On the blog today we’ve got a gorgeous 1950s playsuit, some cute as a button 1960s children’s fashions by Pierre Cardin. Grace Kelly’s costumes from Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Marilyn Monroe smiling happily, a 60s double-exposure fashion photo, and a sponsor spotlight on a gorgeous swimwear retailer…
My 70s outfit in today’s freeeeezing cold Siberian wind, some inventive wartime answers to 1940s silk rationing, Steve McQueen’s mug shots (but do you know what he was arrested for..?) and the doomed Apollo 1 astronauts in training.
What an eclectic day! From a vision in pink satin (seventies-style), to Evelyn Nesbit who was known as ‘The Most Beautiful Girl in the World’ in the early 1900s. There’s also Audrey Hepburn doing her best impression of a piece of string and a 1930′s style beach outfit - anyone for some sunshine?
Apart from the raunchy 60s-inspired photos of Miranda Kerr from Jalouse Magazine, there’s quite a 1930s theme going on today: from an outfit inspired by new BBC drama ‘Dancing on the Edge’, to Carole Lombard looking every inch the 30s movie star in a fur jacket, to an astonishing vintage purple hair style…
Girls conducting an experiment in a chemistry lesson at Queen’s College, Barbados in June 1964. School uniforms just don’t look this stylish now…
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I adore this photo of Mia Farrow in this chiffon gown by Pierre Cardin. She was photographed here at Frank Sinatra’s town house in 1968.
Barbara Streisand photographed by Bill Eppridge – isn’t this a wonderful shot?
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