THIS IS THE SIXTIES

Veruschka

Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer

There are Cover Girls ... and then there are Cover Girls. The sixties was an era when, in spite of the nascent emergence of feminism and respect for women as more than a vehicle for window dressing in the field of advertising, Vogue remained an integral source of interest for a great majority of North American women interested in the direction of fashion and culture.

The heroes of our desire to seek direction in all things fashionable were, more than the designers themselves, the iconic models of the sixties.

Veruschka von Lehndorff was one of the premiere models of that era. Rumoured to have had three inches removed from her over six-feet height, Veruschka graced the pages of Vogue for more than a decade in some of the most iconic fashion photographs of the time.

Golden girl in chains, draped to a bikini, trailing more chains like veils. Hair and eyes designed by Sant'Angelo, executed by Hugh Harrison. Bikini of Universal chains by Sant'Angelo.

Loose-sleeved Egyptian print by Burke-Amey

Shepherd's weskit and flowing shirt-sleeves bright as a Serbian peasants zouave, by Kiki Hart.

Ken Scott 

Veruschka shining forth in Arizona in Donald Brooks. Marvella coral-red ropes

Billow-sleeved bandana print by James Douglas Goodson

Ruffle-wrapped brown and white print dress by Pat Sandler

Flash-slash nightshirt dress by Ellen Brooks for Sportswear Couture

Mandarin-collared shirtdress by Junior Sophisticates.

Chain Belt - Christian Dior for Abbe Creations

Fly-front culotte dress with deep flap pockets by Ginori

Van Rouge Indian discs to order at Henri Bendel

Monet gilt chains

Veruschka

Beauty in the Great Sunshine

Photography: Franco Rubartelli

Dynel hair a-swirl ... the dreamy concept by Sant'Angelo. Hairpieces by Reid-Meredith

Star model of the sixties Lauren Hutton

Dancing dress of white cotton organdie

with folded top, rounded skirt, sash of black satin ribbon. By Elizabeth Stewart.

Lauren in a shot typical of Richard Avedon's revolutionary 'action photography' that altered the look of fashion photography from the more static, formally posed fashion photographs of the fifties. 

Avedon's recent touring retrospective, Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004, made mention of his unique-for-the-times use of the model in action rather than the stationary statuesque positioned models in fashion pictorials of precious decades. The result of his new action fashion photographs offered a view of not only how the fashion looked on the body, but also how it functioned in action.

Flirty little skirt, flared and flounced at the hem, tied at the waist over the tiny pants of a bikini with a pretty curve of bra. All in cotton matelasse by Monika for Elon.

Lauren Hutton

Prettiness - Wet and Wild

Photography: Richard Avedon

Penelope Tree in a daffodil crepe caftan winged by white ostrich feathers over a column of white crepe. Diamante bands at the arms and at the edge where ostrich and crepe meet. Dress and cape by Dior.

Golden organza duster shirt-sleevd and buttoned to the ankle concealing a strapless dress smothered in pink and yellow confectionery blossoms and a sprinkling of dew. Dress and duster by Patou. Roger Vivier slippers.

Black and white ostrich plumaging down the length of two front and back jersey panels held snugly at the bosom and flying out free from there. By Lanvin.

Seminal Sixties model, Twiggy, in a short and swingy dress of navy and white ostrich feathers by Lanvin. Earrings by Judith McCann.

Super-Pucci 

A hooded, head-to-toe leotard of silk jersey with a fling of terry cloth cape by Emilio Pucci.

One of The Beautiful People: Doon McKinney poolside

Photographed in Nassau By Patrick Lichfield

Nancy Sinatra

Sari by Annemarie Gardin to order at Henri Bendel

Dionne Warwick

Chiffon on crepe by Galanos

Gayle Hunnicutt

Trigere's midriff dress with transparency - scattered with organza roses and streamers of ostrich feathers. 

Gayle Hunnicutt

Black-bound ruffles by Oscar de la Renta

Ewa Aulin

Candy

Billowing sleeves, larger-than-life ruffles, short and sweet, printed, checked, solid. This is the dress of the sixties. Influenced by Carnaby Street and the 'London Look' the mini continued throughout the mid-sixties through the end of the decade. This was the look that created tights and panty-hose in order to more comfortably and effortlessly cover the legs without the need for the hardware used with stockings.

Ewa Aulin

The Shortest Summer Evenings

Photographed by Bert Stern

The Cotton head-wrap by Lilly Pulitzer

Fashion and Beauty News

Vogue June 1968

Photography:

Richard Avedon

Franco Rubartelli

Bert Stern

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VOGUE'S EYE VIEW OF NOVEMBER 1969

Lauren Hutton 

The chonmage ... traditionally speared with attenuated shapes of ivory or tortoiseshell: here a dinosaur spine of Georg Jensen silver from knot to nape.

Alexis Kirk golden hair sticks, spiked sleek and shining as is the Francis Whitney flanged gorget circling the throat. 

Mouche in Mainbocher

Black as night velvet, tiny waisted and voluminously skirted with long narrow sleeves.

Mainbocher's black crepe one-shouldered tunic curves like folded petals over a knife-pleated chiffon skirt. Jeweled butterflies at the waist.

Diamante-buttoned and belted pale blue silk crepe shirtdress.

Amber and brown African inspired print over a long flow of white wool challis. Choker of giant angelskin coral from Tiffany at the neck.

Veronica Hamel in Galanos

Pintucked white wool jersey, a deep slash from neck to midriff, a deep cuff at the wrist of each sleeve.

Nine-tenths coat of silvery white lace flowers to toss over streamer sashed pants and a jewelled top.

Silvery scalloped lace long like a Persian tunic open from bosom to hem over gunmetal lame pants.

Lace chemise smothered with gold Victorian roses tumbling over its sash of braided chain.

Cardin

One of fashions great agents provocateurs. Here, his paillette-fringed, laquer-red crepe tunic-pyjamas.

Ungaro

Leathery long-coated pantsuit appliqued with blossoms.

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HAVE A NICE WEEKEND !

The Cool Summer
Lauren Hutton and Frankenstein at Universal Studios
Vogue July 1972
Photography: Helmut Newton