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"Step into the Groovy Era: Exploring the Swinging Sixties" In the vibrant world of swinging, George Harrison and Patti Boyd set hearts ablaze with their love story

Background imageSwinging Collection: Swinging Birch Tree 1867 Winslow Homer American

Swinging Birch Tree 1867 Winslow Homer American
Swinging in a Birch Tree, 1867. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving

Background imageSwinging Collection: The Game Of Bob Apple, Or Swinging Apple. 19Th Century Reproduction From 14Th Century Manuscript

The Game Of Bob Apple, Or Swinging Apple. 19Th Century Reproduction From 14Th Century Manuscript

Background imageSwinging Collection: Hawaii, Maui, Waihee, A swinging Bridge into a lush green forest

Hawaii, Maui, Waihee, A swinging Bridge into a lush green forest

Background imageSwinging Collection: Giant Swing At An Amusement Park

Giant Swing At An Amusement Park

Background imageSwinging Collection: Golf Ball On A Tee

Golf Ball On A Tee

Background imageSwinging Collection: Tee Off Shot

Tee Off Shot

Background imageSwinging Collection: Golfer Taking A Swing From A Golf Bunker

Golfer Taking A Swing From A Golf Bunker

Background imageSwinging Collection: Cupid with red hearts on a Christmas postcard

Cupid with red hearts on a Christmas postcard, swinging on an envelope. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSwinging Collection: Cat Likes A Swing By Its Tail Tabby cat being swung around in the air by its owner

Cat Likes A Swing By Its Tail Tabby cat being swung around in the air by its owner

Background imageSwinging Collection: Actress Elke Sommer wearing a bikini 1961

Actress Elke Sommer wearing a bikini 1961

Background imageSwinging Collection: Cat Likes A Swing By Its Tail Tabby cat being swung around in the air by its owner

Cat Likes A Swing By Its Tail Tabby cat being swung around in the air by its owner

Background imageSwinging Collection: Unusually dressed man in Carnaby Street, 1960s

Unusually dressed man in Carnaby Street, 1960s
A man dressed in a variety of military and historic vintage items of clothing from a kilt to a velvet frock coat and admirals hat, amuses a group of sailors and school boys in Carnaby Street

Background imageSwinging Collection: Sweet Fanny Adams, Carnaby Street, 1960s

Sweet Fanny Adams, Carnaby Street, 1960s
A woman in large sunglasses sporting a feather boa poses outside Sweet Fanny Adams, a Carnaby Street womenswear boutique founded by Henry Moss

Background imageSwinging Collection: Mens boutique in Carnaby Street, 1960s

Mens boutique in Carnaby Street, 1960s
Interesting view (in a convex mirror) of the interior of a mens boutique in Carnaby Street, the fashionable epicentre of swinging sixties London

Background imageSwinging Collection: Map of Carnaby Street, 1960s

Map of Carnaby Street, 1960s
Map of showing the location of epicentre of sixties cool, Carnaby Street, in central London, as directed by one of the leading male boutiques, Lord Kitcheners Valet. Date: 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: Richard I at the Siege of Acre by Matania

Richard I at the Siege of Acre by Matania
Richard I at the Siege of Acre on horseback jumps over a horse swinging his axe through the air about to strike two men. Date: 1191

Background imageSwinging Collection: Kings Road Dolly Bird

Kings Road Dolly Bird
A pretty blonde dolly bird in a mini dress with boots and a fur coat, walking down the trendy Kings Road, Chelsea, London. Date: 1960s

Background imageSwinging Collection: Girl on Kings Road

Girl on Kings Road
KINGs ROAD (CHELSEA) A typical 60s girl, looking down at the pavement, with her carrier bag from the " Bazaar" boutique. Date: 1960s

Background imageSwinging Collection: London Life - London Still Swinging, 1966

London Life - London Still Swinging, 1966
Front cover of London Life magazine with the headline, Looks Like Its Still Swinging! to flag up a feature investigating whether London is still the swinging city it was dubbed by Time magazine in

