Merry Kitschmas to one and all…

1970s, cosmopolitan, Inspirational Images, rolph gobits

Photographed by Rolph Gobits. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, December 1974

…and here’s to some happy new gear for you to wear in 2013! Thank you for your continued support, both here and over at Vintage-a-Peel. I appreciate your business so much – especially in these difficult economic times – and would also dearly like to say thank you for the lovely comments on my weird little blog…

I hope you have a raucous/decadent/peaceful/simple (delete as applicable) Christmas and New Year!

Liz xx

Inspirational Editorials: Bill Gibb – Glorious Confusion

1970s, bill gibb, british boutique movement, Inspirational Images, Kaffe Fassett, Vogue

Photographed by Sarah Moon

All clothes by Bill Gibb. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, January 1970

Photographed by Sarah Moon

Mensday: Biba Boy

1970s, barbara hulanicki, Barbara Hulanicki, biba, Edward de Vere Hunt, Johnny Dewe Matthews, Mensday

Photographed by Johnny Dewe Matthews

Scanned from Cosmopolitan, January 1975

I bet he was a popular guy…

Inspirational Images: Twiggy on the silver trail

1960s, british boutique movement, Inspirational Images, janice wainwright, Justin de Villeneuve, simon massey, Vogue

Photographed by Justin de Villeneuve

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, July 1969.

I was moved to scan this partly because I have just listed a beautiful Janice Wainwright for Simon Massey halter neck dress in silver lurex (presumably from the same collection) over at Vintage-a-Peel. And partly because it’s just a beautiful pair of images – particularly the deliciously creepy mermaid doll. Brrrr.

Janice Wainwright for Simon Massey at Vintage-a-Peel

Platform Porn

1970s, Bilbo, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, platforms, shoes

Photographed by Julian Allason

Why is the stripper platform (grotesquely curved with a spindly, wizened heel) currently so ubiquitous? There is little to recommend it, especially when compared with such beauties as these. I weep…

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, December 1971

Vintage Adverts: Miners are out to shock you

1970s, Hair and make-up, Honey Magazine, Jo Wood, Make-up, Miners, Vintage Adverts

Featuring a very young Jo Wood, unless I’m very much mistaken.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, December 1972

Inspirational Images: Ombre on the Rocks

1970s, Inspirational Images, Tom Grill

Scanned from The Art of Photographing Women by Tom Grill and Mark Scanlon

Photographed by Tom Grill

With heavy Roxy Music influence I suspect…

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from The Art of Photographing Women by Tom Grill and Mark Scanlon

Mensday: Bachelor Bedrooms

1970s, Bevis Hillier, caterine milinaire, cosmopolitan, Duggie Fields, interior design, Mensday, patrick lichfield, Sandy Whitelaw, Victor Lownes

Victor Lownes

Come now Cosmo, why so coy? Surely we all know they’re actually known as ‘Shag Pads’? I love all of them, but I’m particularly fond of Mr Lownes’s Casa Pupo bedspread, walnut headboard, push-button ‘gadgets’ and array of, ahem, ‘etchings’… Now we can see exactly how he managed to snare Roxy cover girl Marilyn Cole.

Scanned from Cosmopolitan, January 1973.