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 »
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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 »