Background imageSwinging Collection: London Life party in the GPO Tower 1966

London Life party in the GPO Tower 1966
Guests at a party thrown by short-lived by hip and happening magazine, London Life at the top of the newly-built GPO (Post Office) Tower in May 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: Susie Bisco in 1960s fashions

Susie Bisco in 1960s fashions
Susie Bisco, fashion coordinator for an advertising agency in New York, pictured wearing a black and white check dress (and English import for Bigi of Bergdorf Goodman)

Background imageSwinging Collection: Robin Steadman in dandyish 1960s jacket

Robin Steadman in dandyish 1960s jacket
Robin Steadman, hair stylist at The House of Leonard in Grosvenor Street, London wearing a tweed jacket that he had made to measure at John Stephen Custom Built Clothes in Carnaby Street

Background imageSwinging Collection: British models bring the London look to Paris, 1966

British models bring the London look to Paris, 1966
A group of four British models pose for the camera in Paris in the Boulevard St. Germain, 1966. They had flown over along with Alice Pollack and Ossie Clark of the Quorum boutique

Background imageSwinging Collection: Who People Are Dating - Suzy Kendall and Dudley Moore

Who People Are Dating - Suzy Kendall and Dudley Moore
The English actor, comedian, jazz pianist and composer, Dudley Stuart John Moore (19 April 1935 27 March 2002) with model-turned-actress Suzy Kendall (born Frieda Harrison 1 January 1944)

Background imageSwinging Collection: What People Are Wearing - Linda Keith

What People Are Wearing - Linda Keith
The English model Linda Keith wearing a plum-coloured suede coat from Dorothee Bis in Paris with a tan-striped sweater and black trousers. Date: 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: What People Are Wearing - Eva Bartok

What People Are Wearing - Eva Bartok
The Budapest-born actress Eva Bartok (1927 - 1998) wearing a red and gold dress which she designed herself and had made up in Indian sari material. Date: 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: Cathy McGowan

Cathy McGowan (b. 1943), journalist and TV presenter, finding fame and iconic style status as the presenter of the cult pop programme Ready Steady Go!

Background imageSwinging Collection: The co-proprietor of Blooms kosher restaurant

The co-proprietor of Blooms kosher restaurant
Mrs Bloom, co-proprietor with her husband of Londons iconic kosher restaurant. All around her, the bright, cheery, noisy and busy atmosphere which you were likely to find there in the 1960s

Background imageSwinging Collection: Harold Macmillan at the barbers

Harold Macmillan at the barbers
Candid photograph of Harold Macmillan at Toppers Barbers Shop in Bond Street. Date: 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: Bunny girls

Bunny girls, Patty Farrar (left) and Sally Braine (right) from the Playboy Club in London pose in their work uniforms for London Life magazine

Background imageSwinging Collection: London Life front cover - 19 February 1966

London Life front cover - 19 February 1966
Front cover of London Life magazine showing a moody twilight, or early morning scene with a couple walking through a park. The cover headline states, Loving-London Style. 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: Sybil Zelker of Polly Peck shopping at Woollands

Sybil Zelker of Polly Peck shopping at Woollands
Sybil Zelker, designer of the fashion brand Polly Peck, finding sale bargains at Woollands 21 Shop with her daughter Elizabeth

Background imageSwinging Collection: 1960s fashion in London Life magazine

1960s fashion in London Life magazine
Part of a fashion spread in extremely groovy, but short-lived London Life magazine in 1966. Man on the left wears a pillar box red blazer by Rodex

Background imageSwinging Collection: Suzy Menkes - editor of Cambridge Varsity magazine

Suzy Menkes - editor of Cambridge Varsity magazine
Suzy Menkes (born 1943), British journalist and lead fashion writer for the International Herald Tribune since 1988. Pictured here at the age of 22 as a third-year student at Newnham College

