The Girl Can’t Help It

1970s, antony price, che guevara, chelsea cobbler, Herbert Johnson, Honey Magazine, manolo blahnik, Martha Hill, mr freedom, Paradise Garage, Roy A. Giles, zapata
Candy-striped cotton blouse Anthony Price, £7, from Che Guevara, 23 Kensington High Street, W8, mail order 15p extra. Slinky cire drainpipes, £3.50, from Martha Hill, 39 Marylebone High Street, W1, mail order 20p extra. Jangly plastic ear-rings, 60p, plastic poppets, 25p, both from Woolworths ; raffia bangle, Paradise Garage, 75p ; starred red leather shoes, Chelsea Cobbler, £15; silk kerchief, Herbert Johnson, £1.30.

Only last year we were into the 30s and 40s and next (seems like we just can’t help it) fashions will take us on to the 50s. With high-heeled shoes and Munro [sic] cleavages and undulating bottoms squeezed into the tightest, most provocative drainpipes you’ve ever seen. They’re already available in a few London shops, so watch out. It’s going to be a sexy cutie-pie look, the teeny-boppiest, greatest bubble-blowing clothes yet.

Photographed by Roy A. Giles.

Scanned from Honey, January 1972.

Plunging cire backless halter-neck top, £4.50, hand-appliqued circular felt skirt, £14, both from Paradise Garage, 430 King’s Road, SW10. Shiny patent belt, 39p, plastic poppets, 25p, both trom large branches of Woolworths.

Sexy white skirt split to the. thigh, Anthony Price, £7, from Che Guevara, 23 Kensington High Street, W8, mail order 15p extra. Rainbow-striped jersey V-neck sweater with batwing sleeves, £3.75, from Mr Freedom, 20 Kensington Church Street, W8, mail order 20p extra. High-heeled suede shoes, Zapata, £18.

Luminous pink satin blouse, £5, from Paradise Garage, 430 King’s Road, SW10. Cotton satin pedal-pushers, Anthony Price, £6.50, from Che Guevara, 23 Kensington High Street, W8, mail order 15p extra. Raffia bangles, 75p, gilt charm bracelets, 50p, both from Paradise Garage; starred peep-toe shoes, Chelsea Cobbler, £15.

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