Paging through The Golden Hands Complete Book of Dressmaking (1972), I couldn't help but be impressed with some of the fashion photos. They're so....(what's the word)..... seventies. Not hideously awful, just really, really seventies. That picture above should be in a frame hanging over my fireplace it's so damn awesome.
Check out the flamboyantly gay designer in the image below. My God, could they have been more stereotypical? I'm not sure I've seen an overtly homosexual image in a needlework book before. Of course, he's more of a Paul Lynde kind of gay.... I thank that was okay back then.
Here's a few more images from the book. Enjoy.
