Leather Freewheelers

1970s, chopper, Clarks, flares, jeans, shoes, tessa traeger, Vintage Adverts, Vogue
Camel coloured suede sensible lace-ups on a low black wedge. By Clarks. Leather gets you there.

This feels like some kind of ‘Seventies-in-a-nutshell’ image to me…

Photographed by Tessa Traeger.

Scanned from Vogue, March 1st 1976.

Daisy suede and other shorts

1970s, Beged'Or, Boston-151, chopper, Feathers, Inspirational Images, mr freedom, rowley and oram, Sue Baloo, terry de havilland, tuttabankem, Vogue, Zwarts
Rusty suede scalloped and sewn with ink painted daisies. Excellent small cap-shouldered jerkin of the same. By Tuttabankem at Boston-151. Suede by Gomshall Tanneries. Lurid lurex striped t-shirt by Mr Freedom. Feathered butterfly at Zwarts. / Maroon suede jeans shorts on bib and strap by Beged-Or at Debenham & Freebody. Neon panne velvet t-shirt, ice cream cone pin and tights at Mr Freedom. Zany felt patchwork hats at Feathers. Two-tone suede shoes at Rowley & Oram.

Blue skies, fresh air, freewheeling and summer suede shorts. This way.

Unusually for Vogue, this spread doesn’t credit a photographer. It also credits those amazing shoes to Rowley and Oram, who stocked Terry de Havilland’s shoes, so I suspect that they are by him as well.

Scanned from Vogue, April 15th 1971.

Inspirational Images: Knickerbockers and Choppers

chopper, flair magazine, knitwear, seventies fashion, Tony Moussoulides

Flair Magazine, January 1971. Photo by Tony Moussoulides.

Is there anything not perfect about this look? Knitted knickerbocker ensemble, striped tights, adorable shoes and nifty chopper bike? I think not…