Designs for pharmaceutical advertising by Enric Huguet, circa 1960s - 1970s.
Melvin Sokolsky was born and raised in New York City where he started his distinguished career as a stills photographer. At the age of twenty-one he was invited to join the staff of Harper's Bazaar. Within the next few years he worked as a major contributor to four prestigious magazines: Esquire, McCall's Newsweek, and Show. His photographs of internationally famous personalities have appeared in many of the major museums and magazines worldwide. Below is a collection of 35 breathtaking fashion photos taken by Melvin Sokolsky during the 1960s and 1970s. (Photos © Melvin Sokolsky)
Snakes don't always have the best reputation and are certainly not the cutest, but it turns out that all they needed were some expressive arms...
Anyone even vaguely acquainted with a computer will have no doubt come across Clip Art before which gives us all the ability to liven up even the dullest presentation or essay with witty and erudite royalty free pictures and cartoons. Well, not surprisingly, Clip Art is by no means a new invention and has been [&hellip
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Visible Girls: Inspirational Photos Of Female Subculture Duets In 1980s Britain
These colour photographs of Birmingham, England, in the 1960s were taken by Phyllis Nicklin (1913-1969), a University of Birmingham geography teacher. The photos were used in her lectures on the geography of Birmingham. Via: University of Birmingham
Anyone even vaguely acquainted with a computer will have no doubt come across Clip Art before which gives us all the ability to liven up even the dullest presentation or essay with witty and erudite royalty free pictures and cartoons. Well, not surprisingly, Clip Art is by no means a new invention and has been [&hellip
Antonio Lopez Illustration 1967 IMAGE CREDITS All Images scanned by Sweet Jane from Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s by Rian Hughes, all illustrations by Antonio Lopez, originally for Intro Magazine, Issue No.1, September, 1967.
These photographs of African-Ameivcan women were taken in the Victorian Era, mainly from the years 1860 to 1901. They were either slaves or the children of slaves...
The design impact of the Biba brand by designer Barbara Hulanicki during the late 1960's and early 1970's on the more progressive fashion scene cannot be underestimated. Her 1920's and 1930's Art Deco influences helped to create a whole world of style that is iconic for that era. Hello Atelier just released a podcast interview with Barbara that includes a page with great links and images. This renewed my interest in her work and I'll share with you here what I found. Starting at the source, Barbara Hulanicki has a wonderful portfolio website with too many images to share: vintage photos, fabric prints, fashion illustrations and artwork, among other interesting items. It's a great way to see her work and get a better idea of the Biba legend. She also has a media page on Youtube that brings together the many interviews she has made or been featured in. Watching helps to get a good idea of her history and point of view. There is also an hour long documentary from 2009, "Beyond Biba: a Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki". . After seeing these, I noticed that she designed a series of home sewing patterns for McCall's in 1971 that do not feature her name or the Biba branding, but clearly show her style. These fashions were featured in a magazine article that shows full color photos of the outfits. I was able to locate four sewing patterns from the McCall's set: 2725, 2728, 2746 and 2727. McCall's 2725 McCall's 2728 McCall's 2746 McCall's 2747 After taking a good look, these designs still seem as fun as they did over 45 years ago. Credits: McCall's 2746: from Pretty Pattern Shop all others from http://vintagepatterns.wikia.com/
Mick, Chris and I were working at the Whitmore Thomas studios in St Albans Grove Kensington after Big Biba opened in September 1973. Mick was soon to move on to work in an advertising agency, Stev…
37 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1970s Via: MMU
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Fashion Profile: Barbara Hulanicki Barbara Hulanicki built her brand "Biba", named after her younger sister, from a mail order company. It soon grew into one of the most influential and popular clothing shops of the 60s & 70s. Born: 1936 Famous for: Founding BIBA, so popular in the 60s and 70s that is has been relaunched in England. Style Characteristics: Maxi dresses and bold, individual prints. Early Life Barbara Hulanicki was born in Warsaw, to Polish parents, however she was brought to England at a young age. Hulanicki studied at Brighton School of Art, and began an early career drawing illustrations for popular fashion magazines such as Vogue and Tatler. These illustrations were extremely ornate and led to her designing her own clothes, rather than drawing others'... Mail Order Although Barbara only