What Is It About The Sixties That Keeps Us Coming Back?

The early sixties were a favorite reference point on the Fall runways, & as Fashionista recently pointed out, that’s led to an abundance of mod-themed editorials in the new September magazines. It’s worth adding that our culture’s current fascination with the youthquake years goes way beyond fashion. There’s Mad Men, of course, which is finally, officially beginning to produce its fifth season, but next month sees the release of two more decade-specific shows: Pan Am, starring Christina Ricci as a jet-age stewardess, & The Playboy Club, featuring twenty-first-century pinup Amber Heard as a Bunny at the original Chicago club. [Talk about male wish fulfillment!] Then there’s the big screen—and no, we’re not talking about the rumored fourth Austin Powers film. We’ll Take Manhattan is scheduled to come out next year & tells the tale of photographer David Bailey & model Jean Shrimpton’s era-defining fling. We know just the thing to wear to the premiere: a black & white fur coat from Christopher Bailey’s Shrimpton-inspired Burberry Prorsum collection.

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