60s-70s Britain

curated by Lily Madalin

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The Kinks get their hair cut, 12th June 1964 (London)

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Mickey Finn & Marc Bolan

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Portobello Road, 1969

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i got my URL from the documentary, AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex, where Bolan described how him and his friends would root through the backstreet bins of the Carnaby Street fashion boutiques, finding thrown out fabrics, scarves, and specifically, buttons :)

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Carnaby Street, ca. 1966

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Kleptomania, Carnaby Street

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Cream on the streets of SoHo, London, 1967

London (1967)

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Newburgh St, Carnaby, 1968

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Marianne Faithfull arrives at Granada studios, 31st July 1967.

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Twiggy photographed by Bern Schwartz in London, July 1, 1978

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Paul McCartney, London, 1978

© Linda McCartney 

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a couple kissing outside of I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet boutique on Carnaby Street, London, 1966

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The Mothers Of Invention in London, 1967

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Frank Zappa and his mother, London 1975

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Dandie Fashions at 161 King's Road, Chelsea.

Opened October 1966

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Jane Birkin hops in her Jaguar E-Type, 1965

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Just Jaeckin - Willy van Rooy (Vogue UK 1967)