Yves by Night

francois lamy, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Vintage Editorials, yves saint laurent

Corselette in black velvet, tightly laced at front, about £88. Three-tiered skirt in pleated taffeta in shades of flame, about £438. Gold high-heeled pumps with lacing up leg, about £50.

Saint Laurent’s latest evening clothes kick their way straight out of the Moulin Rouge. These are the sexiest clothes ever: tightly-laced bodices on tiny straps, in plain colours, huge billowing, bouffant skirts in brilliant shades of crunchy taffeta or brightly-dyed cotton. Notice the new skirt lengths, short and saucy to only just below the knee, or flamenco-length, a scant two inches above the ankle. Eminently copiable, this look —Janet Reger is already doing the La Goulue corselettes, and your dressmaker could run up a quick twelve yards of taffeta.

One of the models is Sayoko Yamaguchi.

Photographed by Francois Lamy.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, February 1977.

Corselette in white cotton about £60 ; short full skirt in black cotton, about £107 ; shawl with brilliant flower print on black, about £100. Black patent pumps with satin lacing, about £45. All by Yves Saint Laurent from Saint Laurent Rive Gauche shops at Brompton Rd, SW3 ; New Bond St,W1 and Intercontinental Hotel, Hyde Park,W1. All jewellery by Saint Laurent.

Black velvet corselette with short puffed sleeves, about £150 short full skirt in gold taffeta, trimmed with feathers, about £782 gold pumps with lacing, about £50. All by Saint Laurent.

Corselette in red cotton, about £60 red cotton bermudas, about £57 black lace shawl, about £190. Shoes in black and rose satin with lacing, about £45. All by Saint Laurent.

Corselette in khaki cotton, with puffed sleeves, £107 ; black cotton skirt, £88; black straw hat, about £102. All by Saint Laurent. Black patent pumps with satin ribbons from a selection at Rive Gauche.

All the pinks

1970s, Browns, Emeline, francois lamy, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, sonia rykiel

Wide-sleeved jersey coat in pale rose pink; panelled skirt in same jersey, worn slightly longer than the coat ; same colour round-necked sweater; all by Sonia Rykiel; £111, £43 and £34, Browns. Narrow maroon leather belt ; about £6.50. Browns. Wide varnished wicker bangles ; £6 each, Emeline.

Showing your colours: Sonia Rykiel for France goes for all the pinks.

Photographed by Francois Lamy.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, February 1975.

Aubergine cardigan with lilac band on collar and cuffs ; long lilac sweater with aubergine band at the waist ; wide culottes in aubergine jersey; about £76, £35 and £43; all by Sonia Rykiel; Browns, 27 South Molton St, W1. Ivory and jet octangular bracelets ; £25 each; Emeline, 45 Beauchamp Place, SW3.

Shades of Autumn

19 magazine, 1970s, art deco, celia birtwell, francois lamy, Hair and make-up, Ingmari Lamy, Inspirational Images, karl lagerfeld, Make-up, ossie clark, quorum, Revlon

We’ve tried to capture the golden richness and mellow nuances of a well-preserved old oil painting, and create our October face with the new Moody Hues make-up from Revlon’s Natural Wonder collection. Face tone should be warm and tinged with a hint of tan, and we used foundation colour ‘Bisque Beige’, 66p., dusted over very lightly with translucent pressed powder in the ‘Medium’ shade, £1.02. We rouged the cheeks with Cheek Shine in ‘Red’, £1-32. Pursuing the same rustic-toned theme we chose ‘Soulful Plum’ mascara and lashed it on both top and bottom lids, 85p. Eyes are a muted melange of ‘Tortoiseshell’ Eyeshadow Stick, 66p., and the same shade in Lid Lights, the powder version, fading to complementary ‘Minty Green’ powder shadow just under the brows, £1.10 each. We dabbed over the eyelids with ‘Brown Shine’ cream blusher for extra gloss and softness, £1.32. Lips are outlined in ‘Bracken Brown’, 62p.

Model is Ingmari Lamy.

Make-up was applied by visagiste Jean Duval of Revlon, Paris.

The beautiful décolleté dress with huge winged sleeves is in black with a yellow, red and blue feather print, from Quorum, £24.

‘Forties-style hair was dressed by Tina of the Jean-Louis Davide Salon in Paris.

Photographed in the apartment of Karl Lagerfeld, the designer, by Francois Lamy.

Scanned from 19 Magazine, October 1971.

