Vintage 60s issue of About Town magazine, the precursor to TOWN
Cover -
The girl is dressed by Bazaar, Knightsbridge and Chelsea. The plane is a Rollason D31 Turbulent. The photograph is by John Cowan.
Contents -
London Living Town Talk: Kenneth Martin lance he’s an exploration into the closed worlds of London Behind the X: Mark Shivas and Derek Hill look into the film club schizophrenia Guinea-pig: Anthony Haden-Guest reveals the secret of cheap living in London.
Britain Today: Island: part one of a social experimenting, by David Hughes Photographed by John Bulmer White-collar flying: a high level revolution in English commerce, by Glenmore Trenear-Harvey.
Personalities: Voluntary exiles: Sarah Thayer talks to the English in New York Theme and variations: Picasso and the girl, by Michael Middleton. Sylvette David, also known by her married name Lydia Corbett, is photographed and her story of the paintings Picasso made of her is told with the work she chose shown for the first time
Food and Drink: The delicate one per cent: a primer of Hock and Moselle wines One the town: drinking, dining and dancing about and out of London.
Clothes and Cars: The heart-help bureau: Desmond Skirrow and Terence Donovan The chisel toe: photographed by Priscilla Conran Seen about town: auto-suggestions Address book: tailors and services throughout the country.
Comment: Keeping abreast: Alan Hatch Films by Derek Hill Jazz by John Lindsay.
ABOUT TOWN - August 1961
Art directed by Tom Wolsey.
Excellent condition see photographs of the actual copy 60+ years old. Post includes insurance and tracking.
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