Background imageSwinging Collection: Twiggy

Twiggy
Lesley Hornby, otherwise known as Twiggy pictured in the Chelsea Antique Market in a raccoon coat she bought in Portobello Road. Date: 1966

Background imageSwinging Collection: Charlotte Rampling in Jean Varon

Charlotte Rampling in Jean Varon
Actress Charlotte Rampling (born 1946) pictured in her Avengers dress by Jean Varon (designed by British designer John Bates), black and white crepe

Background imageSwinging Collection: London Life magazine front cover 1965 Tony Bennett

London Life magazine front cover 1965 Tony Bennett
Front cover of the impossibly hip but short-lived magazine, London Life featuring a front cover illustration of the crooner Tony Bennett. 1965

Background imageSwinging Collection: Peggy Moffitt

Peggy Moffitt
Margaret Anne " Peggy" Moffitt (born May 14, 1940)former American model and actress. During the 1960s, she was muse for fashion designer Rudi Gernreich

Background imageSwinging Collection: Diana Rigg wearing SWAPL jacket, Roter advertisement

Diana Rigg wearing SWAPL jacket, Roter advertisement
Actress Diana Rigg in an advertisement for South West African Persian Lamb wearing a jacket in said fabric. Left hand side shows an advertisement for Roter

Background imageSwinging Collection: Emma Booker and Clare Peploe

Emma Booker and Clare Peploe, standing in front of a butcher, both wearing yellow embroidered Afghan sheepskin jackets, which are prototypes of ones they will sell in their shop The Yellow Room

Background imageSwinging Collection: Lee Bender - English designer

Lee Bender - English designer
Lee Bender, English manufacturer and designer of Lee Cecil clothes. She wears a white leopard printed coney for shopping at her local greengrocers in Great Tichfield Street

Background imageSwinging Collection: Cats on a roof, Les Images en Musique

Cats on a roof, Les Images en Musique
Cats having fun on a roof, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Background imageSwinging Collection: Orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus raising one leg and one arm, front view

Orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus raising one leg and one arm, front view

Background imageSwinging Collection: Tropical forest scene with monkeys swinging from hanging tree-roots

Tropical forest scene with monkeys swinging from hanging tree-roots and colourful parrots flying off branches

Background imageSwinging Collection: Cricket player swinging his bat

Cricket player swinging his bat

Background imageSwinging Collection: Trapeze artists in motion during performance, steps from start to completion of move

Trapeze artists in motion during performance, steps from start to completion of move

Background imageSwinging Collection: Anna Neagle dancing the twist with Grenville Collins

Anna Neagle dancing the twist with Grenville Collins
Anna Neagle (1904-1986) - popular British stage and film actress and singer dancing the twist with 19-year-old guest Grenville Collins (1943-) !




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"Step into the Groovy Era: Exploring the Swinging Sixties" In the vibrant world of swinging, George Harrison and Patti Boyd set hearts ablaze with their love story. Rock n Roll dancing became a symbol of freedom and expression during this era. Tony Blackburn introduced us to some groovy things on Carnaby Street, where fashionistas flocked to find the latest trends. Golf enthusiasts found solace in Cotton's book while swinging their clubs. As we swung on a ringing bell, Paula Rego captured the essence of motherhood with her three children. Meanwhile, Mary Quant revolutionized British fashion as an iconic designer. In Eastern Madagascar, a black-and-white Ruffed Lemur hung upside down, showcasing its acrobatic skills. In Sabah Borneo, an Orang-utan named JPF 8453 stole our hearts with its playful swings through Jean-Paul Ferrero's lens. Biba moved to Kensington Church Street, bringing avant-garde style to Londoners' wardrobes. The front covers of London Life in 1966 showcased both timeless beauty and Julie Christie's magnetic charm. The swinging sixties were an era filled with excitement and innovation—a time when people embraced change and pushed boundaries like never before.