My Love Affair with the 60's

Edie Sedgwick

Pattie Boyd

Twiggy

It all started with the movie Factory girl... about the "it" girl of the 60's, Edie Sedgwick (and now i absolutely love Sienna Miller too)! I fell in love with everything from the fashion to the free spirited lifestyle Edie seemed to live. I know it was only a movie, but I was hooked! I also recently checked out the book "Wonderful Tonight" by Pattie Boyd, who was married to George Harrison from the Beatles, and later Eric Clapton another musician. She was also a high profile model who helped define the 60's. And then of course there is Twiggy. All fashion icons that i love. There is something about the 60's that truly captivates me. The music, the art, the fashion, the people, and the vibe i get. It was a revolution of freedom and all new creativity. People explored and discovered in the chic, yet hippie atmosphere.

In Pattie's book she says

"London belonged to the young. All the old class structures of our parents' generation were breaking down. All the old social mores were swept away. No one cared where you came from or what school you'd gone to, what accent you spoke with or how much money you had. All that mattered was what you could do, what you could create. ... Painters, poets, writers, designers, admen, media figures, and of course, musicians expressed themselves with fearlessness, freshness, and freedom. They wore fabulous frocks and flowery shirts and grew their hair long. They weren't going to knuckle down and wear the uniform of their class. The rule book had been thrown away. A new age and a new value system had been born. People wanted to experiment and have fun... It was a golden age, an exciting time to be alive."