DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES; 1960'S

today we pay homage to the decade that was the 1960's. what do they say.... if you remember the 60's you weren't there? what are your reflections on the swinging 60's?

vintage 1950's STRAIGHT spectacles frames MADE IN ENGLAND

 vintage Anon.
# straight
48x24
handmade in england circa 1950's
new

vintage HANDMADE 50's DAVINA cat eye frames MADE IN ENGLAND

 vintage Anon

davina

handmade in england circa 1950's

new

DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES; 1950's

only 7 days til the wilton way diamond jubilee street party & 7 decades to inspire what to wear. as such we will profile each decade day by day in countdown to the event & today we raise our glass to the 1950's!. vans were not around in the 50's so we're a bit lost. what are your memories(?) & associations with the 1950's from fashion, film, footwear, eyewear, music & culture?

(butter)fly on the wall

vintage PERSOL by RATTI mirror 649 3E brevettato MADE IN ITALY

 vintage persol by ratti

#649/3E brevettato

made in italy circa 1985

new with tags

vintage VANS custom 2-tone pinstripe era style #95 MADE IN USA US7

vintage vans style #95-I85-6006 era custom #148

2-tone aqua/black pinstripe 

customade in usa circa 1982

new in box

US7/UK6.5

right here we have a preview of our imminent feature on the rich history of vans customs. utilising a rare pinstripe print in an incredible 2-tone aqua/black combination, this is 1 of the finest 'off the wall's we have been priveledged to offer. a set of stripes well earnt!

THIS is the pinstripe!

this is the sidestripe.

"my dad always doodled and he kept a pad on his desk. one day he drew the stripe he wanted for our shoes and went to our patent guy, an old cobbler from boston, and showed it to him. he called it the jazz stripe and they liked it so he put it on the old skool, style #36. that was our first skate shoe that had leather on it and first came out in '77. "

steve van doren on the birth of the sidestripe

vintage GIANNI VERSACE S90 wrap shield sunglasses MADE IN ITALY new

 vintage gianni versace

MOD. S 90 COL. 04M

made in italy circa 1990's

new

vintage VANS style #595 #95 white suede era MADE IN USA US11.5 golden eyelets

vintage vans style #595 era

white suede

silver foxing stripe

made in usa circa 1989

used (machine washed?)

US11.5-12/UK11-11.5