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DRESS
Barnes, R. Mods!, London, 1979
Beaton, C. Fashion: An anthology by Cecil Beaton, London, 1971
Bennett-England, R. Dress Optional: The revolution in menswear, London, 1967
Bergé, P. Yves Saint Laurent, London, 1997
Bultitude, M. (ed) Get Dressed: A useful guide to London's boutiques, London, 1966
Carter, E. (ed) Mary Quant's London, London, 1979
Chenoune, F. A History of Men's Fashion, Paris, 1993
De la Haye, A. and
Dingwall, C. (eds)
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads and Skaters: Subcultural style from the forties to the nineties, London, 1996
De la Haye, A. (ed) The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997, London, 1997
Ettinger, R. Psychedelic Chic: Artistic fashions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Philadelphia, 1999
Hulanicki, B. From A to Biba, London, 1984
Lobenthal, J. Radical Rags: Fashions of the sixties, New York, 1990
Lynam, R. (ed) Paris Fashion (Chapter 9: A Space Age Fashion), London, 1977
Mendes, V. Pierre Cardin: Past, Present, Future, London, 1990
Mendes, V. and De la Haye, A. 20th Century Fashion, London, 1999
Miller, L. Cristobal Balenciaga, London, 1993
Polhemus, T. Streetstyle: From sidewalk to catwalk, London, 1994
Quant, M. Quant by Quant, London, 1966
Rhodes, Z. and
Knight, A.
The Art of Zandra Rhodes, London, 1984
Rothstein, N. (ed) Four Hundred Years of Fashion, London, 1984
Salter, T. Carnaby Street, Surrey, 1970
Vreeland, D. and Saint Laurent, Y. Yves Saint Laurent, New York, 1983
Walker, R. The Savile Row Story: An illustrated history, London, 1988
Watt, J. Ossie Clark 1965-74, London, 2003
Wilcox, C. and
Mendes, V.
Modern Fashion in Detail, London, 1991
TEXTILES AND DECORATIVE ART
Dyrenforth, N. The Technique of Batik, London, 1988
Fiell, C. and
P. (eds)
60s Decorative Art, London, 2000
Greenberg, C. Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s, London, 1999
Ikoku, N. The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection: British textile design 1940 to the present, London, 1999
Jackson, L. The Sixties: Decade of design revolution, London, 1998
20th Century Pattern Design: Textile and wallpaper pioneers, London, 2002
Mendes, V. and
Hinchcliffe, F.
Ascher: Fabric, Art, Fashion, London, 1987
Suhonen, P. and
Pallasmaa, J. (eds)
Marimekko, Helsinki, 1983
PHOTOGRAPHY AND MODELLING
Bailey, D. Goodbye Baby and Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties, New York, 1969
Box of Pin-ups, London, 1965
Devlin, P. Vogue Book of Fashion Photography, New York, 1979
Mendes, V.

John French Fashion Photographer, London, 1984

Shrimpton, J.

My Own Story: The truth about modelling, New York, 1964

Twiggy

Twiggy: An Autobiography, Suffolk, 1975

LIFESTYLE AND SOCIETY
Cawthorne, N. Sixties Source Book, London, 1989
Cohn, N. Ball the Wall: Nik Cohn in the Age of Rock, London, 1989
Harris, J., Hyde,
S. and Smith, G.
1966 and All That: Design and the consumer in Britain, 1960-1969, London, 1986
Hebdige, D. Hiding in the Light, London, 1988
Subculture: The meaning of style, London, 1979
MacInnes, C. Absolute Beginners, London, 1959
Malcolm X with Haley, A. Autobiography of Malcolm X, London, 1965
McLuhan, M. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, New York, 1964
Wheen, F. The Sixties: A fresh look at the decade of change, London, 1982
Wolfe, T.

The Pump House Gang, New York, 1968
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, 1968

 

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