Olivia Hussey, star of the Franco Zeffirelli production of Romeo and Juliet, was also a Yardley of London model in 1969. Her flawless English Rose beauty was a perfect fit for Yardley to advertise all the fab mod makeup products that they were producing at the time. It was an excellent opportunity to parlay her… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Romeo and Juliet
Olivia Hussey For Yardley’s Oh! de London Christmas 1968
This is one of Yardley of London’s iconic ads for Oh! de London fragrance from December 1968. It features Olivia Hussey, star of the Franco Zeffirelli production of Romeo and Juliet which was an extremely popular movie at the time. I love the ad’s tie-in to the movie: Oh! Romeo, Romeo – Oh! Falling in… Read more »
Romeo and Juliet’s Olivia Hussey for Sheffield Watches 1968
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 »
Romeo and Juliet ~ Leonard Whiting & Olivia Hussey ~ Romantic Fashion 1968
Perusing through my stash of vintage Seventeen magazines, I am now utterly convinced that 1968 was the year of the Romantic in fashion, movies and advertising. The key players seem to be the stars of the movie Romeo and Juliet, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. They were gloriously featured, not only in the film, but… 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 »
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