I finally found an ad where the ravishing Olivia Hussey is not hawking Yardley of London makeup. This 1968 advertisement both advertises the Franco Zeffirelli film, Romeo and Juliet, and Sheffield watches. The antiqued-look watches “capture the Renaissance mood of Romeo and Juliet”. I guess more than one company was able to bank off the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Beauty
Slicker Lip Polish Phone Dial by Yardley 1968
This “colorful, gaily decorated, whimsey of a dialing disc” seems to be in keeping with all things groovy that Yardley of London wanted to perpetuate in the late 60s. Packaged with the six different Slicker Lip Polishes, this rather fabulous-looking dial was meant to slip on your phone for decoration. Of course, the only phones… Read more »
Jean Shrimpton, Yardley of London & The Age of Aquarius 1969
Once again I have found myself in the stacks of my old ’60s Seventeen magazines, looking for groovy ads. Here is another fab one from one of my favorite ’60s companies, Yardley of London. Gawd, I loved their mod, hip makeup ads using such British beauties as Olivia Hussey and Jean Shrimpton. This one is… Read more »
The Romantic 60s ~ Heaven Sent Fragrance and Yardley of London Slickers
What people tend to forget is that not all of the 1960s was Mod or Hippie style. The late 60s had a real Romantic element to it, inspired in part by blockbuster movies such as Romeo and Juliet. Of course, the advertisers got caught up in this by creating particularly beautiful ad campaigns. I really… Read more »
Olivia Hussey ~Juliet~ for 60s Yardley of London
Olivia Hussey remains one of the most iconic beauties of the 60s for me, along with Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton. God, she was sheer perfection. I was a very awkward 13 year old in 1968 when The Franco Zeffirelli production of Romeo and Juliet came out. Of course, I trundled off to the movies and… Read more »
Diane von Furstenberg and the Iconic ’70s Wrap Dress
The iconic Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress remains a classic to this day, and is just as fresh and bold as it when it debuted in the 1970s. I ran across this September/October 1976 issue of Vogue Patterns magazine at Goodwill yesterday, with a striking pose of the fabulous Diane von Furstenberg on the cover. … Read more »
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