It doesn´t have to cost a fortune, just ime, to find the right clothes to wear.
These three items, along with a rather nice Poloshirt and a scarf, I "discovered" at a local secondhand shop. The total Price I paid for them wouldn´t cover the cost of buying the Poloshirt new, let alone the rest of the kit.
3/4 length Trenchcoat made by Bugatti.-10 euros Buttondown Shirt by Daniels and Korf - 1 Euro Bally scribe brogues- 8.50 euros.
I´ve had a pair of brogues in the past but nowhere near as nice looking as these (they Show up a bit red in the second photo) and after looking up the Price of getting a pair new, nowhere near as expensive.
Not all of the possible styles and not all of the possible variations, but a few.
The Flip, here worn by Dianna Rigg. Mary Tyler Moore may have made the flip hairstyle famous through her appearance on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," but she was not the first to sport the look. During the 1930s, Katherine Hepburn wore a similar flip hairstyle, as did Joan Crawford.
The flip can be worn chin-length, shoulder-length or longer to achieve different looks. The flip hairstyle can be worn swept back away from the face, brushed across the face, or a combination with some select strands draping the face.
Jean Seberg and her "Urchin" hairstyle.
Although angular bobs were his signature in the early 1960s, Sassoon went even shorter in 1965 with the five-point cut on model Grace Coddington. A cropped helmet with a spike of hair at each ear and a w at the nape of the neck, the look could be styled with a simple shake of the head.
Vidal Sasoon and Mary Quant
Julie Driscoll and the "Pixie" style, also created by Sasoon in the 60´s. Pixie cuts were made famous by, among others, Twiggy and Mia Farrow
The Ronettes with thier "Beehive" hairstyles, developed in 1960 by Margaret Vinci Heldt owner of the Margaret Vinci Coiffures Chicago
Brigit Bardot and the "Bardot Ponytail" or the "Half-up-do" style.
A bowl cut, also known as a helmet haircut or a mushroom cut, similar to a "pageboy" cut worn mainly by men.
Made popular in the 60´s by Vidal Sasoon. A bob cut or bob.A short haircut for women (and occasionally men) in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at about the level of the jaw-level, often with a fringe (or "bangs") at the front.
Cilla Black, Lulu, Julie Grant, Marianne Faithful, The Vernon Girls and other 60s celebrities
Dispelling the myth that mod Girls all had short hair and therefore looked like the Boys
The one band, that for me, epitomises the 80´s Mod Revival...Ian Page, Dave Cairns, Seb Shelton and Dennis Smith..the original line up of Secret Affair.
From their first live Outing as Secret affair (previously Page and Cairns had been the New hearts) they supported for The Jam at Reading University in February 1979.
Their song, Time For Action" reached number 13 in the UK Charts which put them as "Top Dogs" in the Revival movement, they even created thier own record labe, I-Spy.
Thier first Album, from 1979, Glory Boys.
Track list:
Glory Boys
Shake And Shout
Going To A Go-Go
Time For Action
New Dance
Days Of Change
Don't Look Down
One Way World
Let Your Heart Dance
I'm Not Free (But I'm Cheap)
Thier second Album, from 1980, Behind closed doors.
At this Point some of the drive was going out of the Revival movement and few of us stayed true. The "downturn" is reflected, IMHO, in this Album. Still got something but It lacked the drive of the previous Album.
Track list:
What Did You Expect?
I'm A Bullet
Only Madmen Laugh
When The Show's Over
My World
Sound Of Confusion
Life's A Movie Too
Through My Eyes
Live For Today
Streetlife Parade
Thier third Album from 1982., Business as usual.
The titel of the Album suggests a continuation of previous Output, but not at all. This one gets the drive back and really kicks, two Songs in particular, "Dance master" and the brilliant "She´s on fire", one of my favourite Songs.
Why it didn´t do so well suprised me..especially the two mentioned Songs. Still, shortly after this, The band broke up.
Track list:
Lost In The Night
Follow The Leader
Do You Know?
Hide And Seek
I Could Be You
Somewhere In The City
She's On Fire
Three Wise Monkeys
One Voice In The Darkness
Dancemaster
The Big Beat
One Day (In Your Life)
The "Anthem" of the Time........and In July 2011, Secret Affair re-recorded "Time For Action" for Save The Children. The latter spearheaded their campaign for health workers in poor countries, and over 42,000 people signed the petition in the UK which was taken to David Cameron in September 2011, resulting in funds for the cause endorsed and approved by the United Nations.
Secret affair reformed in 2002 and Play at the time of writing this. In December 2014 they will re-release , 'Glory Boys' to celebrate thier 35 years of Keeping the Faith.
They have a site ...www.secretaffair.info
Exactly when and where these pics were taken I don´t know. What I do know is that the Driver of the Lambretta is Donald Campbell..and the Passenger is my Grandfather.
Lambretta in the pic? - An 1954 to '56 - 125LD or 150LD Mk.II The scooter shown is the electric start version. The hump behind the rear seat is a cover for the batteries. Non-electric start models do not have this hump.
Another of my collection, bought mainly on the strength of the Album cover although it does contain some decent Songs.
Tracks A Side
Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heatwave
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
Diana Ross & The Supremes - When The Lovelight Starts Shining Thru' His Eyes
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Quicksand
Marvelettes, The - As Long As I Know He's Mine
Marvin Gaye - You're A Wonderful One
Mary Wells - My Guy
Temptations, The - The Girl's Alright With Me
Stevie Wonder - Hey Harmonica Man Tracks B Side
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
Marvelettes, The - You're My Remedy
Temptations, The - Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - That's What Love Is Made Of
Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Velvelettes, The - Needle In A Haystack
Marvelettes, The - Too Many Fish In The Sea
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Come See About Me
Temptations, The - My Girl
All the Songs on the Album are from 1963 - 1964 like These;
