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Gear For Having Fun - Jackie Magazine 1965

July 23, 2014, 1:24 pm
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                                         GEAR FOR HAVING FUN...FUN...FUN!
Here are some clothes that will go straight on to a party or dance from work. You'll look good all day, then turn heads in the evening.













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All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from JACKIE Magazine, Issue No.92, October 9th, 1965. Illustrations by Leslie Fielding.

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Advertising Art 1969

July 30, 2014, 8:13 am
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Another great cover from Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art! This particular issue from june 1970 featured The Best Swiss Poster Designs of 1969, Design Collaborative Montreal Limited-Industrial Art by Rolf Harder and Ernst Roch, Paris Fashions Illustrated by Hans Rudolf Herz, New Product Make-Ups on the American Market, Genesis and Function of Visual communication and also a report on Industrial Art from Vienna. I've searched every page of the magazine but much to my dismay the cover illustration seems to be uncredited, so the identity of the artist remains a mystery until I do some further sleuthing, which kinda leaves me currently emulating the demeanor of subject matter in question! I'm presuming that this particular illustration belongs to either the Industrial Art from Vienna or Best Swiss Poster category,  the fact that it made the cover may suggest that it was the winning entry in the latter, (although this is not always the case with Gebrauchsgraphik covers of this kind). I've also included two more of the Swiss poster designs from this issue which I previously featured on the blog a couple of years ago, they're the best of the 30 finalists in my opinion.  








                                                            Lee Jeans advert 1969.




                                       Meat Cannery advert, illustrated by Donald Brun, 1969.


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All images scanned by Sweet Jane from Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art, June 6, 1970. Cover Artist uncredited. *If you are planning on purchasing this issue for yourself at some point, it may be worth noting that both the Lee Jeans & Bell Epoque posters are in reality about a quarter of the size shown here, i've enlarged them purely for display purposes.
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Mary Quant for Alligator 1967

August 2, 2014, 7:57 am
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Quant girls take shelter under this swinging cape. Showerproof cotton canvas with zip front, metal studs, rows of stitching. Style; Gendarme. In all this season's snappiest shades. Sizes 8-14. Price approximately £9. 19s. 6.


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               Image & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from PETTICOAT magazine, September 1967.

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Colour Crazy 1967

August 8, 2014, 7:47 am
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Shall I or Shan't I? With the big trend swinging to way-out colours for hairstyles this year, sooner or later every girl will ask herself the same question. To go blonde, to go black, or just to brighten up my own colour? The answer is GO AHEAD! Hair colour makes for different personalities and really is a great new fashion craze - and these days the change is as easy as winking! Here's Samantha with the crazy colour story, and all the tips to help you. So go ahead, and have fun! 








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                  All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from RAVE magazine April 1967.

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The New Look 1967

August 13, 2014, 4:19 am
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Products Used: Ultralucent Highlight with Blue Mist powder eye shadow, mixed to give silver shadow, 9s. 6d. and 5s. 7d. Blue and brown eye pencils, 3s. 6d. each. Fashion lashes, 18s. 6d. Blue cake mascara, 3s. "Peach Meringue" frosting  and "Crushed Coral" lipsticks 5s. and 10d. each. All products by Max Factor. 


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All images scanned by Sweet Jane from RAVE magazine, February, 1967. Hair by Barry Kibble, Make-up by John Hartley of Max Factor. Original beauty editorial by Lee.
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Score with the Co-ordinated Look 1966

August 18, 2014, 8:40 am
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Cover girl Lynda Gabelle wears Kooky dress for kicking in:  Blue and white striped shirt dress, zipped all the way from hip-bone to collar-bone. Bermuda shorts and shiny scarlet patent belt by Sybil Zelker at Londonis, £5 19s 6d. Striped plastic visor, by post from Palisades, 25s. Red denim peep-toes by Leonards, 22s 11d.



Snappy sailor separates. Top Left: "Ensign" blue skirt with white belt, 59s 6d. "Eight Bells" blue and white drill blouse, 3½ gns. Ship-shape red drill pants and matching vest top, above, with embroidered anchor. "Midships" pants, 99s 6d., "Admiral" vest top, 3gns., all by Ginger Group. Yellow square sunspecs by Correna, 22s. 6d.



