Vogue 50 years ago…
My big 50th birthday passed earlier this week, (very scary…) and I was lucky enough to get a Vogue from January 1967 as a present, so to celebrate this I’m posting here some fashion images of how things look back then, and fashion wise it was kind of a ‘groovy time’ to be born, oh yes! 
On the cover was the beautiful Natalie Wood photographed by David Bailey, so a very good start! The title on the cover ‘Vogue Fashion File 67’ is marked with ‘Top Secret’…though why? When they reveal all inside…maybe just to get you to buy? 
So the first looks to catch my eye are the epitome of ‘flower power’ (it cannot be the sixties without ‘flower power’..!) and some very striking looks in this department are to be found, with Ken Scott’s ‘Ban-lon print range’ (whatever that is..?) the first look is with the flower on the head, not on the print but is very dramatic nevertheless, oh yes indeed!
The second look ‘blue’, is a ‘flower float, with the only thing that stops it floating away is the bow’ – name is ‘Camelia’, (how very romantic…) the third look is a very appealing flower print purple dress that comes ‘high on the throat to light the face softly’ – this is Amalfi (can’t say I disagree here.) Finally with the flower theme is from the article ‘the Great Flower Plot’, a more demure ‘everyday look’, an Empire ‘evening’ dress by Colin Glascoe, though surely it can be worn during the day? Tres chic elegance! 
But what about shopping I wonder? Well with a cold month of January in mind, I found two intriguing items to keep your feet warm this winter. So to achieve ‘really warm feet’, ‘soft and cosy’ suede boots were recommended, for ‘wearing around the house on a cold day’, have to say they do look ‘warm and cosy’ so a big tick there! And were available from Malabar on the Brompton Road for 6 guineas (apx £75.60 now). Next is a giant sheepskin footmuff ‘excellent for the car but not for driving’ can’t say I agree more there…As wearing this whilst driving would be very dangerous…indeed! This item was by Moorlands of Glastonbury available from John Lewis £7 ten shillings (sounds expensive for then apx £90 now bearing in mind average wage was £21’7 shillings a week, though I think this applies to men so for women at least 25% less?).
Moving on from feet to an advert that caught my eye, featuring a very sultry woman with very silver grey hair holding a cat for ‘Grey Charm’ hair colour (meaow..’interestingly’ titled…) a look may be that I should try now? Have to say the cat looks rather worried and ‘surprised’ but never mind.…maybe it’s just hungry? Or is it the ‘shock’ of the grey??
Next is one of the classic 60’s look, a miniskirt with boots, one pic with the hair down and back, and the other with the hair up and wearing a rather ‘dapper’ coat, no it’s a dress! A ‘Pure Poison green lion tamer dress’ made from ‘brilliant wool and angora’ was available at all main shops of Wallis (use to love that shop in the 80’s, but not now to be honest.…I mean what’s there these days anyway?) for 5 ½ guineas. (apx £69).
So enough with ‘skirts and dresses’ and now to ‘trouser suits’. It’s firstly back to Ken Scott’s ‘Ban-lon’ range for a ‘non-prosaic mosaic, pyjamas you have never seen before’ ‘light as Air pyjamas, the top flying high is Ravena’ were available from Harrods no price given.…hmmm…Well forget the price for the minute…it’s a great look, so who ‘cares’ what it costs? To hell with it!
Finally I’ve left the best to last, with this stunning orange ensemble with possibly some of the widest pants I’ve seen for a long while..this look is totally amazing and check the ‘Medusa’ hair! Love it! The embroidered top and billowing trousers both cotton were available at ‘Savita’, hair by ‘Alexandre’, lipstick Lentheric’s ‘Lumiere’. The shoot was authentically shot in a Turkish setting, ‘Nemud Dagh High’ (very by the look of it) in the Anti Taurus Mountains, so well done the ‘unnamed model’. Photographs were by Henry Clarke, super job Henry! Therefore overall a year in Vogue that is well worth revisiting.…Though don’t think I’ll be around in 50 years time, or will we have ‘robot bodies’ then? Don’t know if I really want to find that out…