The study and collecting of postcards (called deltiology) is not something I intended to do. However, postcards provide a fascinating snapshot of society at a time when few newspapers had images.
Unlike other Bond related clothing and accessories, I doubt you will see anyone wearing anything vaguely similar to this distinctive preloved top. For collectors, it also doubles up as an unusual piece of Bond related memorabilia.
Although ingredients may have changed over the years, people have made up their faces for tens of thousands of years... Imagine the public shock when girls started wearing blue, green, purple and black lipsticks.
Thea Porter was known as “the ultimate purveyor of ultra-luxe bohemian style.” Renowned for exotic fabrics and sumptuous patterned silks, inspired by her nostalgia for the Middle East...
The store’s mission is to help local people sell their record collections, reinvesting the proceeds towards the building of an archive, which already includes 650 of the 900 albums recorded at the studios between 1966 and 2009.
Kimono are worn wrapped left side over right, something I discovered when a Japanese friend kindly informed me the (opposite) way mine was worn was only appropriate when dressing the dead for burial.
