Vintage Adverts: Steiner. The first name in Photomontage

1970s, cosmopolitan, mild sauce, photomontage, Vintage Adverts

Oh I do love a bit of photomontage, and this Steiner hair advert is just glorious. It was certainly a favourite technique of James Wedge, but I’m not sure they’re quite his style – they’re rather more straightforward and less painted. Although that’s not to denigrate them; I love the simplicity of the layout, which belies how entirely fiendish it was to make pictures like this. We take such effects for granted in the age of photoshop, but these would have been incredibly time-consuming…

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, October 1973

Inspirational Editorials: By Royal Command for Public Demand

1970s, barbara hulanicki, biba, Bob Richardson, british boutique movement, Inspirational Images, platforms, Vintage Editorials

The Duchess of Windsor has been the epitome of elegance for thousands of people, as she manages to combine originality and chic in such a feminine way. With her faultless dress sense in mind, Barbara Hulanicki of Biba designed some of these outfits exclusively for 19, keeping the theme black and white as that most associated with the elegance of the ‘Thirties. We take you back, in affectionate nostalgia, to the days of tea at the Ritz, when immaculately dressed ladies and gentlemen listened to a string orchestra, while nibbling cucmber sandwiches and sipping China tea.

Photographed by Bob Richardson.

Model is Donna Jordan

Scanned from 19 Magazine, May 1972.

Inspirational Images: An Emeraude Stream…

1970s, barry lategan, Boston-151, Coty, Inspirational Images, japonisme, Kanei Orimono, Kansai Yamamoto, marie helvin, Vogue

…in a leafy glade – the green and woody scent of Coty’s Emeraude. Short beige silk kimono, £35, scarf, £8, printed with figures by Kansai Yamamoto, matching umbrella by Kanei Orimono, £5 from Boston-151.

Modelled by Marie Helvin. Photographed by Barry Lategan.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, August 1971

Inspirational Editorials: How to mix the powder blues

1970s, biba, british boutique movement, charles jourdan, gauchos, Inspirational Images, jeff banks, kensington market, Marielle, mary quant, Max Maxwell, Rosalind Yehuda, simon massey, Vintage Editorials, Vogue

Cotton knit jacket and pink gauchos by Rosalind Yehuda. Feather print blouse by Jeff Banks. Felt cloche at Biba. Over the knee socks by Mary Quant.

Completely flawlessly perfectly early Seventies…

Photographed by Max Maxwell. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, February 1971.

Silk dress by Marielle. Glass beads from Cardine’s Stall, Kensington Market. Suede sandals by Charles Jourdan.

Smock blouse with muffler and crepe gauchos by Simon Massey. Shoes by Mary Quant.

Inspirational Images: Annabel Hodin in Ossie Clark

1970s, Annabel Hodin, barbara daly, Barry McKinley, british boutique movement, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, ossie clark, Vintage Editorials

Out on a limb… Ossie Clark as always. His new collection bristles with exclamation marks that point to Ossie the inimitable – the coat-hanger shoulders on his suits, the bright bunches-of-flowers prints by Celia Birtwell, the fluid lines and bosomy curves of his dresses.

Annabel Hodin, twenty-four years old, and a girl who believes in extremes. She changes the way she looks with the seasons, likes to be very, very brown in summer, white in winter, wears little make-up by day, lots at night. Daughter of Dr Josef Hodin the art historian, she lives in Hampstead, loves London, feels European, is at home everywhere.

Photographed by Barry McKinley at the home of Michael Chiu, owner of the Chiu Gallery. Make-up by Barbara Daly.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, February 1973

Vintage Adverts: Rayne is worth fighting for

1980s, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, Rayne, Uwe Ommer, Vintage Adverts

Photographed by Uwe Ommer at Burnham Beeches, June 1980.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, September 1980

Mensday: Stay Snug

1970s, 3 AM, Badges and Equipment, biba, bus stop, C&A, Elgee, gauchos, gordon king, Inspirational Images, John Carter, John Craig, Mensday, menswear, Paradise Garage, petticoat magazine, ravel, Russell & Bromley, Sacha, take 6

Photographed by John Carter. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Petticoat, November 1971.

From left to right: She wears a curly fake fur short jacket by Elgee. Suede bib gauchos by 3 AM. Boots from Sacha. Canvas hat from Paradise Garage. He wears a leather flying jacket from Badges and Equipment. McCaul’s pullover. Pants from Take 6. Ravel lace-ups.

She wears: Suede jacket with furry trim by Hidegrade. Waistcoat by Take Six. Plus fours by Gordon King. Crochet hat from Biba. Watch from Paradise Garage. Boots from Russell and Bromley. He wears a suede hooded coat from C&A. John Craig polo jumper. Check pants from Bus Stop. Lace-up boots from Ravel.

The [Divine] Bathroom Revealed

Adrian Mann, Andrew Logan, Divine, harpers and queen, Ken Lane, Peter Warner, The Purple Shop, zandra rhodes

Divine at his toilet, using On-Stage make-up available from Nina Campbell. His toga is Zandra Rhodes printed silk, ‘Mexican Turnabout’. Bracelets and brooch by The Purple Shop, 15 Flood Street. Rings and drop earrings by Adrien Mann, small diamond earrings by Ken Lane, brooches on washbasin from Andrew Logan’s Galactic collection. Make-up by Richard Sharah, wigs by Wig Creations.

Nina Campbell’s own bathroom in a typically-shaped turn-of-the-century Kensington mansion flat. The narrowness of the room is minimised by slicking over with a glossy American vinyl wall—covering. All services are on the left-hand wall, the right is covered with framed prints. Theatrical lighting focusses the mirror overthe washbasin. Nina Campbell is at 48 Walton Street, SW3

Divine — the larger-than-life star of ‘Pink Flamingos’ and John Waters’s other iconoclastic films — illustrates the bathroom theatrical, as well he might. He was seen in London in ’Women Behind Bars’ and opens this month in ‘The Thorn’ in New York. As he posed for photographs the photographer said ‘that’s too butch.’ ‘what a wonderful country England is,’ replied Divine. ‘where a half-inch blusher brush is too butch.’

Photographs by Peter Warner. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, September 1980

Divine bathing in Jean Harlow mood. Abandoned ball dress by Zandra Rhodes. Shell ring by Andrew Logan, £40 from 15 Appold Street, EC2. Chocolates by Charbonnel et Walker.

Tom Parr of Colefax & Fowler, 39 Brook Street, W1, designed this St John’s Wood bathroom. Double mahogany doors open into the room, with large windows on two walls panelled to dado level with mahogany. The festooned windows look out on to a garden. Bath and basin are topped with marble, taps are Edwardian reproductions by Czech 8 Speake, 88 Jermyn Street, SW1.