{"id":35674,"date":"2025-10-13T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/husbands-paris.com\/en\/?p=35674"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:16:38","slug":"a-chequered-past-visual-diary-of-60s-and-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpadmin.husbands-paris.com\/en\/journal\/a-chequered-past-visual-diary-of-60s-and-70s\/","title":{"rendered":"A CHEQUERED PAST : LIVES OF THE ARTISTS, LIVES OF THE FRIENDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key witness to the 60s and 70s, Peter Schlesinger captured his era like no other. Artists, lovers – great names or perfect strangers: his subjects dress up and down every tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lightness of the time, lightness of the dress. David Hockney revives the tradition of the Grand Tour in a corduroy overcoat and sky-blue scarf. English aristocrats dress down their Victorian coats with sequined trousers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryan Ferry, W.H. Auden, Robert Mapplethorpe – Paris, London, Cannes. Writers are serious: Isherwood and Auden in beige tweed or sharkskin, ties or button-downs – one open button only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographers abandon their shirts entirely. Eric Boman mixes white gingham, blue stripes and a red cotton jacket with wide lapels and a slight heel. Mapplethorpe thwarts his midnight blue smoking jacket with a denim shirt and jeans. Only Cecil Beaton retains his collar stays: stiff collar, stiff upper lip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft-shouldered tweeds reveal a rugby shirt, high-waisted brown herringbone trousers, pumpkin or cherry-coloured jumpers, pink, black and white Prince of Wales, heeled brogues, strong stripes, fair-isles, \u201cLanvin\u201d-blue shirts, patterned V-necks, seersucker thrown over t-shirts – the sudden black of dinner suits as night falls on Glyndebourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"Andy
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Andy Warhol, Rex Reed. Monte Carlo. 1974.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"Celia
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Celia Birtwell, Ann Upton, David Hockney, Udo Kier, Glyndebourne. 1975.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"Christopher
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Christopher Isherwood. Santa Monica. 1968.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"David
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David Hockney, Cecil Beaton. 1970.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"David
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David Hockney. Paris. 1969.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"Eric
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Eric Boman, Paloma Picasso. 1971.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"Eric
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Eric Boman. St Tropez. 1978.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"George
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George Lawson, Wayne Sleep. Wigmore Place. 1971.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"Hockney-drawing-Auden-London-1969\"
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Hockney drawing Auden. London. 1969.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>\"Mark-Lancaster-Brussels-1970\"
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Mark Lancaster. Brussels. 1970.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"Peter-Schlesinger-as-an-art-student-1968\"
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Peter Schlesinger as an art student. 1968.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>\"Robert
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Robert Mapplethorpe. Boulevard St Germain. 1971.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n