LEFT: Anything-Goes and go-with-everything hip-skirt and print crepon shirt by Neatawear. Skirt 45s., Shirt 59s. 11d., pink lacy stockings by Lewis Separates, 9s 11d. Pink suede sling-back shoes, Holmes, 79s. 11d. Purple beret by Kangol, 8s. 1d. Bluey silk cravat by Ascher, 9s, 6d. Funny half-specs by Pacesetters, 35s. RIGHT: Pavement-Prancing outfit. Jacket 'n' skirt in lilac (there are also matching hip-slung pants). Jacket 70s. 11d., skirt 45s., pants 69s., 11d. all by Neatawear. Purple square sunspecs by Correna, 22s. 6d. Roberta's multi-coloured striped shoes, 4gns,; purpley-printed cotton shoulder bag by Dany Brien, 45s. Cotton skinny by Lewis Separates, 14s. 11d.



LEFT: Party-Pretty lilac shirt, 49s. 11d., lilac and blue printed lacy cotton pants, both bu Neatawear, 79s. 11d. Blue chiffony scarf by Aldbrook, 13s. 11d. Hooped ear-rings by Frances Ross, 15s. Striped leather flatties (at Roma and Roberta boutiques, who both run postal service), in several combinations, 4gns. RIGHT: Jamboree jumpsuit. Same lilac and blue lacy cotton pants, this time teamed up with matching vest-shaped top, 49s. 11d., both from Neatawear, 69s. 11d., for different part looks. Turquoise hooped ear-rings by Jewelcraft, 7s. 6d. Turquoise suede shoes, Holmes, 79s. 11d.


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All images and original text scanned by Sweet Jane from PETTICOAT magazine 7th may 1966. Photographs by Jimmy Wormser.

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Start Wearing The Pants...1966

August 21, 2014, 8:57 am
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                                Image scanned by Sweet Jane from RAVE magazine, April 1966.



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Back To School 1967

August 23, 2014, 8:43 am
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As British designer Roger Nelson sees it, black is new and now! Capecatch, this page, with bold black braid adding coals to red wool melton. About $40.


Left to right: Two blacks, a long pull and pleated skirt, gad about with a white blouse. Of wool crepe; each about $20. Wild tie-work in silk marks a dress of black wool crepe. It's about $40. Long jacket or short coat - you decide - in a frame of red braid. About $40. Peep-out skirt and turtle pull, each about $15. Red melton jacket, about $55. Bermuda pants about $17. The black sweater, about $15. All of wool. Fashions by Roger Nelson Ltd.

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           All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from SEVENTEEN magazine September 1967.


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Twiggy & The Dandy Look - 1967

August 30, 2014, 7:38 am
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The look straight ahead is the great dandy look - a long, long look at jackets, long but lean and curvy, trousers sleek and straight. Add a flash of frippery, arrogant accessories, soft, short waved curls. Suave striped suit, above, fine and dandy white and maroon on deep blue; long lean frock coat with dark velvet collar and cuffs. Youngset by Alexon, 15 gns, D.H. Evans; Plummers, Guildford; Schofields, Leeds.



Devastating black wool suit, double breasted, above. Dinner jacket dandy look, dazzlingly simple, Mary Quant's Ginger Group, 16½ gns, at Miss Selfridge; Rackhams, Birmingham; The Birdcage, Cambridge. All jewellery from The Golden Past, Brook St. Shoes, 6½ gns, Mondaine, Canes, 17gns, Swaine, Adeney, Brigg. Hair by Roger of Vidal Sassoon. 



Princely Prince of Wales check suit, sleek long jacket with double butons, no back vent but plenty of fit. Handsome cuffed trousers, high-buttoned waistcoat. By Paul Babb and Pamela Procter for Twiggy, 14 gns, Fifth Avenue, King's Road; Fraser Sons, Glasgow; Edwin Jones, Southhampton, Benson & Hedges cigar.



Efficient and dashing pinstripe dandy suit. Wall Street overtones on gangster flare. Charcoal and white with surprise yellow jersey back to neat waistcoat. Crepe shirt, Mary Quant's Ginger Group, jacket, 11gns, trousers, 4½gns, waistcoat, 5gns, shirt, 4gns, Bazaar; Rackhams, Birmingham. Black felt hat, £5  18s, 6d, Herbert Johnson, Ties, 21s, Foale & Tuffin, Boots, £7 19s, 6d, Ravel.


