there’s been plenty of talk about coachella and the season of summer music festivals lately. while i don’t have plans to attend anything besides our local outside lands fest in san francisco this august, i still enjoy searching through photo archives trying to get a glimpse at what those first festivals in the 1960’s must have been like. there were no street style photographers lurking about looking for fashionable ladies in cut off shorts and flower headbands, but there certainly was some pretty impeccable style worn by the popular musicians of the time. this is only a small selection and i know i’m leaving out a ton of people, but i thought i’d share some of the inspiration i collected while pulling together my first regular column for polyvore. each month, i’ll be finding a vintage photograph and recreating the look with modern pieces, so head on over to polyvore and check it out!
above: joan baez with her sisters pauline and mimi photographed by jim marshall.
leonard cohen and joni mitchell at newport folk festival, 1965.
marianne faithfull.
bob dylan, donovan, and mary travers at the newport folk festival, july 1965.
grace slick and spencer dryden, 1967.
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I’m so inspired by your style, Erin! Going to check it on polyvore!
gorgeous inspirational shots!
kw ladies in navy
I love these photos! Sixties style is so inspirational, great post! :)
love them all
LOVE all these old b&w photos!!! Soooo cool!
No one does it better than Mariann Faithful.
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I need everything pictured!
xo Jennifer
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wow, this is making me miss my BANG DAYS
GREAT POST!!! I’m such a lover of vintage….confession: my sole reason for watching old films and sitcoms is to check out the fashions and combinations. Check out my recent post Modern Vintage at http://asbeautifulasme.com/2013/04/11/modern-vintage/
I love this! I have been studying music and popular culture in the 1960’s as a part of a history class and I find these so fascinating. I love reading about the musicians and the culture at the time. I find it so fascinating. I love your set for polyvore so much! So awesome!
This is beyond fun and nostalgic! I just love being inspired by the ’60s! Oh vintage photos!
I seriously though that was you on the far left in the first photo! Love this whole era and those looks.
These looks are so timeless! It just goes to show that great style never goes out of fashion.
YAY i love this, soo soo soo tired of “festival wear” I REALLY WISH WE COULD MOVE BEYOND THE CUTOFFS, I was all for it the first time around but now I’m just grumpy. I like how earnest this is. The first photo looks like Irina Lazareanu tho! haha! shes such a babe
dude, i know what you mean. i remember a couple of years back, i was in love with the festival style photos that would circulate around the street style blogs, but now it’s just a little too cray.. i wish more people would bring it back to it’s roots!
I love how formal this is!! Well “formal” to our modern times. Like this is the kind of stuff I would wear to work, or on a date! Now in muddy fields. But thats what makes it so great! I was watching an episode of Lucy and she in was “work clothes” painting the house, and I was like “really YOU PAINT IN THOSE CLOTHES” those are the kind of vintage clothes from the 60s i get EXCITED to find! haha