Illustrated by Michael Farrell. Click to enlarge.
Oh I do love a good map. Especially a fantastically illustrated map of all my favourite shops in London in 1971. It is the nearest I will ever come to being able to walk around them. Sadness ensues…
Scanned from Vanity Fair, July 1971.
Scanned from Woman’s Own, October 22nd 1966
Ok, cats, I’m going to willingly lose cool points and confess that I had to look up what the hell ‘Ginchiest‘ means. (There’s even a song.) I can’t always immediately ‘get’ this kind of groovy talk. It was hard enough watching Beat Girl, daddy-o…
Scanned from Nova, November 1973
Never mind him, *I* want one! Plus, I want to see what other products the ‘Good-Time Co.’ of Garrick Street stocked as well …
“Hello? Good-Time Company, how can I help you?”
Drawings of early matte jersey dresses from Harpers Bazaar, 1970. Drawings by Mouchy.
Scanned from Jean Muir (exhibition book from 1980) by Leeds Art Galleries.
I wouldn’t normally post pictures of wedding dresses, but check out who the illustrator is. Oh yes, one Ms. Barbara Hulanicki!
Honey, January 1965. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
Illustrating ‘Magpie Eye’ in Honey, July 1967. Illustrations by Barbara Hanrahan.
Zodiac Klonk, 1970.
Another selection box of those wonderfully illustrated black and white adverts in the back of Petticoat magazine. Nineteen shillings for a polished teak Zodiac ‘Klonk’? Bargain… Also good to know you could ‘improve’ yourself by learning key punching.
Girls Can Earn, 1970.
Tan Appeal, 1969.
I don’t know about tan appeal giving her man appeal, but she appears to have squirted some into her eye.
Capricorn, 1970.
The Lacy Look, 1969.
Spotlight boutique, 1969.
There’s something special, something quite delicious about an original hang tag. It’s always best if it’s still attached to the garment in question but, if (like me) you would struggle to find the heart to remove it, buying a lovingly kept and preserved hang tag – for a long-since discarded frock – is almost as good.
I bought these tags completely separately on eBay, but they show the change from the early Ossie for Radley label (1969-72ish) to the more deco-inspired one (c.1973-74). And, while I’m very aesthetically pleased by the block brown and grey rectangles of the earlier one, I am completely besotted with the Forties-inspired illustration on the later one. This one was featured in Richard Lester’s Boutique London book, and I am happy to bring you a larger version to enjoy. Yum.
Scanned and owned by Miss Peelpants.
Scanned from Harpers and Queen, June 1973.
Illustration by Malcolm Bird. Vanity Fair, May 1970. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
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