The Prints of Darkness

1970s, barbara daly, charles jourdan, Chloe, christian dior, francois lamy, Franka, Garrard, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, missoni, N. Bloom, Yuki

Orange and yellow printed Liberty silk harem suit with loose divided skirt cuffed in orange silk at ankles by Yuki. Jade disc and 24ct gold necklace and bracelet by N. Bloom.

Hair by Alex at Ginger Group.

Make-up by Barbara Daly.

Photographed by Francois Lamy.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, May 1975.

Long skirt and shawl in orange, purple and mauve printed jersey. Mauve vest and mauve and beige belt. All by Missoni from Browns.

Lilac, pink and mauve crepe de Chine evening dress in tiny flower sprig print with purple edged poncho by Christian Dior-London. Coral, gold and green mother of pearl bead necklace from Jones. Diamond and gold bangle from Garrard.

Lilac crepe de Chine evening robe, printed with orchids in darker lilac and pale print by Chloé at Browns. Opaque glass and amethyst necklaces from N. Bloom. Pale lilac kid shoes with wedge heels by Charles Jourdan.

Orange and pink hand-printed chiffon dress with ruff collar, made to measure by Franka. Long coral beads by N. Bloom. Coral kid strappy sandals by Charles Jourdan.

All Night Long

1970s, Bata, biba, bus stop, Esme Young, francois lamy, gillian richard, Honey Magazine, lee bender, Malcolm Scoular, Martha Hill, medusa, rowley and oram, Syndica, terry de havilland

It’s the girl who still looks slinky by the time it’s light again who gets taken home by the Prince. We’ve found eight party frocks which look amazingly ritzy into the dawn when other night-birds have wilted.

A rescan from 2010, partly because it deserved it anyway but also in tribute to the legendary and much-missed Terry de Havilland, whose tiered snakeskin wedges make an early appearance here (credited to Rowley and Oram, who stocked his shoes).

Photographed by Francois Lamy and Malcolm Scoular.

Scanned from Honey Magazine, December 1970.

Dress by Medusa. Choker by Esme Young. Two tone green snakeskin shoes from Rowley & Oram (Terry de Havilland)

Lurex laced up dress by Gillian Richard. Snakeskin party shoes from Rowley & Oram (Terry de Havilland)

Cocoa brown panne velvet dress by Syndica. Brown patent bar shoes by Bata.

Crepe dress by Bus Stop. Shoes by Bata. Black beaded belt found in Grandma’s old attic. Dressing gown cord tied as a choker by Biba. Artificial violets from Biba. Black bag by Martha Hill.

Slippery satin jet black dress with black and tan spotted voile jacket by Martha Hill. Two-coloured snakeskin shoes from Rowley & Oram (Terry de Havilland).

Two Lovely Black Thighs

1970s, Charles Batten, charles jourdan, Charlotte Hilton, Charmerein, elizabeth arden, francois lamy, Gossard, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, janet reger, jean louis davide, lingerie, mild sauce, Trisha Kerr Cross, tuttabankem, Vintage Editorials

Camisole and french knickers by Trisha Kerr Cross. Suspender belt by Charmerein. Shoes by Charles Jourdan. Pillbox hat by Charles Batten.

The black arts of what to wear next to your skin. Silk and satin, nylon and lace. Wickedly witty but not as black as they’re painted.

Hair by Jean Louis David. Make-up by Jacques Clement for Elizabeth Arden.

Photographed by Francois Lamy.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, January 1979.

Black body stocking wired under the bra by Gossard. White silk stockings by Funn.

Nightdress by Charlotte Hilton for Finewear. Miniscule Italian knickers by Magic.

Strapless corselette in black satin by Charmerein. Knickers by Rousard. Shoes by Charles Jourdan.

Camiknickers by Tuttabankem.

Nightdress in black lace by Janet Reger. Shoes by Charles Jourdan.

French knickers in black voile, matching camisole and matching jacket not shown all by Jada from Harrods.

Inspirational Images: Sketches of Spain

1970s, francois lamy, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, Mary Graeme, Patti Searle, Sun and Sand

Swirly skirt in lilac suede from Patti Searle. Cotton t-shirt in pale pink by Sun and Sand. Tan leather boots by Mary Graeme. Photographed at the Renaissance monastery La Cartuja, outside Jerez, which still houses monks of the Carthusian order.

One of my favourite looks; one I return to again, and again, in the winter time.

Photographed by Francois Lamy.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, December 1975.