Hand-shaped and "Parliamentary eloquence" for the gentlement of discernment, click to enlarge:
   

Slim lines and "rugged":
   

Sports Fan wrote:

Hand-shaped and "Parliamentary eloquence" for the gentlement of discernment, click to enlarge:
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Fantastic - you couldn't get a more American and less British looking jacket than that - yet another classic example of the "Ye Olde England" sales pitch. Who said Ivy was a construct?! Makes it all the more hilarious when the the Chinny one chides us po' British folks for having pretensions to wear clothes which are not ours by birth right!

Smoker's delight, click to enlarge:
   

Rip Rig & Panic wrote:

Very chic to be coughing your lungs up, is it?

Perhaps not, but don't you miss the elegant manner of some smokers - before it was driven underground?  I haven't smoked for years but do miss the whole atmosphere that has been lost to us in these clean living times.

Rip Rig & Panic wrote:

Maybe; in theory.  I loved the image of James Bond, on eighty a day.  I couldn't help wondering, though, in the books, how he managed so much physical activity, such as scrapping and shagging anything with hair on it.  The lefties, I think, have driven it underground.  Anything that comes from my mother-in-law (including, say, jam tarts) reek of smoke.  Clean living?  Maybe just as well.

A few very stylish smokers - just for Rip.

Babe




The original Tony Curtis from Napoli




James Bond's creator

I thought that this was interesting as it gives a good overview of Press retail prices (circa January 1968). Fairly deep pockets were required even during the sale - financially rather than stylistically if you know what I mean.


Staceyboy

More from Ebony mag 1961, click to enlarge:
      

Georgie:

You've got a great blog, Adam, lots of amazing pictures! BTW, someone is copying most of your and Weejun's stuff for the German Scene forum...

The Georgie Fame picture was first posted by Dean Rudland or by Neil Henderson, I think... sorry, I couldn't find a link, as I had it in a file without origins...

/\ I think I've got a good idea what Georgie is thinking in that 2nd pic.

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Hard Bop Hank wrote:

this page is very good for this thread:

http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/clothes-ads-1950s

I WILL NOT DO ALL THE WORK!!!

This is frigging outstanding.

Staceyboy wrote:

Hard Bop Hank wrote:

more Georgie pics here:

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Yum Yum! The model is Tania Mallet who later appeared in "Goldfinger" playing Tilly Masterston. Over Christmas Sky1 dredged up some old Michael Winner directed 'documentary' cinema shorts one of which featured her and two other girls as they started out on their modeling careers. As corny as you like but great London locations none the less. Title escapes me but shot circa 1961/62?

Staceyboy

I love those old "documentary" shorts. I've a compilation of Pathe (I think) shorts like that from the 60's. They show behind the scenes in the Post Office Tower restaurant and things like that. I love all that stuff.