Postcards: Carnaby Street 1966
This postcard’s over-amped application of colour (despite the “natural” tag on the back) contrasts deeply with the dowdiness of the buildings and the appearances of the inhabitants of the Swinging London über strasse on a summer’s day in 1966.
The disconnect – between projected lifestyle and everyday reality – sums up the 60s.
On the left is Warren Gold’s fashion emporium Lord John, which was decorated in early psychedelic style by art squad Binder Edwards & Vaughan – read more about the design antics of Dudley Edwards and his colleagues Doug Binder and David Vaughan here.
And continuing the 60s painting and decorating theme of today’s post on THE LOOK, here’s a shot of Edwards at work on the commission, as well as a detail by the photographer credited as CE Fudge (whose chronicling of buildings in that decade is celebrated here).
Dudley Edwards (left) and colleague work on the Lord John facade.
Lord John facade detail, 1968. Photo: CE Fudge, from http://betweenchannels.blogspot.com.