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.
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.
Bryan Ferry, W.H. Auden, Robert Mapplethorpe – Paris, London, Cannes. Writers are serious: Isherwood and Auden in beige tweedwoolen fabric, more or less rustic, woven with multicolored More or sharkskin, ties or button-downs – one open button only.
Photographers abandon their shirts entirely. Eric Boman mixes white gingham, blue stripesline or band more or less wide that marks a fabric More and a red cottonnatural cellulosic textile fiber constituting the seminal ha More jacket with wide lapels and a slight heel. Mapplethorpe thwarts his midnight blue smoking jacket with a denim(fabric from Nîmes) - very strong cotton fabric, in twill w More shirt and jeans. Only Cecil Beaton retains his collar stays: stiff collar, stiff upper lip.
Soft-shouldered tweeds reveal a rugby shirt, high-waisted brown herringboneV-shaped decorative pattern obtained by reproducing, after i More trousers, pumpkin or cherry-coloured jumpers, pink, black and white Prince of WalesGlen Urquhart tile pattern overlaid with a window tile patte More, heeled brogues, strong stripes, fair-isles, “Lanvin”-blue shirts, patterned V-necks, seersucker(from Indian Shirushaker, wrinkled) cotton fabric with alter More thrown over t-shirts – the sudden black of dinner suits as night falls on Glyndebourne.
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Andy Warhol, Rex Reed. Monte Carlo. 1974.
![Celia Birtwell, Ann Upton, David Hockney, Udo Kier, Glyndebourne, 1975](https://husbands-paris.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Celia-Birtwell-Ann-Upton-David-Hockney-Udo-Kier-Glyndebourne-1975.jpg)
Celia Birtwell, Ann Upton, David Hockney, Udo Kier, Glyndebourne. 1975.
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Christopher Isherwood. Santa Monica. 1968.
![David Hockney and Cecil Beaton, 1970](https://husbands-paris.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/David-Hockney-and-Cecil-Beaton-1970.jpg)
David Hockney, Cecil Beaton. 1970.
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David Hockney. Paris. 1969.
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Eric Boman, Paloma Picasso. 1971.
![Eric Boman, St Tropez, 1978](https://husbands-paris.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Eric-Boman-St-Tropez-1978.jpg)
Eric Boman. St Tropez. 1978.
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George Lawson, Wayne Sleep. Wigmore Place. 1971.
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Hockney drawing Auden. London. 1969.
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Mark Lancaster. Brussels. 1970.
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Peter Schlesinger as an art student. 1968.
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Robert Mapplethorpe. Boulevard St Germain. 1971.
- JAMES BALDWIN« clear, lucid, and familiar, yet punctuated and powerful »
- THE SHOULDER« tailors also see it as the place of their uniqueness»
- KITANO, THREE MOVEMENTS« His countenance and clothes then become the way to read him.»
- THE PICK STITCH« historically done by hand, with a striking visual detail in lighter, brighter fabrics »