Rare Photos of The Beatles Throw a Fancy Dress Party to Celebrate the Release of ‘Magical Mystery Tour’

As The Beatles typically celebrated Christmas with a party, in 1967, John Lennon suggested that they have a costume ball for the launch of their Magical Mystery Tour movie, scheduled to be shown on BBC television on December 26, and invite friends, family, and the film crew. The invitation read “Magical Mystery Tour Fancy Dress Party.” In other words, it was a costume party which was held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on December 21, 1967.

All The Beatles and their partners attended the costume ball. John was an Elvis-style rocker while Cynthia Lennon dressed as a Victorian lady. Paul and Jane Asher wore matching King and Queen outfits. Ringo was a Regency gentleman and Maureen Starkey an Indian maiden. George came as an Errol Flynn-style swashbuckler while Pattie Harrison was in an Eastern Princess costume later described by Cynthia as “incredibly sexy in an eastern dancer’s seven-veils-and-not-much-else outfit.”

At the party, the nineteen year-old singer Lulu, who was riding high on the success of her movie and single To Sir With Love, came dressed as Shirley Temple in a blond wig and carrying a large lollipop. Seeing a drunken John Lennon ignoring his wife and concentrating his attention on the sexily-dressed Pattie Harrison, Lulu went over to John and scolded him in a loud voice, waving her lollipop in the air at him. The normally-macho Lennon sat quietly and contritely with his head bowed, taking the criticism. Cynthia later wrote about the incident: “It was such a lovely sight, Lulu cornering John and giving him what for. John was much taken aback by Shirley Temple’s serious lecture on how to treat his wife.”

No photographs survive documenting this surreal incident, but there are a few scattered photos from the Magical Mystery Tour party itself. The most famous one is of John, holding a glass of wine, along with Paul and Ringo and their mates. Oddly, three of the night’s four main characters are not featured in the picture. George, Patti, and Cynthia are nowhere to be seen. One can surmise George and Patti may have left the party early. Or maybe they just stayed away from John for the remainder of the night. Ditto for John’s poor wife Cynthia.

40 Vintage Photos Defined Street Fashion of the 1930s

The Great Depression and World War II bookended the 1930s, but fashion flourished anyway during this decade. Glamorous Hollywood screen stars inspired new looks for women, men, and even children. Inexpensive fabrics, affordable catalog clothing, and homespun ingenuity let anyone copy styles previously worn by the wealthy.

The young, boyish silhouette of 1920s women evolved into a conservative, sophisticated shape in the 1930s. The ideal, popular profile was tall and thin, with strong shoulders and slim hips.

The male silhouette had wide, padded shoulders, a broad chest, defined waist, and straight legs. The overall trend was looser and a little more casual.

Many children wore homemade clothing or items purchased from mail-order catalogs. During the Great Depression, mothers often remade children’s clothing from other items, including flour and feed sacks.

Check out these vintage photos to see what people looked like walking outside in the 1930s.

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Soda Stereo: One of the Most Influential and Popular Spanish-Language Rock Bands

Soda Stereo was an Argentinian rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (lead vocals, guitar), Héctor “Zeta” Bosio (bass) and Carlos Alberto Ficicchia “Charly Alberti” (drums). The band ventured into many styles, such as “música divertida” (“fun music”) in their beginnings, new wave, darkwave, hard rock, alternative rock and electronic rock during their final years.

Soda Stereo is the best-selling band in the history of Argentina, setting landmarks in record sales and concert attendances. The band has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

In 1995, the band won the Merit Diploma at the Konex Awards for their outstanding career in Argentinian music during the decade and the Platinum Konex Award for Best Argentinian Rock Band of the Decade. In 2002, they received the first MTV Legend Award for their musical career. In 2006, the American magazine Al Borde listed the best 500 Iberoamerican rock songs, in which they included “De música ligera” (no.1, considered as the best song in the history of Iberoamerican rock).

