"That's so 60's"

feauturing: Jean Seberg, Britt Ekland, Brigitte Bardot, Anna Karina, Eddie Sedgwick, Jaqueline Bisset, Mia Farrow, Catherine Deneuve, Romy Schneider

"That's so 60's"

Francoise Hardy || Sylvie Vartan || Brigitte Bardot

In the 60's you could easily bump into a girl wearing a suit...with tie and all!

"That's so 60's": Motorcycles

Though not as popular as in the 60's (on the photos above Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin), riding a motorclycle with your man on the wheel is something you can also see nowadays, take Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Orlando Bloom & Miranda Kerr and Jude Law & Sienna Miller for example.

"That's so 60's": Swinging London

Swinging London is a catchall term applied to dynamic cultural trends in the UK, centred in London, in the second half of the 1960s.

It was a youth-oriented phenomenon that emphasized the new and modern. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution. One catalyst was the recovery of the British economy after post- World War II austerity and rationing which lasted through much of the 1950s. Journalist Christopher Booker, a founder of the satirical magazine, Private Eye, recalled the "bewitching" character of the swinging sixties: "There seemed to be no one standing outside the bubble, and observing just how odd and shallow and egocentric and even rather horrible it was."

In Fashion, Mary Quant surprised the world by lauching the mini-skirt, while the main stores of Carnaby Street and King's Road, the new fashion center,like Biba, setted what young people should wear, as they were worshiped by magazine editorials from both sides of the Atlantic.

Twiggy (called "the Queen of mod"), Jean Shrimpton and Veruschka where super models, all photographed by the influente David Baley. Fashion centers in the heart of London got wild with mod sounds, with people coming from every corner of the earth.

Satiric publications like Private Eye made fun of the status of the traditional clothes of the Royal Family.

After England won the World Cup 1966, the British flag, the "Union Jack", turned into fashion between England's youth, becoming part of their outfits as coats, dresses, skirts and even underwear, with the trend setted by Carnaby Street.

It was the boom of Mini-Cooper's, that from then on were used as mini-cab taxis highlighted by advertising that covered their paintwork, quite a scandal for the british tradition.

Twiggy

Jean Shrimpton

Veruschka

"That's so 60's": Groupies

Female groupies in particular have a long-standing reputation of being available sexually to celebrities, pop stars, rock stars and other public figures. In the book Hammer of the Gods (Stephen Davis, 1985), Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is quoted distinguishing between fans who wanted brief sexual encounters, and "groupies" who traveled with musicians for extended periods acting as a surrogate girlfriend or mother, often taking care of the musician's valuables, drugs, wardrobe, and social life. The GTOs ("Girls Together Outrageously"), with Pamela Des Barres in particular, as de-facto spokeswoman, associated with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention and other late 1960s and 70s stars, and the Plaster Casters are probably the best known groupies of this type. They are sometimes even referred to as "road wives."

According to Pamela Des Barres book, Let's Spend The Night Together, there is at least one verified male groupie, Pleather, who followed female celebrities such as Courtney Love and members of the 80s pop group The Bangles.

"Apple Scruffs", from George Harrison's album "All Things Must Pass", refers to the Apple scruffs, a group of teenage girls who staked out the Beatles' Apple Corps offices, Abbey Road Studios, and Paul McCartney's home, often sleeping outside in rough weather, waiting for a glimpse of a Beatle. The Beatles' song "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" (from Abbey Road) refers to the day a few Scruffs climbed into Paul McCartney's house via an upstairs bathroom window and raided his closet for a pair of pants, which they took turns wearing. They also took a framed photograph, which they later returned at Paul's request.

source: wikipedia


Famous Groupies

Cynthia Plaster Caster


Nancy Spungen


Bebe Buell


Patti Smith


Sable Starr


Pamela des Barres

If you wanna learn more about groupies I really recomend you watching "Almost Famous", staring Kate Hudson as a groupie herself. I love that movie!