Skip to product information
1 of 13

TOWN

Raquel Welch HELMUT NEWTON Bruce Davidson ALAN ALDRIDGE Tom Wolfe TOWN magazine

Raquel Welch HELMUT NEWTON Bruce Davidson ALAN ALDRIDGE Tom Wolfe TOWN magazine

Regular price £225.00 GBP
Regular price Sale price £225.00 GBP
Sale Sold out
Tax included.
Vintage British men's lifestyle and fashion magazine Town - a rare sixties publication. Published by Michael Heseltine, who took on the floundering 'Man About Town' magazine and reinvented the title.

Cover - 

Raquel Welch, photographed by David Hurn.

Contents -

This is Rachel Welch, she likes to read, she reads books and magazines, see Rachel Read.

If she reads this issue she can read a preview of a new novel by Mordecai Richler.

She can read an article by Tom Wolfe on crazy California surfing gangs, she can read all about Canadians in England.

If she gets tired of reading, she can look at lots more pictures of herself.

...Inside on there is a feature on Raquel by Jeffrey Bernard including two full page colour pictures. 

Photographers include - Helmut Newton (the Khanh fashion editorial), BRUCE DAVIDSON (California surfer images in the Wolfe feature), CLIVE ARROWSMITH, David Hurn...

EMMANUELLE KHANH menswear fashion spread

FAROE ISLANDS portfolio by NIGEL TROWE, large article with text by BRIAN MOYNAHAN.

PAULENE STONE models in one of the fashion stories.

PIERRE CARDIN menswear looks on the streets of Paris, along with model HIROKO MATSUMOTO who wears the brand. 2 pages, approx 10 images.

Tom Wolfe writes a short story for Town.

VIETNAM and the war, look away, harrowing images. Several pages, photos by RICHARD MERRON.

A profile of writer Denis Potter by Michael Whale.

Canadians feature inc portraits of Elaine Grand and SIDNEY NEWMAN.

Small photos of BEN CARRUTHERS, 
DANNY LA RUE, Donald Sutherland, etc

Full page colour advert plates include - 

ALAN ALDRIDGE full page colour comic strip ad for Cue at AUSTIN REED

CAT on a hot tin roof style for Crimplene

CATHAY PACIFIC

FORD ZEPHYR

JAEGER

SAAB cars, half a page advertisement showing several models

SABRE, illustrated

ZODIAC

Dimensions - 9.5 inches x 12.5 inches

82 pages

Town was an important British men's style magazine in the 1950s and 60s. A fascinating mix of of fashion, current affairs, the arts and many lux period advertisements for clothes, cars and cigars!

With contributions from so many influential writers, photographers, artists, illustrators, models and muses it can only be described as the very best of Who's Who of  sixties culture.  All bound into one beautiful magazine.

VG condition. Clean cover.  Spine sturdy.  Complete.  Banging!! A thoroughly good example of one of THE most sought after magazine titles from the 20th century! 

Shipping includes insurance & online tracking. We reduce postage prices for combined orders.

B1322 220330_9039
View full details