I am feeling quite nostalgic.
Looking at images of design and fashion from the decade I was born.
The Sixties
Good to know that I am younger than this Terrence Conran Habitat chair.
Tonguechick.com
And, one of the first Super Models, Twiggy.
Once I started this trip down memory lane, I couldn’t stop! I started to look up design and fashion elements from The Seventies.
Taschen.com
Love’s Baby Soft!
Even though this ad is disturbing on so many different levels, I had to include it. It was my first perfume, and I wore copious amounts of it everyday.
(that phone! the colors! the hairstyles!)
highvalleybooks.com
All that Aztec style stuff, and mauve, green and gray….blech!
uglyhouse.com
As for fashion and style, for me, in the eighties (or at least the early eighties)
it was all about HER!
Moving right along to the Nineties…
theinsider.com
I really just wanted Monica’s apartment,
theinsider.com
and, Rachel’s hair!
amazon.com
In Manhattan, kate spade came on the scene. I used to tote around my original kate spade
black nylon boxy square bag…I still have it (somewhere).
pradapurse
and, it seemed these things were everywhere…..
And now, the oughts, the oughties, the preceding ten years (still not sure what to call it)
2000-2009
bellavogue.com
say what you will, they have had a HUGE influence on fashion
(and I kinda like them)
washingtonspaces.com
Of course, it seems a little too soon to know for sure what will really depict these times as far as interiors goes…but I thought the above photos were a good start.
When I first had the idea for this post, I thought I would be depicting beautiful rooms and interiors through the decades. But, after looking at some of the truly greats, (David Hicks, Sister Parish, Mark Hampton), to name a few, what became clear to me, was that a truly lovely interior stands the test of time. It’s hard to know for sure when in fact it was “done”. Perusing these fabulous images, it was hard to know (without the text) what decade they were designed in. I guess that is what truly defines a classic, it is timeless. And, when it comes to design and style…isn’t that what we are all looking for?
So, there you go. Happy Birthday to me.
{vintage 1967}
What a wonderful post! I loved the time travel—from Baby Soft to MK Olsen—what a trip! Happy Birthday to you!!!
XX Kate
I just had to comment..Love's Baby Soft?!! It was my first perfume too and everybody wore it!!! It was so popular and I haven't thought about it in years (maybe decades!!) thanks for the reminder…I wonder if they still make it…I would love to get a whiff of it one more time!