#adrien mann

Charge black with black, add the smash of a blonde. Soft bias dress, crepe, curve seams, Susan Small, 11 gns., Dazzling white cloqué, alive with texture, laced with pink. Jacket not shown; by Julian Rose, 46 gas. Pink straw Breton hat, by Otto Lucas, both Harrods. Pink and green beads by Adrian Mann. Bright white, magic white, mixed with Debenham & Freebody. s green, speedwell blue. Silk suit,…

White full sleeves, flower sprigged cotton dress by Gina Fratini £44. Hoop earrings from a selection at Adrien Mann.

So you’ve made the break and your ‘Alone at last’. Maybe it doesn’t seem such  good idea after all in the cold light of day. Don’t allow yourself to brood. These are the times when you blue rainy-day cheques (it’s raining now!). Please yourself in the prettiest, most feminine…

The Adventures of Archie

This is a fab editorial in comic strip form scanned from NOVA magazine ’73 believe it or not!

The photography is clear and well-directed, story line a tad saucy and a little tongue in cheek and as for the glorious fashion…. . Well….Dresses are supremely wearable, Shoes are delectable, Suits divine!

All is clearly reinvented and yet wonderfully cyclical with a 70′s spin.…

Gina Fratini’s cotton voile – ruffled in lace, lacy ivory silk pinafore, £148 at Selfridges.

Snippets of some wonderful images taken from a time of original thought by some ‘new’ British designers – and when I saw new I actually mean marvellously vintage and enduringly quintessential.

Ossie Clark’s party dress chiffon – lightly printed in green/blue/red, boned bodice and skirt in strands. By…