60s medieval revival

theswingingsixties: “ Photo by Norman Parkinson for Vogue, 1968. ”

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Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting Seventeen - September, 1968

in bloom! Thea Porter British Vogue 70s green purple skirt dress color photo print ad model magazine

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Photograph by Barry Lategan, 1970.

This aesthetic existed primarily from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, contemporaneous with the peak popularity of gothic-inspired pop/rock music, Tim Burton, and the graphic design work of Margo Chase, Vrontikis, and a bit of Vaughan Oliver. Dramatic interiors, curtains, velvet, wrought iron, plush seating, furniture with exaggerated forms, romantic movement influence, stained glass, candles, gold+red+black+blue+purple+rich green, glass baubles, jewels, those little table fountains with…

Far- out Faerie Tale- this mini collection explores the medieval fantasy of the emerging youth culture of the early 60s. From plush velvets and decedent brocades paired with a mini hem line, romantic sleeves and scooped necklines. This was a movement to reclaim the past of all its outlandish splendour but worn with a new edge of emerging female and youth power. Wow this fabric is absolutely stunning to look at the the quality is unreal in rich tangerine satin woven metallic fabric. The dress…