Illustration for a short story ‘The Guitar Lesson’ from Memoirs of the Comte de Gramont.
Illustrated by Brad Holland.
Scanned from Playboy, May 1970.
The Guitar Lesson
1970s, Brad Holland, Illustrations, mild sauce, Playboy, psychedeliapsychedelia
James Last Goes Pop, 1967
1960s, Barry Zaid, Illustrations, lps, psychedelia, Uncategorized
Illustration by Barry Zaid.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
Inspirational Illustrations: The Arts and Censorship
1960s, Illustrations, psychedelia, royal festival hall
Illustration by Alan Aldridge.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Phantasia: Of Dockland, Rockland and Dodos, 1981
Inspirational Illustrations: Myth or Magic?
1970s, C. Trouche, cosmopolitan, Illustrations, mild sauce, psychedelia
Illustration by C. Trouche (accompanying an article about Aromatherapy).
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, November 1974
New for Autumn/Winter
1930s, 1960s, 1970s, british boutique movement, bus stop, chelsea girl, forbidden fruit, jean varon, john bates, lee bender, louis caring, Miss Impact, psychedelia, roland klein, terry de havilland, wallis, website listings, young edwardian
Chelsea Girl
Tsk tsk. Slap my wrist. I’m pretty slack about putting website listings here on the blog, and I can only apologise. Here are some edited highlights (but there are plenty more already listed and more to come before Christmas!). Personal favourites are the original 1970s Chelsea Girl platform shoes, the black lace 1930s evening dress and Erte-printed John Bates for Jean Varon dress…
Unsigned original 1930s
John Bates for Jean Varon
Roland Klein for Marcel Fenez
Forbidden Fruit
Unsigned original 1960s
Terry de Havilland
Young Innocent
Lee Bender for Bus Stop
Wallis Fashion Shops
Miss Impact
Louis Caring
Unsigned original 1970s
Inspirational Illustrations: The words of the song
1970s, Clarissa Porter, Honey Magazine, Illustrations, psychedelia
Illustration by Clarissa Porter
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, December 1970
Vintage Adverts: Psychedelic London by TWA
1960s, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, LIFE, london, psychedelia, Vintage Adverts
Illustrator uncredited. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from LIFE magazine, May 1968
Vintage Adverts: Grooviest Radial Yet
1970s, Illustrations, psychedelia, sunday times magazine, Vintage Adverts
Scanned from The Sunday Times Magazine, February 21st 1971
It never ceases to amaze me just how widespread the influence of psychedelia was in the advertising world. Who would have thought that it would be used to sell tyres?
Inspirational Illustrations: The Ginchiest
1960s, Illustrations, polly peck, psychedelia, Vintage Adverts, Woman's Own
Scanned from Woman’s Own, October 22nd 1966
Ok, cats, I’m going to willingly lose cool points and confess that I had to look up what the hell ‘Ginchiest‘ means. (There’s even a song.) I can’t always immediately ‘get’ this kind of groovy talk. It was hard enough watching Beat Girl, daddy-o…
Inspirational Illustrations: Magpie Eye
1960s, Barbara Hanrahan, Honey Magazine, Illustrations, psychedelia, The Beatles
Illustrating ‘Magpie Eye’ in Honey, July 1967. Illustrations by Barbara Hanrahan.
