JANE BIRKIN - A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER ... AND EVER ... AND ...

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Quiana nylon Lady Arrow shirt and Joanna Rubens for El Greco fawn suede knickers tucked into a wide grommet belt by Elegant. Watch - Jacques Ferre design for Simonelle. Celia Sebiri suede knapsack.

Taupe poplin cape over matching shorts by Luba for Elite. White-on-white striped cotton shirt from Custom Shop. Studded belt with hanging pocket bag by Elegant.

White voile shirt by Kay Busgang for Alice Stuart. Red satin corselet by Helene MacGregor for the Chelsea Cobbler.

Full and pointed deep white cuffs on a white striped cotton tunic-shirt by Sibley-Coffee worn over Bonnie Doon lace tights.

Navy Jersey button-front shorts jumpsuit belted down over a wide-open Khaki wool skirt by Cacharel. The belt in leather and braided-hemp by Garay.

Custom Shop burgundy-and-white menswear striped shirt with giant tie strapped at the waist with a D'Naz leather belt.  

The navy knit undershirt by Gregory worn over little print britches and white lace legs. The belt by Elegance. Watches by Seiko, Universal Geneve.

The Great American Shirt Life

Vogue March 1971

Photography: Patrick Lichfield

...eyes on the seventies at devodotcom

THE WAY WE WORE - JANE BIRKIN 1969

"Jane Birkin's Got What It Takes - London Snap, Paris Dash"

"Jane Birkin, greeny-blue eyes clear as the sparkle on a perfect day, shiny brown hair polished as chestnuts. She's got half a dozen films just behind her and plenty of fashion time to enjoy all this London snap and Paris dash."

Above, the newest pet in London - a python weskit by Jane Muir.

At Left, the python weskit over a snaky long brown silk jersey dress falling in bias folds. Jewels by Zolotas.

At right, Ossie Clark's great beige,black, and red checquered kerchiefs floating over a veil-of-chiffon tunic and red-flowered black crepe pants. The print is Celia Birtwell.

Jane in a flap-yolked jersey tunic-shirt green as the Chantilly woods. The pants, jacquarding down each leg taking turns at mossy green, violet, and pale grey. Turnout by Mic Mac.

Tier upon tier of russet suede whirling up and about a laced tunic over knee-long pants by Ossie Clark. Boots by Francois Villon.

Jane Birkin flapped, tabbed, and belted by Mic Mac in grey suede trench coat over pale-grey jersey pants - ambling down an alee in the hedge-lined Parc de Saint Cloud.

At right - the fringe detail.


Jane Brikin's Got What it Takes
Vogue November 1969
Photography: Patrick Lichfield

... eyes on the sixties at devodotcom

YVES OF EDEN

Yves Saint Laurent at Home in Marrakech

"Young, handsome, intense, with his own marvelous way of looking and dressing, Yves Saint Laurent is probably the activist of the French Couture - he understands how young people feel, knows how they want to look."

- Yves Saint Laurent in his laced, collarless pullover of tobacco glove leather with corduroy jeans from his first ready-to-wear collection.

Vogue July 1969

I was sixteen in '69 and not in a position to wear Saint Laurent. However - as a young fashionista during the mod era, and one fortunate enough to have been born into a successful ladies retail business, I was well aware of his importance to all things wonderful in the realm of the (fashion) senses.

He maintained his 'Boy Wonder' title, while others of equal import fell to the wayside, and remained the most applauded creative designer to hold court on the fashion scene, as well as the mise-en-scene, and well beyond the revolutionary fashion era of the sixties.

We Salute Him

Yves is shown in Marrakech, on a balcony overhanging the inner courtyard of his house - called El Haunch, "the serpent" - which he had owned since 1967 in the ancient medina, the native quarter. There he spent three months of every year preparing his collections, and the month of August relaxing.

- Pale pink gaberdine suit with flap pockets, flowered cotton shirt and brown leather belt from his first ready-to-wear collection for men.

Vogue July 1969

Yves wears a white gaberdine version of the pink suit, above, The shirt is black cotton voile and the printed scarf in Abraham crepe de chine.

Yves Other Eden 

Saint Laurent In Marrakech

Vogue July 1969

Photography: Patrick Lichfield

Yves Saint Laurent

1936-2008

Once A Great Beauty