Sinuous straps, wedgy heels and an all-time comeback for soft summer suede in any number of wide-eye summer shades. Shoes that daren’t be just practical — not now there’s so much happening in the clothes line above! With the sort of prices shown here, any girl can take out enough insurance to make sure her footwear not only keeps pace with the rest of her wardrobe, but even makes it that much more special as well!
Illustrations by Leslie Chapman.
Scanned from Petticoat, 20th March 1971.
That could probably be my motto where my website/instagram feed is concerned. It helps cheer me up a little bit, especially right now, and I hope it does the same for you all too.
Illustration by Leslie Chapman.
Scanned from Petticoat, August 7th 1971.
Illustrated by Leslie Chapman.
Scanned from Petticoat, 24th April 1971.
Don’t say it’s only pretty pictures here at Vintage-a-Peel, sometimes you get bonus recipes with your amazing art deco-inspired illustrations…
Illustration by Leslie Chapman.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Petticoat Magazine, December 1971.
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 Leslie Chapman
Scanned from Petticoat, May 1971.
I fear I may be thirty-eight years too late to enter this competition, but I definitely wouldn’t say no to a wardrobe full of Irvine Sellars gear! Let me know if any of you are crazy enough to print this out and make actual paper dolls (and please send photos…).
Liz Eggleston 