In 2002, Rolling Stone Argentina magazine together with MTV issued a list featuring the best 100 songs in Argentinian rock, including “De música ligera” (no. 4), “Persiana americana” (no. 31), “En la ciudad de la furia” (no. 48), and “Cuando pase el temblor” (no. 68). In 2011, Argentinian newspaper La Nación issued a list with the best music videos in Argentinian rock, awarding “En la ciudad de la furia” first prize.

After the band’s separation, all three of its members found separate endeavours – Gustavo Cerati continued a successful solo career after the band’s split, releasing five studio albums (most of which achieved Platinum and Gold status in Argentina), while Zeta Bosio worked for a time as bassist for several underground groups and is now touring as a DJ; Charly Alberti has also found moderate success, both with the foundation of his CybeRelations company, and his family band MOLE.

Here is a set of vintage photos that shows fashion styles of Soda Stereo in the 1980s.

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40 Cool Photos Defined Fashion Styles of Young People in the 1970s

The early 1970s fashion scene was very similar to 1969, just a bit more flamboyant. It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that a fashion revolution occurred in the 1970s. Polyester was the material of choice and bright colors were everywhere. Men and women alike were wearing very tight fitting pants and platform shoes.

Early 1970s fashion was a fun era. It culminated some of the best elements of the ’60s and perfected and/or exaggerated them. Some of the best clothing produced in the 1970s perfectly blended the mods with the hippies. By the late 1970s, the pant suit, leisure suit and track suit was what the average person was sporting. Every woman had a cowl neck sweater in her closet and every man had a few striped v-neck velour shirts.

Tunics, culottes and robes were also very popular. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which dresses were meant to be worn at home, and which ones were for a night on the town. Chest hair, medallions, polyester, butterfly collars, bell bottoms, skin-tight t-shirts, sandals, leisure suits, flower patterned dress shirts, sideburns and, yes, tennis headbands.

There is one common theme throughout fashion in the 1970s: pants were tight fitting. And it is probably the first full decade in which women could be seen wearing pants in every walk of life.

These cool photos were found by Mark Susina that show what young people wore in the 1970s.

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A Secret Meeting of the Grandmas

“This old picture of my great-grandmother, far left, makes it look like the cameraman just stumbled into a secret meeting of the grandmas...” – (via reddit/iwhisn)

Beautiful Fashion Photography in the 1950s and ’60s by Sante Forlano

Sante Forlano, a fashion photographer whose work was well known in national women’s magazines, died of a heart attack at his home in 1973. His age was 49.

Fashion photography in the 1950s and ’60s by Sante Forlano

Forlano worked with Christian Dior in Paris and Rome from 1946 to 1954, when he returned to the United States to open his own studio here. He had worked for Giamour, Vogue, Seventeen and Red Book magazines.

These beautiful photos are part of his work that Sante Forlano took portraits of classic beauties in the 1950s and 1960s.

Lucinda Hollingsworth wearing a green and black floral print dress with matching jacket by Donald Brooks for Danbury, December 1956

Model is wearing a crimson coat with a high waist buttoned-on cape by Young Couture, fox hat by Emme, purse by Koret, 1956

Model wearing a night gown and peignoir by Vanity Fair, 1956

Jan Rylander wearing Charles of the Ritz makeup, a wool tweed suit and rayon blouse by Jeanne Campbell for Sportwhirl, Emmé beanie, Chesterfield pin, and Aris gloves, 1957

Model is wearing a skirt of white chiffon with bodice of white cotton lace by Jonny Herbert and with a pink satin stole by Emily Wetherby, October 1957

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The Story Behind the Portraits of Ozzy Osbourne in a Pink Tutu, Shot by Mark Weiss for Circus Magazine in 1981

In April 1984, photographer Mark Weiss was assigned to shoot with Ozzy Osbourne for a cover and feature in Circus magazine.

Mark recalled his time with the rock star: “I knew this one would be a blast—news had just come out that Ozzy had bit the head off a dove at a record company meeting the month before. He was in NYC promoting his first solo album Blizzard of Ozz. I spent a few days with Ozzy, shooting him around New York City and at his hotel room at the Plaza where I set up a background for the cover shoot. Circus was planning on using his image on a few different covers as well as in multiple spreads, so we tried a few different looks during the session.

