She comes in colors

The rainbow swimsuit by De Weese Designs - the name of this one is "Sunbirst".


Vanity fair ad.


Miss Couture ad featuring Donna Mitchell among others. Read the caption and you shall find that these dresses were considered "do anything dresses" - times change, eh?


Stunning Nefertitiesque shot by Chris von Wangenheim.

Playing the field

....in what I think could be a sweater bathing suit - one of those wonderfully sick inventions of the late 60s. The bathing suit is by Cole of California and the year is 1969.



Another bathing suit by Brigance for Sinclair.


Outfit by Sport Trio.


Something quite, quite sick in this ad if you look a little deeper. These lovely droplets are made by mink oil! Well. It makes for a good picture, at any rate....

Charles Jourdan shines a light

A classic, if perhaps lesser known, Charles Jourdan ad.


Can a table get much greener?


A black vinyl and cotton embroidery dress by Courréges.


All hugs for Yves Saint Laurent.

Somewhere searching for your inner peace

Miss Kommune

Let there be Yves

These images are from a retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent made in 1982. Looking at these images, that regrettably stems from a source of decidedly subpar quality, it is easy to see why companies go through such trouble to revive/resuscitate brands created by a genius like YSL. But obviously, once the person is gone so is the soul that put that final, crucially important stamp on everything he did.

First off, a return to the 40s from the collection of 1971.


Center is of course Yves Saint Laurent himself with Brigitte dressed in saharan unisex.


The pink Jean Cocteau tribute alongside a runway shot of Jerry Hall and others, all the 1980 collections.


Catherine Deneuve, 1970.

Some people call me Maurice

Caricature 70s hunk dressed in knitwear from "The king". 1972.



Graffi & co ad. 1972.


A McGregor bombardier jacket. 1969.


Scavullo's take on the best from Bonwitt Teller, all Cardin. 1969.

Summer of 69

You've heard about it, but what did the fashions look like? Or what was it supposed to look like according to Diana Vreeland? Look no further for a little sample:

Season predictions

There have been some hints of what the upcoming season has to offer - here are some of my guesses of the most important inspirations...