The peace-loving hippies shared their love with each other, and as a sign of their affection for fellow human beings, they wore love beads. Handmade beaded necklaces…
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Once upon a time, a little sailor-hat-wearing boy called Buster Brown had a sister, and her name was Mary Jane. The two siblings were popular…
Immortalised by fashion iconography as the originator of the mini skirt, London designer Mary Quant was born on 11 February 1934 in Kent. Born to Welsh…
The 60s were a time of great diversity and contradiction, not only in politics but in fashion. The beginning of the decade saw the ultra-short…
John Simons Little did he know it, but in 1965 the clothes stylist John Simons was about to start the skinhead movement in Britain. Simons, a pure Mod at…
In the early 1980s, a single sequined glove accompanied a fedora, and white socks beamed from underneath the ankle-freezing pants of the moonwalking superstar. Michael…
When the clothing industry tried to end the reign of that 60s icon called the mini skirt by launching the Midi in 1968, opinion polls…
Mary Quant is credited as the first to reveal the ultra-short miniskirt which became one of the defining fashions of the swinging 60s. Quant named the…
Historically used as a military boot and first made available to the general public in the 1960s, the Monkey Boot had a distinctive tractor tyre…
The idea behind a mood ring was simple: You wore it on your finger and the colour of the stone would reflect the state of…
These puffy, comfy winter boots became a popular fad in the years following the Apollo 11 moon landing. They were originally designed as après-ski wear…
Hockey-hair, bi-level, neckwarmer, mud-flap, sho-lo, the cousin-chaser. This eclectic haircut went by many names, but the essence remains the same: short top, long back -…
Angela – the gold cursive script dangled from a dainty gold chain and nestled in the tanned hollow between her collar bones. Jayne – the letters sparkled in…
Nothing said ‘mod’ more than the high-standing band collar of the Nehru jacket. The 60’s interest in world affairs and ethnic cultures broadened the horizons…
The “New Romantic” movement was a distinctive music and fashion genre that emerged in Britain in the early 80s as a reaction to the anti-fashion…
Nudie’s Rodeo Tailor on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles was an unusual place for a bunch of hippies to go shopping in 1969. Started by…
Raymond “Ossie” Clark moved to London from Oswaldtwistle Lancashire (from whence came the nickname “Ossie”) in 1962 to enrol at the Fashion Design School at…
It’s thought that paisley dates back to 1700 BC Babylon (in present-day Iraq). Another theory suggests it came from Persia (now Iran) between 200 AD…
The throw-away paper dress was introduced and dubbed “The Wastebasket Dress” by Life magazine, due to its disposable nature. Originally conceived by the Scott Paper Company in…
The ubiquitous icon of the Aquarian age and one of the most widely known symbols in the world. In Britain it is recognised as standing…