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Beautiful People: The Exhibition
Finally after being delayed by the Covid19 epidemic and enforced museum closures, Beautiful People will open at the Fashion and Textile...

Mark Butterfield
Sep 26, 20218 min read
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Full of Eastern Promise Part 2: Abayas, Mens Dresses, Turkish Hareem Decor and Marrakesh.
In part 1 I pointed out that Granny Takes A Trip never really got into the hippie, ethnic clothing look. I suspect that John Pearse's mod...

Mark Butterfield
Dec 18, 202018 min read
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Full of Eastern Promise Part 1: Afghans, Kaftans and the Hippie Trail.
This post has come as rather a surprise to me. I was always intending to write about the important influence eastern culture on the...

Mark Butterfield
Nov 12, 202016 min read
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Granny Takes A Trip, Golden Lily Jacket, 1966.
William Morris had a golden rule: “Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful” Cleo & I have...

Mark Butterfield
Sep 20, 202017 min read
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Picture Credits Page.
I just wanted to do a very short post to announce that I'm providing an accompanying image and photography Pinterest page to give full...

Mark Butterfield
Sep 2, 20201 min read
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Thank You....... It's All Too Much.
"I've just read your blog......it's fantastic." Well, what can I say… it’s praise indeed when that’s the opening line of an email from...

Mark Butterfield
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Beautiful People......What's in a Name?
As we're right at the beginning of our Beautiful People posts, I thought I’d start by saying that the mid to late Sixties is a period...

Mark Butterfield
Jul 20, 20209 min read
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Beautiful People... The Exhibition
Welcome to our celebration of the radical and transformative fashion which exploded onto the streets of Chelsea in the mid-Sixties....

Mark Butterfield
Jun 28, 20202 min read
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