Vintage Adverts: Midnight Blue

1970s, british boutique movement, john cowan, midnight blue, Vintage Adverts

I need to know who on earth Midnight Blue were, and where I can get some of these insane clothes. I had never heard of them before and cannot find out a THING about them online. I am a geek and I need help, I realise this…

Advert from Ritz Magazine, Number 14, 1978. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.

Vintage Adverts: The Picture That Feels Like Celon

1970s, celon, Honey Magazine, loungewear, Vintage Adverts

Celon seems to feel a bit smoky, if the first picture is anything to go by. I definitely fancy the harem pyjamas with the mesh middle below though…

Images scanned by Miss Peelpants. Honey Magazine, April 1970

Before They Were Famous: Jacqueline Bisset

1960s, before they were famous, jacqueline bisset, nova magazine, Vintage Adverts

The unmistakeable Jacqueline Bisset, in a rather frumpy advert for wool.

Nova, October 1965. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.

Vintage Adverts: Miss Levi’s, 1974

1970s, cosmopolitan, flares, jeans, levis, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Cosmopolitan, June 1974

Vintage Adverts: Grace Coddington in Ban Lon

1960s, ban lon, grace coddington, maudie james, Vintage Adverts

Why yes, that is Grace ‘I hardly did any modelling’ Coddington.

Scanned from Nova, March 1966.

Mild Sauce: Illustrated Titillation

1970s, cosmopolitan, Illustrations, mild sauce, underwear, Vintage Adverts

Is it just me, or are drawn sexy images generally sexier than photographed sexy images? Despite the completely ludicrous breast depictions, I’ve got a soft spot for these adverts. All scanned from various copies of Cosmopolitan, 1972-76.

The worrying thing is, women actually pay for breasts like these nowadays.

A Peek at the Boutique: Che Guevara

1970s, antony price, british boutique movement, che guevara, harpers and queen, Vintage Adverts

The first photo I have ever seen of the exterior of Kensington High Street boutique Che Guevara, home of Antony Price in the early Seventies. Gorgeous looking in every way…

Vintage Adverts: Amanda Lear in Triumph

amanda lear, underwear, Vintage Adverts

I’ll take a Dorabelle T in Campari please!

I blogged about this advert ages ago, because she’s wearing a Jean Varon dress in the final picture. But at that point I didn’t recognise the model! How remiss of me. Scanned from Nova, November 1970, but I’m pretty sure it was an older advert than that.