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Post by petrolino on Mar 4, 2018 1:06:02 GMT
It was 50 years ago today ...
DJ Annie Nightingale
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/22/d0/d622d053c6be50a0b8921558044b3920.jpg) A walk down Carnaby Street in 1968
"The centre of London's fashion world may now be in the east, but in the mid-60s Carnaby Street was where it was at, and these photos give us a glimpse at what life was like on this exciting street in its heydey. Swinging London was in full force, and young people flocked to W1’s boutique-lined streets in the hopes of spotting a Beatle or a Rolling Stone while shopping for shorter hemlines and looser trouser legs. If you thought Brick Lane was bad, it’s got nothing on the dandies of Carnaby Street-past, and some of the ‘looks’ that graced this historic street would raise a few eyebrows even in experimental Soho. In fact, The Kinks actually wrote the song 'Dedicated Follower Of Fashion', poking fun at the "Carnebetian army" - the fashion victims who strutted through Carnaby. Shops like Lady Jane, Lord John and The Mod Male were popular hotspots for the capital's fashionable young things, while lithe model-types (hoping to emulate the popular ‘Twiggy look’ of the era) loitered on the street’s crowded pavements."
- Liz Connor & Gareth Richman unveil recently unearthed photos of Carnaby Street in 'The Evening Standard'
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/8e/45/798e454939cfd867b4b418dd21076410.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/8f/ac/058facd5e5458acd297ad4784fa19f9b.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/26/a4/1626a4434cf8455c0bc5629c25feddf4.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/62/ba/37/62ba373f2cd3476517f8f81275520d15--white-tights-white-heels.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/04/5c/af045cd91cc3c998ef000b4f6527e72e--s-fashion-vintage-fashion.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/3a/e2/3a3ae2b0f0c9e08cc3cb2e72247646e9.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/51/42/d5/5142d55b675337be7f9532781004f79d--sixties-fashion-mod-fashion.jpg) ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/77/f2/25/77f225d7906aa068e660e2b1cba7a312.jpg) 'The street is a mirror, For our country, Reflects the rise and fall, Of our nation, The street that was a legend, Is a mockery, A part of the British tradition, Gone down the drain ...
- 'Carnaby Street' by The Jam
'Ready Steady Go' Presenter Cathy McGowan
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/54/8f/90548fa8771352b620ad00f4d517486b--cathy-mcgowan-sixties-fashion.jpg) 'Dedicated Follower Of Fashion' - The Kinks
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 4, 2018 3:00:07 GMT
Great film from 1968 ![](http://streamline.filmstruck.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/upjposter.jpg)
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Post by petrolino on Mar 4, 2018 3:04:47 GMT
Is is a great movie. And here's another from 1968 ... ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7c/4a/a6/7c4aa647b50bd5d3162ac0544d3d33d6.jpg)
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 4, 2018 3:24:10 GMT
Not from '68 but major Swingin' London films: ![](https://notesonafilm.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alfie-caine-poster.jpeg) ![](https://www.entertainment-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DarlingFeature.jpg)
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 4, 2018 3:34:41 GMT
Love those photos of the "birds".
