Inspiration...

I dream of Jeannie's dresses part two

Ok they are a little cutesy for my taste, but even so - such a sweet 60s look! Like a little 60s Barbie Doll.

My favourite 60s hat!

Leopard print beehive hat...

Golden delicious! Mod shoes.

Look at my lovely new shoes....well I think they're lovely - they will go perfectly with my gold brocade, chiffon sleeved 60s dress!

Lovely...!

x

Lovely lovely dresses from the 60s!

Here are two purchases that I could not resist sharing with you. Excuse the bad lighting particualrly in the second image, doesnt help white on white, and I was too lazy and sleepy to sort it with photoshop.

Are they for me to keep or for the shop?! Well they are my size...so ;-)

My 1960s husband

That voice, that face, that impeccable style. I love Steve Mariott one of the most amazing white soul vocalists of all time, and really cool to boot. Definitely one of the finest front men I have ever seen, not that I have ever seen them myself in real life, the Small Faces that is - but I have watched enough footage and listened to enough records to have formed that opinion!

On the other hand my mum met him several times in the 60s, and yes I am very jealous. My mums friend actually was a bit naughty, stole a pair of his glasses and still has them to this day!

Very stylish boys

The face
Steve Marriott in his own words ... "The term 'Face' was a top mod, a face about town, a respected chap! The name 'Small Faces' came from a girl called Annabelle I knew from Chelsea. I didn't know many from Chelsea but I knew this one! Anyway, she signed the hire purchase agreement for my amplifier. We were trying to think of a name and she said call yourselves the Small Faces 'coz she said we were all little and had little boat races. It was great for us because it fitted in with wanting to be faces anyway."

I needed this dress in my life.

Isn't lovely?

Working on jewellery today labelling it all up to drop into Kathleen & Lilys tomorrow!

Look what I bought, I treated myself to this lovely 1960s shirt dress look dapper with white tights and dolly shoes dont'cha think?

Lovely Edie

Lovely Edie Sedgwick, led a life as glamorous as it was tortured and sad. Muse of Warhol, and a real style icon, she was completely ahead of her time.

My favourite 1960s girl, Cynthia Lennon

There are many girls of the 1960s I have a soft spot for, but one can't help but warm to Cynthia Lennon. I am the biggest Beatles fan and John is my favourite (George, second if you're interested). If you haven't read 'John' by Cynthia Lennon, I can highly recommend it, it is a heart warming and at the same time heart wrenching account of her time with and without John from the moment they met, to the moment he passed away.

Cynthia had a lovely style, very girl next door but still sexy and with a down to earth charm that many of her contemporarys lacked. I would love to dress more like Cynthia!

The 1960s

So all my friends know I'm a little obsessed with the 1960s over any other era. I have been since I was 6 years old...and used to daydream and look longingly at old photographs, listening to old records and watching sixties films. Do you have a favourite era? Ever wonder what you would be doing if you had lived through that era? In the sixties would you have been a mod or a rocker? a Beatles or a Stones fan? The 60s was a revolutionary time for contemporary culture, and very stylish to boot! A lot of people think it was very crass and psychedelic like Austin Powers, the 60s was nothing like that and far more interesting because of it!

There are so many reasons I love the sixties...but here's few!

Marianne Faithful, I have heard she's not the charismatic, charming doe eyed 1960s doll I always thought - I have a friend who recently worked closely with her on a film, and it kind of ruined my love for her when I heard what she was really like...but you cant deny how lovely such photos of her, like the one above. A very stylish lady indeed, and understated. I love 1960s long hair and huge fringes.

Next one of the coolest couples of the 60s...Anita Pallenberg and Brian Jones. Anita Pallenberg always looked amazing in my favourite style of hat the giant floppy felt sun hat. And Brian Jones well what more can you say, such a stylish, charismatic and handsome man!

She also looked pretty good on the arm of Mick too!

And not forgetting Keith! Well it was the swinging sixties after all, I suppose!

I'm a huge sixties music fan and love buying new records to add to my collection...nothing sounds as good as vinyl! I am a Beatles & Stone fan, but somehow the Beatles stole my imagination when I was a small child and have done so ever since. I really like the images and style of the beatles in the early days, especially the pictures and stories from there time in Hamburg and Germany. Astrid Kircherr was the photographer for most of their Hamburg pictures, and she invented their mop top hair. I could go and tell you more about this lovely lady....but there's a lot to tell, so go investigate if you're interested.

John has always been my favourite Beatle, followed by George. If only my mum had kept her 'I love John' knitted jumper!

How beautiful is this picture of Astrid with her beloved Stuart, the forgotten Beatle...watch the film Backbeat if you haven't already.



Im quite the fan of Astrid and her stark black and white photography, I do like a nice self portrait in photography when done well. Isn't she lovely in the photo above?



Well I could go on, but that is just the smallest snapshhot of why I love the sixties, not forgetting my love of fake eyelashes, hippy beliefs, european 60s pop, garage music, and all the other interesting characters there were....Although it's always romanticised in retrospect. England was never swinging sixties only London, but I still feel there was a sense of magic and newness even in the drabber cities. The sixties was the first era of youthculture and that had a immeasurable and exciting impact on the arts, literature and design of the time.

Lastly here's one of my favourite 60s designs, the egg chair!


Xxx ps did I tell you my mum even met Jimmi Hendrix in the 1960s?!...and they had a good ol' chat!