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All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from VOGUE September 15 1967. All photographs by Helmut Newton
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In Anticipation of The Biba Years 1963-1975

September 3, 2014, 5:14 am
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Very much looking forward to viewing The Biba Years 1963-1975 by Barbara Hulanicki and Martin Pel (published on September 1st). I would imagine that Biba admirers everywhere have been counting down the days to the release date over the summer, ever since the first glimpse of that glorious cover and description of the content appeared on the V&A Publishing website earlier this year! Comprising of 240 pages, it promises to feature a wealth of previously unpublished material (including early fashion illustrations), archival images, extensive garment photography, and full colour reproductions of all six of the original Biba mail order catalogues, as well as many personal insights from the designer and her contemporaries. While I await the arrival of my own copy, i've been busying myself by reading Barbara's autobiography (again) and leafing through my collection of Biba editorials, I'd almost forgotten that I had this issue of  The Observer from 1969 which featured the Biba couture range, it seems as good a time as any to post it here.





                                          HAUTE COUTURE GOES MAIL ORDER
                                                      HOW TO GET A BIBA OUTFIT BY POST

Write to Biba Ltd, 19 Kensington Church Street, London W8, for a special order form. With it you will get a very detailed measurement chart to complete. It is vital, writes Liz Smith, that you are measured accurately (get a competent person to do it for you). Then send off the order form with £15 deposit. You will be sent a toile of the garment made to your measurements, together with a cutting of the fabric. Alterations can be made on the toile, and it's up to you to ensure it fits exactly the way you want. You will be sent a special chart on which to note any alterations. Finally, send back the approved toile together with the balance of the price, and the dress, suit or coat will be made up for you in the couture fabric. Each garment will be cut to individual measurements out of couture cloth, with perfect buttonholes, hand sewn zips and linings of silk.


Chocolate brown whipcord trousers and shapely cardigan jacket, 60gn. Cream crepe-de-chine blouse with stock tied softly at the neck, 25gn. Silver rings, 30s. each; fake diamond ring, 30s. Plummy brown snakeskin hat, 25gn. Boots 16gn. from the Chelsea Cobbler. Hair by Valerie, at Cheveux, Abingdon Road, W8.


Vanilla cape leather coat, wonderfully soft and supple, which buttons up to a high banded collar, with matching aviator's helmet tied under the chin. Coat, 120 gn.; helmet, without veil, 14gn.; gloves, 59s. 6d., by Nerry from Harrrod's, Knightsbridge, SW1



Spangled dress, winking and glinting all over, made of black and silver sequins backed on nest crepe, spiraling every inch of the way, shaping you more prettily than ever before, 100gn. Matching head-hugging hat 10gn. without veiling. Silver snake rings, 30s, each.



Long dress in burnt orange pure silk satin backed crepe, best of it's kind, without ornament except for some tiny buttons up the sleeve, and a detachable hooded cowl, 110 gn. Platform-soled boots, 16 gn., from the Chelsea Cobbler.


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All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from The Observer magazine, 19th January, 1969. Original editorial by Liz Smith, all photographs by Helmut Newton. *Except for The Biba Years 1963-1975 cover which is courtesy of V&A Publications.

                                                                          LINKS
                  Order yourself a copy of The Biba Years 1963-1975 from the V&A online shop here.

                                               Preview The Biba Years 1963-1975 here.
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Les Belles et la bête 1967

September 20, 2014, 8:45 am
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Left to right: two mini dresses in black velour with iridescent print, softly gathered under yoke, by Pierre Cardin. Green, purple and pink crepe blouson style dresses with top stitched detailing and sundress necklines, by Patou.



                                                            Red crepe dress by Dior.



Silver, pleated lurex gauze dress with asymmetrical hemline decorated in crystal beading, by Pierre Cardin.



          Golden yellow dress with front ruching detail and bead trimmed asymmetrical hem, by Cardin. 



                       Tailored suit, with narrow fitting ankle length skirt in wool crepe, by Lanvin. 


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        All images scanned by Sweet Jane from ELLE magazine 31st August 1967. Photographer uncredited.

