#seventies fashion
Stating the Obvious
Evening dress by Ossie Clark + Ossie Clark (1942-1996).
David Hockney, Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1970-71), Tate Britain, London.
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Please pick the flowers!
Lilly Pulitzer.
Vogue. August 1, 1971.
Lilly Pulitzer is known as the Queen of Prep, and is synonymous with bright floral prints. The funny thing is, the brand was pretty much started as a fluke. Being that the Pulitzers owned citrus groves in Florida, they opened a juice stand in Palm Beach. Squeezing oranges created a mess, so she made a dress to mask it with the printed fabric that the brand is known for. With so many compliments on the dress, she made some for sale at the stand, and soon the dresses would be far more successful than the juice. It also didn’t hurt that one famous former classmate of Lilly’s, Jackie Kennedy Onassis was photographed in her creations, which escalated the brand’s popularity among the socialite set.
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queen, 1974
david bowie, 1975
robert smith of the cure, in amsterdam, 1979
ABBA, 1976
elton john, 1979
david bowie, c.1973
elton john, 1972
mick jagger, 1972
abba’s agnetha faltskog, 1976
bowie on his katsis tour, 1978
roger taylor, 1978
elton john and john lennon in 1974
bowie on his katsis tour, 1978
queen in japan, 1975
bowie, 1973
fleetwood mac performing “rhiannon” in 1976
freddie mercury, news of the world tour in 1978
lennon, 1971
bowie, 1975
