Pretty Smart

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Orange and black Liberty cotton dress, Sujon, £13.50. Black suede criss-cross sandals, Bata, £6.50. / Black, mustard and blue wild-flower crepe-de-chine shirt dress, £9.75, from Crowthers. Multi-coloured leather shoes, Mary Quant, £6.

For everyone who’s bored with the 30s and outraged by the 40s and 50s, try these nice neat little dresses for size!

Photographed by Patrick Russell.

Scanned from Honey, March 1972.

Chrome yellow, emerald and red striped crepe-de-chine dress, Mary Quant, £15.75. Tangerine an lemon strappy shoes, Elliotts, £7.95.

Smart tartan Liberty cotton shirt dress, Hildebrand, £12. Strappy wooden-soled shoes, Chelsea Cobbler, £5.95. / Forest tree printed rayon crêpe de chine dress with knife-pleated skirt, Gillian Richard, £ 9.80. Peep-toe shoes, Mary Quant, £6

Neat red, white and blue circle-printed crêpe de chine dress with knife-pleated skirt, Mary Quant, £13.65. Red leather platform-soled sandals, Mary Quant, £6. / Tailored emerald green and white trimmed cotton-gaberdine shirt dress, Mary Quant, £8.70

Multi-coloured polka dot dress with tie neck and sleeves, John Marks, £7.95. Wooden and leather sandals, Chelsea Cobbler, £5.95. / Silky crêpe de chine geometric-printed dress with fluted skirt, John Marks, £13.95. Strappy leather shoes with flocked soles, Chelsea Cobbler, £7.95.

Scarlet and white confetti-spotted and striped cotton dress with swirling flared skirt, Mary Quant, £9. Leather platform shoes, Mary Quant, £6.

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Stripes, bold black and white on satin by Mary Quant £15.60 from the 21 Shop at Harvey Nichols. Black tights by Aristoc 45p at Dickins & Jones. Black grosgrain shoes £4.99 by Lotus.

The Winter successor to Summer’s spots.

Photographed by Karl Stoecker.

Scanned from Over 21, August 1972.

China tea at Mr Chow’s to show off Sujon’s striped worsted-and-cotton jacket and trousers, £15 from Just Looking.

All the dazzle of a Bridget Riley picture — zip-fronted dolman-sleeved jacket by Polly Peck £10.85 from Peter Robinson. Our own equally striped scarf and the grey pearls cost £1.10, at the Adrien Mann Boutique, Dickins & Jones.

Its a long hard winter in more ways than one. John Marks sees it spent in Ban-Lon; dress £9.95 from Harrods’ Younger Set Department

Mary Quant is haltered and at Harvey Nichols 21 Shop for £19.50 (available from mid-August). Black peep-toed shoes £4.99 at Lotus, Regent Street, W1. Pearl bracelets £1.66 at the Adrien Mann Boutique, Dickins & Jones