Fragile Face

1970s, fortnum and mason, hair, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, Make-up, moyra swan, pablo and delia, Vogue, zandra rhodes

fragile-face

The most fragile face framed in glossy black hair to make the point. Midi dress by Zandra Rhodes from Fortnum & Mason, headband by Pablo & Delia, to order from The Shop. Hair by Oliver at Leonard.

Photographed by Barry Lategan.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Beauty in Vogue, Autumn/Winter ’70-’71.

Baby Doll

19 magazine, 1960s, Babydoll, hair, Illustrations, Vintage Adverts

Always delighted to see another Baby Doll advert, and this one is particularly fabulous – making more of a feature of the iconic logo girl than any other I’ve seen.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from 19 Magazine, May 1969.

Painted Lady

1970s, barry lategan, Estee Lauder, gala, hair, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, kensington market, leonard, Make-up, Sharron's Shoppe, Vogue

Painted Lady - Barry Lategan

…contrived in Van Dongen colours.

Gala Mitchell photographed by Barry Lategan.

Make-up by Estee Lauder. Hair by Daniel and Oliver of Leonard.

Black straw hat and ivory satin-ribboned blouse from Sharron’s Shoppe, Kensington Market.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Beauty In Vogue, 1970.

Inspirational Images: Ear Coquetry

1960s, Bert Stern, Brossin de Méré, hair, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, Make-up, Revlon, Vogue, yves saint laurent

With the ear coquetry, Revlon’s Natural Wonder watercolour eye shadows — beige, brown, and white from a three-part compact. Black Cola and Cola Frost liners. Lipstick is Great Granny Red. . . . Saint Laurent’s “gypsy” bride dress: Brossin de Méré’s silk patchwork organza. To order: I Magnin.

At last! We have a term for when your ears poke through your hair: Ear Coquetry.

Photographed by Bert Stern.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from American Vogue, August 1969.

Inspirational Images: Pastels are Prettier

1970s, dorothee bis, hair, Hair and make-up, Herbert Johnson, Inspirational Images, Make-up, pablo and delia, Peter Knapp, Vogue, wigs

Pale stripy sweater with drawstring sleeves by Dorothee Bis. Pale blue wool trousers by Pablo & Delia. Cultured pearls by Mikimoto. White hat by Herbert Johnson.

Photographed by Peter Knapp.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, June 1972

Barbershop Quintet: When the teasing had to stop

1970s, bill gibb, Brenda Arnaud, britt ekland, Diane Logan, Fenella Fielding, Geg Germany, Gina Fratini, hair, Hair and make-up, jean muir, joan collins, joanna lumley, john bates, leonard, marianne faithfull, Michaeljohn, Ricci Burns, Shirley Russell, telegraph magazine, vidal sassoon

In the Fifties a trip to the hairdresser’s was a daunting ordeal – for you and for each hair on your head. Vidal Sassoon changed all that in 1964, and substituted the welcome breeziness of the blow-drying second-generation stylists. Who are the other top hairdresses, and who goes to them?

There are no credits for the clothes, but I think Marianne’s glorious ensemble must be a Bill Gibb, and Sian Phillips’s elegant coat looks like a John Bates to me. Such a glorious array of celebs, I think Michaeljohn win on numbers (but Ricci Burns really ought to win, purely because of the way his ladies are dressed!).

Photographed by Geg Germany.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from The Telegraph Magazine, September 19th 1975

At Ricci Burns: Marianne Faithfull, Fenella Fielding, Ricci Burns, Sian Phillips, Brenda Arnaud. Ricci started in hairdressing at the age of 15, worked for Vidal Sassoon for ten years and opened his own salon in the King’s Road five years ago. Now has a second salon in George Street, and did have one in Marrakesh “until the coup, darling”.

At Vidal Sassoon: Lady Russell (back), Mary Quant, Vidal Sassoon and Kate Nelligan (centre). Shirley (Mrs Ken) Russell, Beverly Sassoon.

At Michaeljohn: Back row, from left: Jean Muir, Britt Ekland, Joanna Lumley, Joan Collins and her daughter Sasha, Tom Gilbey, Gina Fratini and Diane Logan. Front: John Isaacs and Michael Rasser (one time colleagues at Leonard), who started Michaeljohn in 1967.

At Figurehead: George Britnell, proprietor, with clients (from left) Catherine Parent, Kari Lai, Lady Charles Spencer Churchill, Tessa Kennedy, Lady Charlotte Anne Curzon. This is the newest salon of them all – it opened in Pont Street this year.

At the Cadogan Club: (from left to right) Ariana Stassinopolos, Rachel Roberts, Moira Lister, Patricia Millbourn and Aldo Bigozzi (partners), Katie Boyle, Joan Benham and Annette Andre.