Photographed by Helmut Newton.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, December 1982
1980s
Inspirational Images: Short Stories
1980s, Amalgamated Talent, caroline baker, Charlie Kemp, Helen Storey, Hyper Hyper, Inspirational Images, The Face
Fun fur purple sheepskin jacket and hat, with motif sweater and black jersey flares all by Helen Storey of Amalgamated Talent available from Academy, 188a Kings Road, London. Belt from Prism at Hyper Hyper.
Photographed by Charlie Kemp. Styling by Caroline Baker. Model Sasha.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from The Face, November 1985
Inspirational Editorials: The Impossible Dream Dress
1970s, 1980s, Claus Wickrath, Fenn Wright & Manson, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, Jil Sander, karl lagerfeld, manolo blahnik, Midas, Sportmax, Vintage Editorials, zandra rhodes
Hand-printed silk dresses by Zandra Rhodes. White net shoes from Midas. Lilac leather shoes by Karl Lagerfeld from Chloe.
Photographed by Claus Wickrath. Make-up by Kirsty Climo.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, June 1980
Silk one shoulder top and frilled skirt, shoes and leather belt all by Karl Lagerfeld from Chloe.
Left: Raspberry cotton dress with satin belt by Sportmax. White patent leather shoes with bows by Manolo Blahnik. Centre and right: Silk camisoles by Fenn Wright & Manson. Cotton skirts by Jil Sander. Fuschia sandals by Midas.
Inspirational Images: Full Fling
1970s, 1980s, clive arrowsmith, Emanuel, harpers and queen, zandra rhodes
Black silk taffeta dress, hand embroidered with gold sequins with a matching gathered overskirt open at the front (The dress can be worn alone, the overskirt as a cape), £1,150 from Emanuel.
Photographed by Clive Arrowsmith.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, September 1980.
Black silk organza hand printed with black design with matching full wrap around skirt over a grey crinoline petticoat, to order from Zandra Rhodes
Vintage Adverts: Rayne is worth fighting for
1980s, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, Rayne, Uwe Ommer, Vintage Adverts
Photographed by Uwe Ommer at Burnham Beeches, June 1980.
Scanned from Harpers and Queen, September 1980
Mensday: Mail Order Punks, 1980
1980s, Illustrations, Punk, Smash Hits, Vintage Adverts
Bless. I love the idea of mail order punks, especially amusing given that this advertisement is scanned from the back of a copy of Smash Hits. Having said that though, I would dearly love one of those Adam and the Ants t-shirts. Show me the way to the time travelling postbox please!
Scanned from Smash Hits, June 1980.
Inspirational Images: Béatrice Dalle
1980s, beatrice dalle, betty blue, Inspirational Images
A happy three hours were spent snuggled up watching the director’s cut of Betty Blue the other night. Like a lot of iconic French actresses, Béatrice Dalle is dark, petite, pouty and seemingly a little bit loopy. All good.
If I thought for even a moment that I wouldn’t hate it within a week, I would get my hair cut exactly like this.
Funk to Funky
1980s, adam ant, antony price, ashes to ashes, danielle dax, Duran Duran, human league, jane kahn, new romantic, perri lister, picture spam, strawberry switchblade
In honour of the new series of Ashes to Ashes starting tonight (I’m currently pausing for a moment to resist the urge to bounce around….oh what the hell, bounce bounce bounce!) here are some random early Eighties images….if you like that kind of thing!
Mmmmm…..gratuitous soggy Durans shot…..
Christies: Avant Garde (a.k.a Miss Peelpants is in heaven)
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, alkasura, mr freedom, ossie clark, vivienne westwood, zandra rhodesOh dear oh dear. Just when I thought it was safe to come out from my little cocoon of New Romanticism and delve back into relative normality again after my break in Yorkshire, Christies go and post photos of their upcoming Avant Garde auction. I’m just a puddle of lust over some of these frocks, some you might expect and others you might not. But here are some of my favourites!
Ossie Clark
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin
Norma Kamali
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Let It Rock (Vivienne Westwood)
Zandra Rhodes
Paco Rabanne
Giorgio Di Sant’Angelo
Stephen Burroughs
Mr Freedom
Alkasura
Ossie Clark
But my envy has been eased slightly by the fact that I actually own one of the frocks. The ‘Love Me Do’ dress, as worn by Jean Shrimpton, is one of my absolute favourites and whoever gets this one is a very lucky lady!
eBay shenanigans…..
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, ebay listings, eye candy, gerald mccannVeering a little off my normal and natural course with some more recent vintage on eBay at the moment, but I couldn’t resist! Firstly, some may find it heinous but I actually think it’s rather fab and a cut above the usual of this type…..
Oh yeah, Frank Usher and sequins a-go-go baby!
Next a little something for big-bow-lovers in this super cute little prom dress with pailettes all over the skirt!
And then there’s a seriously sexy sequined mini dress which is pretty much guaranteed to stop traffic.
To soothe your troubled Sixties and Seventies minds though, there’s also a rare Gerald McCann skirt suit and a lovely moss crepe cape top amongst other goodies.
Liz Eggleston 