had a few designs, she began to sell them in small quantities through adverts in newspapers such as The Daily Mirror. Hulanicki was surprised that the designs sold out so fast as she could only afford to produce them in one size and style. The first design she sold was a pink gingham dress, similar to one style icon, Brigitte Bardot, had worn around the same time. As popularity grew, Barbara Hulanicki felt pressure to create her own brand and line of clothing. This led to the launch of "Biba". The first shop was in Kensington, a fashionable part of London at the time it opened in September 1964. The shop opened at 10am and everything was sold out by 11, "no one asked if there were any other styles or sizes". The shops' main target market was teenage girls as in the late 50s/early 60s, there weren't any specialist clothes for fashion conscious teenagers. Barbara observed this and created a revolutionary brand specifically to bring new styles of dress to an audience that was in need of a change. Big Biba After many changes in location, Biba had evolved into a brand. Hulanicki was now designing for everyone - menswear, children's clothes, maternity wear and make-up were now added to her collection. In 1974, Biba was housed in a seven-storey department store (attracting up to a million customers weekly). It became a tourist attraction as Barbara Hulanicki had created a shopping experience as well as a brand. It soon became known as "Big Biba" and the Art Deco-interior was reminiscent of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Although Barbara was introducing new styles to fashion conscious Londoners, she was greatly influenced by the Twenties. The models and sales assistants wore dark make-up, not dissimilar to that worn by Josephine Baker or Louise Brooks. "Big Biba" grew in popularity, and was favoured by the rock and fashion glitterati (such as Twiggy, Bianca and Mick Jagger). Biba's Demise Bib Biba was a huge responsibility financially and Barbara Hulanicki decided to sell her company off. Barbara moved to Miami and carried out a career as an interior designer, a continuation of her combined love for Art Deco and illustration. Biba is Back Since its demise, Barbara has continued designing clothes, most notably for Topshop, and following such success has decided to relaunch Biba in England. The designs and styles that defined the 60s and 70s remain similar, as Barbara noticed the rise in popularity of vintage fashion. -CLICK HERE TO READ MY ARTICLE ON THE RETURN OF BIBA- "There is very little difference today as opposed to the ‘70s, although, there is much more choice now. Both periods share the same enthusiasm, if you press the right buttons." -Barbara Hulanicki -CLICK HERE FOR BARBARA HULANICKI'S WEBSITE- && -CLICK HERE TO SEE BIBA'S LATEST COLLECTIONS-
Teen Look - テイーンルツク, a shoujo (少女漫画) (teen girl demographic) magazine Illustrations by Satsuko Okamoto circa. 1960s
A little mix for today, Vintage Marimekko, circa 1965
37 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1970s Via: MMU
" In the world of illustration, his contribution is superior to the efforts of all other fashion artists of his era ." Karl Lagerfeld Иллюстрация, являясь концепцией презентации дизайнерских работ в журналах и альбомах, занимает отдельное место в мире моды. Неоднократно вытесняясь…
Bertram Wagstaff Mills was born in 1873 in Paddington, London. His father, Halford Mills, was an undertaker - a “pioneer of embalming” and one of the first undertakers in England to offer cremation.
Nicole Claveloux was born in 1940 in Saint-Etienne and moved to Paris to begin work as an illustrator in 1966. She produced many illu...
" In the world of illustration, his contribution is superior to the efforts of all other fashion artists of his era ." Karl Lagerfeld Иллюстрация, являясь концепцией презентации дизайнерских работ в журналах и альбомах, занимает отдельное место в мире моды. Неоднократно вытесняясь…
BIBA AND BEYOND: BARBARA HULANICKI Exhibition continues at Brighton Museum until 14 April 2013 With its cutting-edge yet affordable fashion, Barbara Hulanicki’s iconic Biba store and label transfor…
The Biba newspaper was designed by Steve Thomas in the late summer of 1973. Big Biba’s opening day was to be September the 10th so we had to work at breakneck speed to get the paper as well …