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Post by petrolino on Mar 4, 2018 3:56:38 GMT
Working Women In Ol' London Town
Cakemaker Jane Asher
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/af/40/f6af40cfefb51e8b81b9f309222604e6.jpg)
Photographer Pattie Boyd
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/65/3d/6f653d7d64deed8e2fe3236ed8937be1.jpg)
Songwriter Marianne Faithfull
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/94/f0/0a/94f00ab7a8b7b60b285837909aee8eaf.jpg)
Showgirl Christine Keeler
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/39/96/5a3996db3e57050473140cb72496d3b1.jpg)
Actress Hayley Mills
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/0d/e3/260de3e87ad936e9451dfa7131621802.jpg)
Figure Model Jacki Piper
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0a/07/e0/0a07e0bf7dd43e7adafd69a32b9e7397.jpg)
Thespian Diana Rigg
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/92/5a/e9/925ae9187bc9a5421e3d2439cebd3b8e--emma-peel-the-avengers.jpg)
Chef Delia Smith
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/03/99/6d/03996d93f1e86ded2ed3374736009f8c.jpg)
Models Sara Crichton-Stuart & Twiggy
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/82/b8/af82b84710e522563fed9ec7c19a6fde.png)
Vaudevillain Barbara Windsor
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/28/b7/cd28b74512b8ef2cba936c468c92d8b9.jpg)
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 4, 2018 4:01:23 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 4, 2018 4:05:15 GMT
Mary Quant was one of the most famous designers of Carnaby Street. Here she is with Twiggy. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DB1FUy-rwtg/V3Z7QTC2UhI/AAAAAAAAAuc/JIa24dffA8M4kbWLqwJ8M3fwvCs6DrG4wCKgB/s1600/Twiggy-60s-Fashion-Moments.jpg)
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Post by petrolino on Mar 4, 2018 4:10:33 GMT
Mary Quant was one of the most famous designers of Carnaby Street. Here she is with Twiggy. ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DB1FUy-rwtg/V3Z7QTC2UhI/AAAAAAAAAuc/JIa24dffA8M4kbWLqwJ8M3fwvCs6DrG4wCKgB/s1600/Twiggy-60s-Fashion-Moments.jpg) We owe Mary Quant a lot; her and radical European mini skirt designers like Frenchman Andre Courreges and Italian Pierre Cardin.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 4, 2018 4:12:18 GMT
Twiggy: the subtle 60's look ![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9d/3c/85/9d3c857ce6023031422c74f15a422413.jpg)
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Post by vegalyra on Mar 4, 2018 18:08:40 GMT
No discussion about Swinging London would be complete without a bit of this: ![](https://cdn1.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/768x433/2017/04/splash_powers_-_h_2017.jpg)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 4, 2018 18:26:04 GMT
Models Sara Crichton-Stuart & Twiggy
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/82/b8/af82b84710e522563fed9ec7c19a6fde.png)
Pardon me for getting esoteric, but this photo is a reminder of the late-60s resurgence of turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau design - evident in the shop window text and art - that took place at the time. Its exuberantly expressive and sinuously organic style seemed quite harmonious with the era, and was notably prevalent on poster art then circulating for concerts, political messaging and the like.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 4, 2018 19:33:11 GMT
Models Sara Crichton-Stuart & Twiggy
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/af/82/b8/af82b84710e522563fed9ec7c19a6fde.png)
![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9f/1c/b3/9f1cb302ad9ea9525d0266219bde555c.jpg)
Pardon me for getting esoteric, but this photo is a reminder of the late-60s resurgence of turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau design - evident in the shop window text and art - that took place at the time. Its exuberantly expressive and sinuously organic style seemed quite harmonious with the era, and was notably prevalent on poster art then circulating for concerts, political messaging and the like.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 5, 2018 18:34:45 GMT
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Post by staggerstag on Jun 20, 2019 19:00:52 GMT
Name of god, what a doll, Hayley Mills.
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 21, 2019 13:04:45 GMT
Funny, I was just watching Pulp Fiction again and never noticed that Vincent Vega (John Travolta) was reading Modesty Blaise in the bathroom twice in the film. While it predates 1968, the film adaption was made in 1966 and was definitely "swinging" with a beautiful Monica Vitti. I think this was the first time I saw Pulp Fiction in HD, and the old VHS and DVD versions of the film were too low res to make out the title.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 21, 2019 15:32:12 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 24, 2019 18:22:47 GMT
Even the car companies were in on the action... Well, at least Plymouth and Dodge... I wonder if any of these were imported to England with the "Mod Top". ![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/05/1f/bf051fc62f4cf6aaa9a8d67cb7e3bfc3.jpg)
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Post by louise on Jun 26, 2019 16:54:14 GMT
![](https://workersbravo.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/apple-boutique-bob-newhart-maggie-smith.jpg?w=500&h=313) My favourite 1968 film, Hot Millions, has a scene in Carnaby Street
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Post by amyghost on Jun 26, 2019 17:48:04 GMT
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