Juniper

Pattie said of her antiques stall, which was open from 1968-69: "Jenny and I took a stall in the antiques market in the King's Road, and specialized in art nouveau. We called it Juniper -because of "Jennifer Juniper"- and ran it for about a year. Jenny looked after the stall and I did the buying. I drove all over the country finding objects d'art, including a set of Fabergé menu holders, paintings, and knickknacks of the period. John Jesse, who was married to Mick Fleetwood's sister, introduced me to art nouveau at a time when few people prized it and I could buy it quite cheaply; the jewelry was recognizable and we knew that if it had a signature it was more valuable. Our stall was next door to an antiquarian bookseller. We didn't make much money because we didn't charge enough. I was always so pleased when someone liked what I had bought that I would almost give it away."

I have a feeling these photos are kinda rare, and they all seem to be from the same occasion. I wish I could find more! One cool thing I did notice is the poster on the back wall, Alphonse Mucha's Bières de la Meuse. Here it is in glorious color and high quality:

(Store photos from the wonderful Yahoo group, Something About Pattie Boyd, submitted by Lynn Mayes.)

The Poster Dress

 In 1968, American graphic artist Harry Gordon fabricated mod-pop "Poster Dresses" in a series of five different designs. The shift dress designs included the 'Mystic Eye', 'Giant Rocket', 'Rose', 'Pussy Cat' and 'Hand' (which featured "Uptown N.Y." by Allen Ginsberg on top of a rather shocking hand gesture). The five different dress types came in one package, so you could wear whichever suited your current mood. The manufacturer stated "Toughness is woven into the non-woven fabric for long, l-o-n-g wear, and should you tire (which is doubtful), just cut open all the seams and hang it on your wall as a poster, or cover pillows." In the turbulent creativity of fashion in the sixties, this is just one example of innovation. The fact that the simple dresses were created by a normal person as opposed to a designer supports that, as William Zinsser of Life magazine said, "Overnight, fashion has turned from a humorless cult, ruled by a few fashion priests, into a game that anybody can play, any way they want to play it."

(Photos from vintage 1968 ads and Radical Rags. Last photo from My Mom, the Style Icon.)