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The Career Woman - Nova 1966

September 28, 2014, 8:45 am
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It isn't an integral part of every woman's nature to be a homemaker, in the way that not every woman yearns to be a mother. It gives more pleasure to some people to live in a state of immaculate perfection without much sign of human intrusion. The anguish that some women feel at the sight of a speck of dust is also shared by more men than people realise. The beauty of stainless steel floor tiles, glass-topped tables and silver-papered walls might not withstand the curiosity of children and are certainly not practical for young working girls, since objects of beauty need constant cleaning, care and attenton. This is more the setting of a career woman with hired help./Molly Parkin

Left: Lamé shirtwaister dress by Bagatel, 46 gns. Shoes by Terry de havilland, 5½ gns. Watch ring and watch bracelet by Jill Waddington, 10 gns and £30. Silver rings by Carol Russell, 18 gns each; silver rings by Helga Zahn, from £10 each.  Right: Trouser suit by Aqua Sprite, 36 gns. Shoes by Terry de Havilland, 5½ gns. Silver necklace and bracelet by Helga Zahn, £90 and £60.  Back wall: covered in aluminium foil, from 2s 11d per roll, wall clock sprayed silver by Jill Waddington. Side wall: Vacuum-moulded Melinex panels 24 in" square by Julie Hodgess, approximately 7s 6d each. Floor: 4 in" square stainless steel tiles by Twentieth Century Tiles Ltd, £1 per sq ft. On the floor: lace-up shoes by David Murray at Medway Bagagerie, £4 9s 11d. Brocade and diamanté mule at Charles Jourdan, 17½ gns. Brocade and diamanté shoe at Charles Jourdan, 25 gns.  Silver carrier bag by Susan Gibson, 6 gns.



Table: by William Plunkett  Ltd, £47 9s. On the table: perspex telephone from Plessey Telecommunications Group. Glass containers and chemical apparatus from The Scientific Glassblowing Co Ltd. Jewellery by Carol Russell.


Perspex telephone from Plessey Telecommunications Group.
                 

Chaise longue: designed by Carol Russell, covered in printed PVC designed by Julie Hodgess, £25, made to order. On the chaise longue: see-through clock by Jill Waddington, 7gns. Handbag by Sally Jess, £4 19s 11d. Glass dish, 14s 8d, containing ball bearings at Buck & Ryan, from 11s per dozen. Glass teapot at Heal's, £3 2s 6d. Silver coat by Karen Mœller, 7gns, Dome-shaped perspex table lamp designed by John Wright and Jean Schofield, £28 10s.


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All images & text scanned by Sweet Jane from an original editorial by Molly Parkin for NOVA, September 1966. Photographs by Duffy. 
              

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Beauty Routine ..Milton Glaser 1967

October 11, 2014, 6:31 am
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All images scanned by Sweet Jane from Seventeen magazine September 1967. Original illustrations by Milton Glaser.
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Hit Knits - Mary Farrin 1967

October 18, 2014, 8:36 am
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Set-the scene ideas by 'Mary Farrin', Sleek, simple lines. Imaginative colours. (Left) Cuddle-soft angora in sugar-almond shades or black, edged with white £11 19s. 6d. (Right) Smooth wool. Grounds of orange, turquoise, beige, green, mustard or navy £9 17s 6d. 

                                                     
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                               Image scanned by Sweet Jane from Vogue September 1967

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Sex, Sense And Nonsense: Felicity Green On The '60s Fashion Scene

November 1, 2014, 7:55 am
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A few scans from Sex, Sense And Nonsense which hit the shelves a couple of days ago (pubilshed on the 29th of October to be precise). It contains an amazing collection of original images and information from the fashion pages of the Daily Mirror during one of the most prolific and innovative decades in design while it was under the direction of pioneering journalist and Fleet Street legend Felicity Green...which makes it an invaluable document of just about every major new trend and look exactly as it was featured in the newspaper at the time! Among others, you can expect to find the work of Mary Quant, Andre Courrèges, Ossie Clark, Emmanuelle Khan, John Bates, Rudi Gernreich, The Fool and Barbara Hulanicki (as both illustrator and designer). 

