I’m sorry, I just couldn’t bear to type it out as ‘1 face/4 moods’ in the title. It just looked so clunky. Regardless of such pedantry, this is a stunning two page spread. Wild child and temptress are the clear winners, for me, because I am clearly both. Ha! Ho! Hee!
‘Coolly freaky hair’ is exactly what I aspire mine to be described as. I’m starting to think I just need to get it permed and be done with it…
The past, eh? It was just better.
Scanned from Honey, August 1968
Designed by Lyn and Mary, available at Deborah and Clare
Incredible spread from August 1970, showing the best of the exquisitely hand-painted and printed textiles around at the time. Highly covetable and just about the most perfect styling ever. There’s even a token piece of menswear!
The Sunday Times Magazine, August 1970. Photographed by Hans Feurer. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
Faces reprinted by Roger Riley (art student at Liverpool Polytechnic) onto voile shirt.
Mr Freedom, 430 King's Road
Jumpsuit by Marsh and Armstrong, to order from Countdown 137 King's Road. Shirt by Biba, boots by Mr Freedom
Shoes decorated by Pablo and Delia. Shawl from Imogens, 274 Fulham Road.
Dress and eyeshade by Pablo and Delia. To order from Mr Fish, 17 Clifford Street.
Designed by Lyn and Mary, available from Deborah and Clare
Silk dress by Lyn and Mary from Deborah and Clare. Hat and boots by Biba.
Shirt made specially by Liberty's from French hand-painted panne velvet.
Ahhhh, good old British Steel. You wouldn’t have thought that the British Steel Corporation would have been able to sex-up their image through print advertising, and I would certainly never have imagined it could look so downright amazing.
Jewellery specially created for BSC by Loughborough College of Art and Design.
The Sunday Times Magazine, August 2nd 1970. Scanned by Miss Peelpants.
“…now I’m a very furry film director with a drink problem. Right on!”
Vodka as career advisor and facilitator? I had no idea!
Vodka was my student tipple of choice, but I can’t stand it now. It’s a pretty bizarre advert, but also very evocative. The days when alcohol and tobacco could change your life for the better, if you believed the hype.
Truly, inspirationally perfect illustrations from Harpers and Queen, July 1972. I recently acquired an Annacat in the same print as the one above, in a slightly different cut, and I have another dress in the exact same cut but a plain green fabric. Annacat dresses make me happy, this spread makes me happy.
If you would like some Annacat happiness in your life, please check out the amazing one I have for sale on my website.
Photograph by Monty Coles
Shoes by Terry de Havilland
I would kill for those heels in the above photo. Both photos are by John Thornton and scanned from Masterpieces of Erotic Photography. I seem to spend a lot of time on my tip-toes, either forced on me by high-heels or just naturally. People think it’s funny, cute or weird, depending on who they are…
Come on Nick Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Jess Down, Jason Paul and Mark Ridge, what are you up to these days?
Quotes I love:
“I have quite a library of faces, you know … cool faces, aware faces, quizzical faces”
“As a model, one’s body, of course, is the main feature, but there are some creative thoughts necessary as well. For instance, I can be standing posing and the photographer’s clicking away, but meanwhile my mind is working on what would be best for the shot and for the photographer.”
“But from what people say about me and the way I work, I know that I will be a success, there’s no doubt about that. I’m not being big-headed. I never really speak about what I’ve done or what I’m doing, but people always ask me. I’m very much a dark horse, you know.”
“And knitting patterns – where would we all be without knitting patterns?”
Where indeed, Mark Ridge, where indeed?
Liz Eggleston 