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Dec 18, 2020
18 min

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...

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Full of Eastern Promise Part 1: Afghans, Kaftans and the Hippie Trail.

Mark Butterfield

Nov 12, 2020
16 min

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...

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Granny Takes A Trip, Golden Lily Jacket, 1966.

Mark Butterfield

Sep 20, 2020
17 min

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...

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Mark Butterfield

Sep 2, 2020
1 min

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...

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Mark Butterfield

Jul 27, 2020
1 min

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...

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Mark Butterfield

Jul 20, 2020
9 min

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...

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Mark Butterfield

Jun 28, 2020
2 min

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....

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