London Fashion 1967

[chapeaunoir]

laughingsquid.com/colorized-historical-footage-of-london-in-1967/

Fun look at fashion in the streets of London in 1967!  I recognise a bunch of these places even now - later when the film shows entry into Chelsea (now the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) I recognise those streets easily because we used to stay in Chelsea when we had a flat share there for maybe 15 (?) years. Later on I see Camden market, Portobello Market and particularly Brick Lane.  The markets are just as crowded now as they were then. Also the Londoners still dress well, just a lot more soberly. 

[57roses]

Sad to think all those young people are well over 70 yrs old now.
Interesting that over 90% of the women are wearing dresses.

[val2525]

Watch Miss Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries on Acorn TV. It's set in the 60's with really cool period clothing and interior decor.

You can also catch the precursor, Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries (also on Acorn) which is set in the early 1900s with spectacular period costuming.

THe characters and plots are good too

[chapeaunoir]

Aug 29, 2021 1:05:29 GMT 57roses said:

Sad to think all those young people are well over 70 yrs old now.
Interesting that over 90% of the women are wearing dresses.

I was thinking that, too - they're all elders now - hopefully still vibrant, though! Dresses were THE fashion statement then, even here - I was just a kid, but remember that well as I sewed my own clothes and tried hard to follow fashions, even though we've always been behind here. The difference between London styles and here in the US is pretty marked.  It's just such a look into the past, too - seeing the prices on some of the items - it was before decimalization!

[val2525]

Ah hem. My cousin is from that generation and she looks younger than I do and she's still going strong.

[kritter]

Sad to think all those young people are well over 70 yrs old now.

Why sad? 

I am over 70 and I wouldn't want to be that age again in these days and times. 

[57roses]

The aging process is what is sad to me. I remember when I was 13 and my grandfather spent his last days in a nursing home. I will never forget the people sitting in the hallway hunched over without any quality of life. I hoped I would never end up like that.
It's wonderful to see 90+ year old people who are still enjoying life, like the Hokey Pokey woman on the other thread.
To see young, vibrant, healthy people at their peak and wonder what has become of them 50 years later always makes me a little sad at how quickly we reach our peak and begin the downhill process.
It was never Gods purpose for mankind to 'grow old' in that way and die, but that's another subject.

[chapeaunoir]

It's all relative, seriously. I'm 68 and know of what I speak - my peak was in my 40s and after some tough times I'm headed for another one (I can kinda feel it). But I do understand the contrast between those really young people and the more aging folk they would be now - but think of all the life living that went on in between. Also, people in England seem to age slower than here.

[val2525]

Everyone gets older, unless they're dead. But not everyone has to get old. To me, "old" is a state of mind. I hope I never reach "old", but I can live with older.

[kritter]

Having 3 stupid kittens in your bathroom will keep you young at heart just cleaning up after them.

Kittens are not for the old or squeamish. My age might suggest that I am old but it is a number that I don't pay attention to. I don't have time to pay attention because there are too many other things going on that are more important.

[jandsknight]

1967 was when I started teaching. Yes, we had to wear dresses or skirts and blouses. A few years later we could wear pant suits, but the top had to extend below the crotch. Of course, they couldn't say "crotch" so the directions were that the top had to extend to or below the junction of the side seams of the legs and the center seam of the pants. I remember silently chuckling at the embarassment of our dignified old gentleman principal when he had to tell us the new dress rules during a faculty meeting.

I've never worried about age. At 80 this year I'm more stressed about so many illogical and foolish actions taken by people regarding the pandemic and politics than I am about my age.

[jesmelric]

Thank you for sharing, the fashions are great! And goodness, a lot of hair on both the men and women lol.

[57roses]

I don't think I owned a pair of pants until 7th grade when we were finally allowed to wear them, '69 or '70. Shorts in the summer and dresses only during the school year.

[chapeaunoir]

I remember dresses only during the school year, plus the 'Sunday dress', but wore my brother's hand-me-downs the other times so had his jeans and shorts until I was old enough to go to grade school. Since I was a shrimp they were held up with a rope belt - there's a photo of me standing there in my bro's old jeans and T-shirt with a rope around my waist - I look like every luckless cross-eyed kid.

[bettyblackbent]

Aug 30, 2021 16:01:28 GMT val2525 said:

Everyone gets older, unless they're dead. But not everyone has to get old. To me, "old" is a state of mind. I hope I never reach "old", but I can live with older.

My Dad (he died a few months ago at 92) used to say about aging "but consider the alternative".

[chapeaunoir]

I was wondering how your dad was doing!- ugh, that came out totally wrong so I'm editing.  I was thinking of your dad, wondering how he was doing - I'm sorry he's gone but I remember he was still working in his 80s.  

Tom Petty has my favourite line about aging:

"I don't know, but I've been told,
If you don't slow down, you don't grow old."

My own dad used to say "Always present a moving target."

[RetroMonde]

Sorry for your loss (((Betty))) My grandma-in-law used to say 'growing old isn't for sissies) and wow... she was right!

We had to wear dresses to school till at least 1970 when we girls petitioned, protested and won the right to wear pants. Our mom sewed most of our dresses and tried to stay on-trend as far as the pattern books allowed. I wanted mod gogo boots terribly but never got a pair.

[jandsknight]

(((Betty)))

Here's a story your dad would've agreed with: I was getting my hair cut in a salon with at least eight other clients, each with a beautician doing something to their hair. There had been a background chatter until one client started loudly exclaiming about how she couldn't bear the thought of getting old. The woman working on her was the owner of the shop and probably the oldest person there at about 60. There was little other chatter, perhaps some light groans. Finally she paused long enough for the shop owner to have a chance. She said that she knew the answer. There was total silence until she stated "Die young". The vain one said nothing. The rest of us exhaled, chuckled silently and the background chatter soon resumed.

[staytuned]

My deepest condolences on the loss of your father, Betty.

I smiled throughout that video, Chap, thinking how back then we thought how fab the fashions were.

[chapeaunoir]

They WERE fab, too!

[bettyblackbent]

Thank you all for your condolences.

He was more than ready to go, and as much as peace with the world as he could be.

[chapeaunoir]

Sept 2, 2021 23:18:02 GMT bettyblackbent said:

Thank you all for your condolences.

He was more than ready to go, and as much as peace with the world as he could be.

I remember the stories you told about him - it was thinking about your dad that reminded me of the quote above as he was still working in his 80s, creating art daily. 

[zoesam]

So sorry for your loss (((Betty))).

[Emerald_Door]

(((Betty))) I'm very sorry for your loss.

My grandmother lived to 101. When she was 98, she said to me, "I'm getting old."


On the subject of 1960's fashion, I watched the first season of "That Girl" on Hulu. Oh, her clothes! Fabulous.

[57roses]

I loved Marlo Thomas' clothes on That Girl! Her dresses with matching coats were my favorite. I loved her hair also but I watched an episode recently and realized it may have been a wig or hair piece.