28.25. Right: Lurex blouse, £11.50 and brocade Oxford bags, £13.50 by Miss Mouse
Scanned from Flair Magazine, October 1972.
Photographed by Bill Klein. Hair by Howard of Vidal Sassoon.
“We photographed at The Club, the latest offering from those well-known restauranteurs Mario and Franco, who have branched out with this exclusive membership club in Belgravia.”
Left: Sequin wrap jacket by Biba, £20. Right: Wrapover jacket by Biba, £18. Satin Oxford bags by Gillian Richard, £5.60.
Hilarious two-page spread from Flair Magazine, January 1971.
It’s easy to forget just how ludicrously over-hyped the whole mini, midi, maxi debate was as it “raged” through the United Kingdom in the late Sixties, early Seventies. Rather like similarly ludicrous ‘debates’ and ‘trends’ of the here and now, although I suspect I will feel more queasy when, in my Sixties, I’m re-reading articles about the merits of wearing pyjamas in public, skinny jeans (yes, they suit everyone…no, wait, they don’t suit everyone. Bring back the flare!) and the whole harem pant (a.k.a Poo-catcher) debacle. Actually, wait, they all make me feel queasy now anyway.
I wish modern newspapers would always make sure to get the opinion of a ‘freaked out hippie’, a ‘pipe smoker’ and a ‘retired boozer’, it would make life far more enjoyable.
Liz Eggleston 