#his lil cap

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London to Austria 13th March 1965 Two days after arriving back in the UK from the Bahamas, The Beatles boarded the 11am flight from London Airport to Salzburg, Austria to continue filming Help!  Brian Epstein gives instructions to porter who is carrying his luggage, with Beatles John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Maureen Starkey and Paul McCartney following behind.

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John Lennon in A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (or: you telling me a queer coded this film?)

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moodboard: hearing your own voice <3

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helenandersondesigns: The last time I spoke with John Lennon - in 1975, at Cynthia’s house, when he phoned Julian - he told me that he still wore the very first leather cap I ever made for him in 1964 and that it was his all-time favourite hat. I was touched - John was more sentimental than he cared to let on - and I occasionally wondered what kind of condition it was in. It’s only now, thanks to the internet, google and superfans, that I am finally getting to see the evidence!

In the past 12 months, I have discovered from archive images not only that Yoko also wore my cap (scroll down to my Feb 24 post) but also that John really was rocking it deep into the 1970s. My dear friend the super-talented @javiparisi just sent me this fab photo of John relaxing in Bel Air, where he had taken a house. This snap made me think of John’s “retirement from showbiz” song, released posthumously in 1981.

"I'm just sittin' here watchin' the wheels go round and round. I really love to watch them roll. No longer ridin' on the merry-go-round I just had to let it go."

If you’d like to order your own #johnlennoncap created from my original design in the same soft black leather, there’s a link in my bio. The new ones are even better; I am much fussier these days about the finish!