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The day of the peacock : style for men, 1963-1973 / Geoffrey Aquilina Ross.

By: Aquilina Ross, GeoffreyMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : V&A, 2011Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN: 9781851776009 (hbk.) :; 1851776001 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Men's clothing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Great Britain | Fashion -- Social aspects | Nineteen sixties | Beauty and FashionDDC classification: 391.1'0941'09046
Contents:
Introduction: changing times: Style bibles - The rebirth of the dandy (1955-63): Bill Green; John Stephens; Dougie Millings - Men's fashion and the 1960s: The model agency: English boy ltd. - Enter the peacock (1960-1965): John Pearse and Nigel Waymouth; Michael Rainey; Rupert Lycett Green and Charles Hornby; Michael Fish and Barry Sainsbury; Tom Gilbey; Doug Hayward; Tommy Nutter - And then it ended (1970-1975).
Summary: In the 1960s, men's fashion witnessed an extraordinary rebirth that led to lasting social, cultural and commercial change. 'The Day of the Peacock' takes a fascinating look at the shops, celebrity photographers, tailors and fashionable dressers who made up the scene.
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Includes index.

Introduction: changing times: Style bibles - The rebirth of the dandy (1955-63): Bill Green; John Stephens; Dougie Millings - Men's fashion and the 1960s: The model agency: English boy ltd. - Enter the peacock (1960-1965): John Pearse and Nigel Waymouth; Michael Rainey; Rupert Lycett Green and Charles Hornby; Michael Fish and Barry Sainsbury; Tom Gilbey; Doug Hayward; Tommy Nutter - And then it ended (1970-1975).

In the 1960s, men's fashion witnessed an extraordinary rebirth that led to lasting social, cultural and commercial change. 'The Day of the Peacock' takes a fascinating look at the shops, celebrity photographers, tailors and fashionable dressers who made up the scene.

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