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANTONIO I first posted some examples of these fashion illustrations by Antonio Lopez on the Sweet Jane blog in 2012, which I had scanned from Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s, a recent Fiell Publication. However, I have since acquired a copy of the first issue of Intro―the magazine in which they were published, in September 1967. I had searched for this particular issue for quite a while, but there aren't many of them in circulation these days, which is not too surprising because it is 46 years old this month, after all! But I have to say that it was worth the wait and every penny it cost to see Antonio's work as it was intended! These illustrations are breathtaking, they are spread over three double pages measuring 22"x 17½" each. Now, I want you to take a moment to think about those dimensions because we're talking poster-sized here! Can you remember the last time you saw the main fashion editorial in a contemporary magazine illustrated? And on that scale! The illustration content is not just confined to this editorial, the entire magazine fully integrates illustrations on almost every page, including the cover (both back and front). I think I will eventually get some prints made and have them framed because as much as I admire fashion photography, fashion illustration has always been my first love and these images are such superb examples of a time when it was still in its glory days, before fashion photography had surpassed it, to become the more widely used medium of the two. The magazine is far too large to fit onto my usually trustworthy flatbed scanner, and although I've done my best, it's impossible to do them justice under the circumstances. In reality, they are far more vibrant, but if you click on each individual image, you will at least be able to view a larger version of the work. Alternatively, if you live in London or have plans to visit the city sometime over the next two months, you may be lucky enough to view the real thing, thanks to designer Roland Mouret (also a long-time admirer of Antonio's work) who, in conjunction with East of Mayfair will be hosting a special Antonio Lopez selling exhibition, including previously unseen works by the legendary fashion illustrator in celebration of what would have been his 70th birth year. The exhibition, which opens today, takes place at the Roland Mouret concept storehouse, 8 Carlos Place, London W.1., and runs through to the 20th of October 2013. The celebration doesn't end there, M.A.C have just launched a limited edition range of cosmetics inspired by Lopez, and you can view an original film clip of the artist at work, plus interviews with three of his former muses, the models Jerry Hall, Marisa Berenson and Pat Cleveland, as well as the M.A.C Antonio Collection in this promotional video for the range. BELT ON! PULL IN! CURVE OUT! [1967] Belting into fashion―the cinched in waist. You've been waiting for this since skinny sweaters stretched to dresses and tenty shapes narrowed to the body. Big, beautiful belts, buckled or buttoned, clinch the move to femininity with the greatest look to arrive since the birth of the mini skirt. Left to right: Deep cummerbund - the cinched-in tent, £4 19s 11s., sizes 10-16, by Present Trend, for The Cobbler Club Postal Boutique. Narrow chain links―wide pleats accentuate shape, 9½ gns. Turquoise, green or navy, 10-14, Polly Peck. Numeral earrings, 2gns., from Paris House. Soft self belt―circles waist naturally; high-collared tucked bodice. Other colours, green, beige, pink, orange, brown, 10-16, £6 19s 6d. From left to right: Rocker studs revived on belts. Separates dress―pinch-stitched skirt; narrow knitted top. Orange or beige knit with brown flannel, 7½ gns., 10-14, Ricki Reed. Suede gloves, 42s. 6d., Kir waist-cinched―military coat, with stiff necked collar; tunic pockets. Silver buttons trim fold of back pleat. Three shades of brown, 13½ gns., 35-38 length. Elgee gloves, nylon 12s. 6d., Kir. Metal buckled coat/jacket - belt pulled tight; straight trousers, new turn-ups. 15½ gns., 10-14, Elgee. Earrings, 2gns., Paris House. Broad belt - tight fit. Flare on chunky tweed coat; slit pockets; revers, 10½ gns., 10-14, Sidwall Earrings 15s. 6d. Corocraft. Wide sash (far left)―new shape. Flared spotted nylon in royal, pale blue, emerald or red. Sizes 10-14 by Gay Girl, 99s 11d. Double buckles (left)―the big belt. Cinched in Soft wool in mustard/green or green/red, red/black. Sizes 8-16, Mornessa, 8½gns. IMAGE CREDITS & LINKS All content scanned and transcribed by Sweet Jane from Intro Issue No.1 September 23rd 1967. All Illustrations by Antonio Lopez. Visit The Official Cathee Dahmen tribute blog ― Supermodel, Muse and friend of Antonio Lopez. Read Antonio: Fashion, Art, Sex, Disco (published September 2012). For those of you who can't make it to the exhibition, some examples of the work on display can be viewed on the East of Mayfair online art gallery. And finally, an update (2017) Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco⎯A feature documentary-based time capsule by James Crump concerning Paris and New York between 1969 and 1973 and viewed through the eyes of Antonio Lopez.
Before we get to Hugo Steiner-Prag’s illustrations for Gustav Meyrink’s bestselling novel Der Golem, it might be useful to know what The Golem is. In Hebrew, Golem means “speechless man”. In Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah, a Golem is a creature in human form made of clay. Animated by saying one of the esoteric names … Continue reading "Hugo Steiner-Prag’s Fabulous Illustrations for Gustav Meyrink Der Golem, 1916"
A tribute to Bob Peak, one of Hollywood’s greatest film poster artists.