It was of course Felicity Green who gave the fledgling Biba Postal Boutique its first big break into the fashion arena via the now infamous Daily Mirror feature in may of 1964, which resulted in the production of 17,000 pink gingham Biba dresses (otherwise known as 'the dress that started it all')...and the rest as they say is history! I can't recommend the book highly enough, this brief preview barely does it justice, there are 192 pages in total..it is without a doubt a 'must have!' Purchase details & further information can be found through the links at the end of the page.
























                                                       
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All images scanned by Sweet Jane from Sex, Sense and Nonsense: Felicity Green On The '60s Fashion Scene, published by ACC Editions.

                                                           LINKS
                                                Read about Felicity Green's Career here.
                         Listen to an interview with  Felicity Green on Desert Island Discs here. 
     See Felicity Green in conversation with Eve Pollard on Tuesday the 4th of November here.
  Purchase & preview a copy of Sex, Sense And Nonsense: Felicity Green On The '60s Fashion Scene here. 

         
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Looking For Laughs 1967

November 22, 2014, 7:49 am
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                                                      LOOKING FOR LAUGHS
Confront a modern manufacturer with square pegs and round holes, or vice versa, and he'll make a pair of sunglasses out of these. There was a time when sunglasses were worn only to cut glare and avoid squint lines, but then youth took over. Ever since, "shades" have been as much to look at as through, and designing females buy them less for shielding eyes than for turning heads. This summer's glasses such as those shown above from Debs $4) accelerate the trend-not just attention getting but in many instances funny." It's gotten so," says one manufacturer, "we could sell them even without lenses."



      
      Eyes shaped like a Halloween mask are created with a plastic overlay on the lenses (Foster Grant $5).





Other sunglasses resemble anything from insect eyes to ice cream parlor awnings. Above, striped fabric covers top half of the lenses, lower half is shadowed by a canopy (Renauld, $9).











                        Above, Dog-bone shaped pair has border of Paisley print (Renauld, $8).


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All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from LIFE 16 June 1967. Photographs by Charles P Mills & Lee Boultin
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PLEXUS - Wojtek Siudmak 1969

December 20, 2014, 9:45 am
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In reality, these illustrations are not much bigger than a large sized postage stamp, but they caught my eye nonetheless, they are the work of Polish born artist Wojtek Siudmak, a regular contributor to Plexus the bimonthly French erotic magazine which ran from April 1966 - June 1970, several colourway/design variations of the illustrations were used in the news and reviews sections of the publication throughout 1969.  You can view some more examples in one of my previous posts here.









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All images scanned by Sweet Jane from Plexus Issue No. 28 October 1969 & Plexus Issue No.25 June 1969. All illustrations by Wojtek Siudmak.
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Color For The Space Age 1966

January 14, 2015, 7:34 pm
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The smash of red! The bazaaz of blue! Begin your decorating with the oomphy space age look of Frigidaire Fashion Colors. Your kitchen the "livingest" room in the house-should be the liveliest! Make it look the part with the most dashing refrigerators and ranges you ever saw! Bold, beautiful colors to blend, match, contrast with walls, curtains, cabinets. Imagine Matador Red or Biscayne blue against bone white or lavender! Tahitian Green with sunny yellow. Autumn Haze with dark wood cabinets. What these buoyant colors can do for your kitchen, for your spirits is just short of unbelievable! 














                 
                          Image scanned by Sweet Jane from LIFE magazine 17th June 1966.

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The Maxi Cover-Up 1969

January 24, 2015, 10:27 am
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Last summer's revolution in skirt lengths - so mini they stopped just short of perdition - has provoked a counterrevolution. Here it is in full dress, threatening to blanket the U.S. under the maxicoat. The farsighted father of the maxi was the noted pacesetter Buster Keaton, who five years ago wrapped himself in a wretched ankle-warmer to make a movie about a man hiding from the world. No one had expected girls to go to that length of repression. Yet, here is the street-sweeping hemline, replacing the graceful swing of the mini with a strangled gait, a garment that goes up stairs with the greatest reluctance and sets bystanders guffawing when it tries to get on or off a bus. Happily, there are still ways to subvert it...























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All images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from LIFE, november 7, 1969. Photographs by Arthur Schatz & Steve Shapiro.
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The Look-Again Look 1966

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All images scanned by Sweet Jane from RAVE magazine, November 1966. Beauty notes by Lee, Photographs by David Dagley.
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