Colour blocking, anyone?

 

Nothing new under the sun. You have no idea how radical these fashion images were in the 60s! Unless you're my age! I loved Mary Quant stuff. Up until then teenagers dressed like their mums and their grandmothers. Nearly 50 years has gone by since this photoshoot. Not saying you'd want to dress exactly like that now but......

See this next one? Original Sixties ad. Is this not gorgeous even now? I think so. I had that lipstick and nail polish. *sighs* This is one of my all-time favourite/evocative ads. The fact that I am crazy for black cherries really doesn't harm its cause. Black-forest gateau. Nom nom nom.

And you've guessed right. I have no personal inspiration today. I tried the Sleek Pout Paint in Peachy Keen. So little did it suit me that I felt it OBSCENE to take a photo. That's how bad it was. Not my colour. Not in this lifetime anyway....

Jenni

Mary Quant Posh Prune

I had this polish. I HAD this polish.

From Cosmo of 1974. Yep, that's the bloke's hand btw. If only I'd kept all my old cosmetics.

Also from '74. I was 18/19 and I loved Quant. I can't tell you how much. This was the era of glam rock so a lot of guys did look like this. Think Bowie, Bolan.

What do you love now?

Jenni

Blogging etiquette...a question..

When one is too busy to post should one
A just go MIA
B warn people you may be MIA
C make daily "holding" posts until one can resume normal service
D other ?

This is a Mary Quant ad. For those of you who weren't even twinkles in the Sixties - well, I'm truly sorry - you missed quite a lot....

Pity this pic is so blurred. I had a lippie like the one on the farleft. Mine was called Grape Crush  and was the softest, yummiest lipstick I ever had. For colour think OPI Its'a a Grape Fit and you'll have it. Oh, the packaging! And the nail polishes were in those round bottles. My favourite (I had a few) was something called Banana hsgudgfshjdgfs (can't remember the last bit). I was known for wearing lime-green nail polish in particular and once painted a picture of a girl in lime-green knickers in Art. I can't remember why. I wasn't good at Art so rather took the Michael. And the Quant daisy remains one of my favourite logos.

I DO remember seeing this ad in the magazines. I bought Honey and 19 every month. I adored Biba too. For fashion I liked Biba more than Quant and I had Biba cosmetics too. For clothes Quant was a bit sharp-edged. Rather Courreges. Biba tended to be softer, maybe more flamboyant. All that velvet. Bliss.

So, if you hadn't already guessed, today's post is C - nothing new but gives me airtime. I'm a DJ now. No, I'm not.

Off to Birmingham soon to support England in the 4th day of the Test. I shall support Pakistan too though because they've fought back staunchly to make a match of this. May the better team win!

Jen