“We just hit it off right from the start with my first shoot with him for the cover of Circus magazine, I was young and didn’t know crap. When I asked him to do something he did it he made it easy for me. He gave me my confidence. He was up for anything... from my first shoot with him in a pink tutu, to a shaved head, dressing up in drag or hoping around in a Easter bunny outfit. When Ozzy needed a new guitar player, I found him one.”

Ozzy Osbourne in a pink tutu, 1981.

Ozzy Osbourne, 1981.

Circus magazine cover, June 1981.

“Ozzy was a great subject. When I asked him to try something, he would always do it, and more. At the time, I didn’t always speak up. One of the things I kept telling him was to lean his head forward, because he had a bit of a double chin when his head was relaxed.

“He couldn’t understand my direction, but instinctively he would lean his head forward to hear me better. Ozzy would keep saying, “What? I can’t hear you, Mark!” So I would yell, “Yes, that’s it!” He would answer, “What’s it? What the fuck are you saying?” It was like an Abbott and Costello routine. We had a good laugh about that.”

Ozzy posing for the 12th Anniversary for Circus magazine, 1981

Ozzy at the Circus magazine office in New York City, 1981

Ozzy Osbourne in the bath at the Palza Hotel, NYC in 1981.

Ozzy Osbourne in the bath at the Palza Hotel, NYC in 1981.

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Evan Dando of the Lemonheads Cross-Dressing With Bjork, November 1993

Waking up in Wolverhampton and traveling to London. Putting on a dress and hanging out with Björk. Soundchecks, interviews, meet and greets, guest spots with support bands and great, celebratory gigs... It’s all in a day’s work for Evan Dando. As the Lemonheads’ leader’s year of success, stress and crack confessions comes to an end we spend a day with the languid love-God, still cool as the pressures increase.

(Photo by Kevin Cummins/Getty Images)

The photo was shot by Kevin Cummins on November 3, 1993 for the cover of the NME Christmas edition, and the idea was to shoot the major stars of the year.

“Evan Dando had been wearing a dress on and off for a year – so we thought it would be quite nice to do a shoot with him wearing a dress and Björk wearing a man’s suit,” said Kevin Cummins.

Evan was really excited to meet Björk, and in his typical style, he was flirting with her on set and offering her copies of his CDs. He even brought a guitar and tried to sing to her. She was blasé and not really bothered about the whole thing.

“Half way through she said to me, “Who is this man again ?” I have shot Björk many times, and she’s always in her own world, but still very focused. I thought it was just brilliant that she was prepared to do the cover shoot when she didn’t even know who Evan Dando was!”

Found Photos Show Fashion Styles of ’80s Young Women

Fashion of the 1980s placed heavy emphasis on cheap clothes and fashion accessories and very big poofy hair. Apparel tended to be very bright and vivid in appearance. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and the materialist values of the current decade.

The first half of the decade was relatively tame in comparison to the second half, which is when the iconic 1980s color scheme had come into popularity.

Hair in the 1980s was typically big, curly, bouffant and heavily styled. Television shows such as Dynasty helped popularize the high volume bouffant and glamorous image associated with it.

Women in the 1980s wore bright, heavy makeup. Everyday fashion in the 1980s consisted of light-colored lips, dark and thick eyelashes, and pink or red rouge (otherwise known as blush).

These vintage photos were found by Steven Martin that show what fashion styles of young women looked like in the 1980s.

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Bruce Lee Posing With His Iconic and Beloved Red Mercedes Benz 350 SL in 1972

You probably didn’t know, but Bruce Lee apart from being a master of martial arts and philosophy, had a great sense of style when it came to dressing. He was well aware of the great power of a tailor-made suit or a good selection of accessories. He began with the Ivy League style that was so popular until the arrival of the 1970s with its prints and flare pants.

Here, below are some fascinating vintage photographs of Bruce Lee posing with his iconic and beloved red Mercedes Benz 350 SL in Hong Kong in 1972: