December 15, 2016

SIXTIES MOONGIRLS

Spy Vibe's vintage TV spy book contest ends tomorrow (Dec 16th)! Go to contest details and please enter to win free prizes! Spy Vibers, I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the semester. As my students go on break, I'm psyched to finally have some extra time to spend with you here in the Spy Vibe lair and to work on projects. There's a new 1970s/1980s-related project in the works- more on that later. But if you are interested in that era, you might enjoy a smaller blog I created called Atari Days. In other news, I'm still slowly working on a Spy Vibe coffee table book for Hermes Press, and my spy novel MIKI ZERO is making the rounds with agents. I'm actively looking for a publisher for Miki. Although Spy Vibe gets a lot of hits every day (our total visits are nearing 2 million), I'd like to see the story reach a wider audience through the help of a traditional publishing house. Please let me know if any of you Spy Vibers out there have someone on mind who might be interested. Today I thought we'd take a brief look back at one of my favorite topics- Moon Girls! Fashion for women in the 1960s embraced the playful and experimental attitudes of the times. Yves Saint Laurent's Mondrian dress and the mini skirt popularized by Andre Courreges and Mary Quant were stand-out creations. In 1964, the year Beatlemania really hit on the global level, Andre Courreges' fascination with the Space Age resulted in a fabulous line of clothes inspired by NASA's white and silver. He launched his 'Moon Girl' Collection, which included high skirts and dresses with geometric patterns and cut-outs, space-like helmets, and mid-shin PVC boots. With all those cosmic rays, it was clear we were going to need some protective, synthetic materials, helmets, and visors! Paco RabannePierre Cardin, Rudi Gernreich, and others followed with their own Futuristic lines. The movement had a great effect on costume design in a number of iconic 1960s films, including The 10th Victim (Elio Petri/1965- I contributed the Gallery Feature on the Blu-ray), Barbarella (Vadim/1968), and Moon Zero Two (Baker/1969). Here a few favorite examples of Moon Girl fashion. Enjoy! Related posts: Courreges RIP Trina Robbins interviewCatsuits, Black and White Friday, Tokyo Beat 1964Space FashionLestoil, Star Warps, Sylvia Anderson Fashion, Ikarie XB1, Fear and FashionMods to Moongirls, Star Trek 50th, Mod Japan, Peeling Off the Trench Coats, Mad For Mondrian, Dressed For Space, Designer Gene Winfield, Braun Design, Honor Blackman at 90, Diana Rigg motor Show, Avengers Pop Interview, Cold War Lairs, The Curious Camera, Elsa Martinelli Autodromo, Logan's Run, Interview: Making Casino Royale 1968Fortunatato vs. Panton, Set For Adventure, Barbarella Returns, Mod TargetInterview: Mod Tales, Interview: Mod Tales 2.



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