“Eliza had completed her bottom drawer ten years ago. She was now twenty-nine. What had happened to her ambition?”
Illustration by Garie Blackwell.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, March 1979
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Mademoiselle Age Tendre, June 1972
Left to Right: Ungaro, Torrente, Ungaro, Feraud, Feraud, Dior, Feraud and Dior
This is Paris, Spring ’70, though to the uninitiated it might look more like the Wild West than the Right Bank. Some designer are familiar, some so beyond the fringe as to pass without comments, and some so beautiful that you’ll stop at nothing to get your hands on them. High on the wanted list are suedes with Aztec-Indian embroidery and tiny, chin-knotted scarves and long-line boots. There are extra-bulbous knickerbockers with tunic tops that halt firmly at the buttocks, midi-length satin or silk-jersey, pintucked or slit way to the waist, spotted suede, squaw fringing, lace-up sleeves — in every length from mini to maxi!
Fashion by Sue Hone. Illustrated by Leslie Chapman.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Petticoat, 4th April 1970
Illustration by C. Trouche (accompanying an article about Aromatherapy).
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, November 1974
From left to right: Fortnum and Mason, Selfridges, Laura Ashley and Janet Reger.
Illustration by Mouchy.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, December 1970
Illustration by Malcolm Bird.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, November 1974
For a long time I firmly believed that we all wanted to become a nation of mass-produced Twiggies and Shrimptons. Hankering after the security of knowing there isn’t anybody with a nicer figure/face/hair, we all jump on the trendy bandwagon, and do whatever is expected of us in the cause of fashion. And where fashion is concerned, it seems we are all prepared to do anything…
Dreary copy, I won’t bore you with any more, but a gorgeous illustration of Twiggy and Shrimpton-types by Barbara Hanrahan.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, September 1967
Don’t you love a party… especially when you’re a guest and don’t have to do the washing up? But think of the satisfaction of throwing your own party and knowing it’s a great success… like the headline-hitting party Bianca Jagger gave for Mick’s thirty-second birthday when the guests stayed until the morning papers landed on the doorstep. Cosmo’s party didn’t quite last the whole night through, but it proved that you don’t need months of planning. We invited our guests just three days in advance, asked them to wear red and white to celebrate our first wine offer and could hardly belieev it when everyone turned up on time and stayed on.
Back row, left to right: Gai Pearl, John Siggins and John Bates of the John Bates fashion team; David Clay, model and athlete; Cristina Viera, Brazilian model girl; Janis Raven, fashion co-ordinator at Swan & Edgar; Richard du Ploc of Electric Fittings. In the centre: Pattie Barron, Cosmo’s fashion assistant; Carola Standish, PA to Cosmo’s publisher; fashion designer Bruce Oldfield. In the front: model Juan; Serena Schaffer who owns Electric Fittings; Michael Roberts, Sunday Times writer; Pat Booth, stylish and Terry Raven, property consultant.
There’s almost TOO much fabulousness going on in this image. Including the fact that it was taken by James Wedge. I’m particularly fond of the Johns Siggins and Bates in their dapper white suits, and the remarkably unappetising spread of food in front of them all. Still, looks like there’s plenty of wine and, really, that’s all that counts…
Photographed by James Wedge. Produced by Linda Kelsey.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, November 1974
“Histoire d’un puzzle qui peut vous faire gagner un honey pot de Coty!…”
Illustration accompanying a competition to win some Coty make-up. Illustrated by B. Weiss.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Mademoiselle Age Tendre, June 1972
Illustrations by Anne Delaney.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, April 1979
Liz Eggleston 