Vintage Adverts: Black goes with everything…

1970s, cosmopolitan, faux fur, flares, Guinness, hats, hotpants, maxis, platforms, Vintage Adverts

Necklines rise and plunge. Hemlines fall and rocket up again. Bottoms are in and out, bosoms come and go, colours wax and wane, waists move up and down, then vanish and re-appear. Only one thing remains calm, constant and reliable. And that’s black. Good to look at. Restrained. Dramatic. At home in any company. Our own little black number is a case in point. It goes with everything. It’s dry, clean-tasting and elegant. And it’s called Guinness.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, September 1973.

Mensday: Brian of Brook Street

1960s, Illustrations, Mensday, menswear, Queen magazine, Vintage Adverts

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Queen, November 1969

Inspirational Images: Gina Fratini, 1971

1970s, british boutique movement, Gina Fratini, harpers and queen, Inspirational Images, Vintage Adverts

“Gina Fratini chooses Diolen Loft to create a Romanesque extravaganza.”

I would dearly love to know the actual concept behind this advert. It has an Alice in Wonderland feel, but who knows…

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, April 1971

Vintage Adverts: For those who take their tea seriously

1970s, Illustrations, Vintage Adverts

I love the image conjured up here. The fringed throw, the cushions, the patterned wallpaper, the potted plant, her clothes and hair, and – most importantly – the cup of tea. Aspirational Seventies style at its best.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from The Telegraph Magazine, May 1972

Inspirational Illustrations: Jean Muir, 1969

1960s, 1970s, David Wolfe, fortnum and mason, Harpers Bazaar, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, jean muir, Vintage Adverts

Jean Muir thinks… then designs… and creates a fashion role of pure allure. Enter the Intellectual Seductress. Panther-like grace in a long, lean look. Colours sombre, yet potent, slithered clotsely over the body. Eve, circa 1970, wittily playing serpentine print against the real thing.

Illustrated by David Wolfe. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers Bazaar, October 1969