Vintage Adverts: Psychedelic London by TWA

1960s, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, LIFE, london, psychedelia, Vintage Adverts

Illustrator uncredited. Scanned by Miss Peelpants from LIFE magazine, May 1968

Vintage Interiors: Thea Porter, Ricci Burns and Antony Redmile

1970s, Antony Redmile, biba, cosmopolitan, Inspirational Images, interior design, Ricci Burns, thea porter, Tim Street-Porter

Photographed by Tim Street-Porter. Shimmering dress, cap and necklace at Biba.

Needless to say, I desire all of these interiors but particularly Thea’s incredible mirrored dining room. Phwoar. And yes, it is also another insight into the mysterious Mr Antony Redmile – who we have met before…

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, December 1974

Inspirational Images: Diana Rigg

1960s, diana rigg, emma peel, Inspirational Images, the avengers

Photograph by John Kelly

Scanned by Miss Peelpants as a clipping from an unknown issue of Bravo magazine, late Sixties.

Inspirational Illustrations: “I haven’t time” by Philip Castle

1970s, cosmopolitan, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, mild sauce, philip castle

“I haven’t time” by Philip Castle. Illustrating a short story by Alberto Moravia

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, March 1972

Inspirational Editorials: James Dean Rides Again

1970s, Boston-151, british boutique movement, charles jourdan, countdown, david montgomery, Henry Lehr, Herbert Johnson, Inspirational Images, Kansai Yamamoto, miss selfridge, mr freedom, The Westerner, vanity fair, Vintage Editorials, Wild Mustang Co., yves saint laurent

Jacket by Mr Freedom. Jeans by Male for The Pant House. Shoes at St Laurent, Rive Gauche.

Jeans, reclaimed from the bobby-soxer era, are back. True-blue jeans, given the Fifties treatment, rolled up to mid calf, revealing thick white socks and canvas sneakers, or totteringi high heels, clamped to the ankle with straps. It’s back to popcorn-and-ponytails, with angora sweater and beads or floppy blouses with belts, and shirts knotted self-consciously under Marilyn Monroe bosoms. It’s all fizz and fun and bubble-gum, just like High School kids used to be before politics and pollution, wars and recessions, drugs and permissiveness overwhelmed them.

Photographed by David Montgomery at Battersea Fun Fair and inside Mr Freedom.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vanity Fair, July 1971

Photographed by the jukebox at Mr Freedom. Jacket by Kansai Yamamoto for Boston-151. Denim jeans from Countdown. Green and pink leather shoes by Yamamoto for Boston-151. Badges from Mr Freedom

Jacket by Henry Lehr at Miss Selfridge. Canvas boots at The Westerner. Denim jeans at The Westerner. Handkerchief at Herbert Johnson.

Blouse from Boston-151. Belt from St Laurent. Denim jeans by Wild Mustang Co. White leather shoes by Charles Jourdan.

Inspirational Images: Renate Zatsch in Antony Price

1970s, antony price, british boutique movement, Inspirational Images, mild sauce, norman eales, Renate Zatsch

Photographed by Norman Eales

“If you are not wearing jeans you must be over thirty,” says Renate Zatsch twenty-five-year-old German cover girl in her Dietrich accent. “Jeans are a way of life, who doesn’t wear them?” says her boyfriend Michael Calderon. Renate likes jeans that fit. These white cotton pop jeans are seamed ove rthe bottom to fit like flypaper, and the off the shoulder blouse is bursting out all over. “It’s a gas,” says Renate. Jeans and blouse £7 each by Anthony [sic] Price. His jeans £7.50, sweater £18 at Browns.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, May 1972