Civil Rights Style
August 1, 2009
Lately I’ve been looking at a lot of old images from the civil rights movement of the 1950’s – 1960’s. I’m obsessed with how stylish everyone was. Below are some of my favorites.
A sartorial savvy Martin Luther King Jr. in this 1956 photograph with fellow civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. I love Dr. King's flecked blazer and skinny tie.
Nine students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. I love the dresses and glasses on the ladies and the gentlemen look great in their white oxford.
Dr. King and Coretta Scott King dressed to the nines! Coretta Scott King's feather hat is incredible!
March in Alabama 1965 - The hats, suits, and ties are great!
Sammy Davis Jr. and Roy Wilkins at the 1963 march in Washington D.C.
Writer James Baldwin with Charlton Heston and Marlon Brando at the 1963 March. These Gents look amazing in their sack suits.
Bayard Rustin in a great skinny knit tie with amazing black rim specs
Malcolm X - 1964; great skinny tie and tie clip. I also love the horn rim frames
Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston at the 1963 march looking great in sack suits and white oxford. The pocket squares are a great touch.
Amazing style! I just love the sack suits and hats.
Jackie Robinson at the 1963 March on Washington
I love that EVERYONE was in a suit and tie!
John Hope Franklin protesting in a suit and tie
John Fitzgerald Kennedy meeting with civil rights leaders at the White House - June 21'st 1963. More great sack suits!
Radio Men – 1950’s
July 30, 2009
The sets and suits make this live recording of “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet extra cool.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five (1961) Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello and Gene Wright
"Time Out" album cover with artwork by Neil Fujita (1959)
The Quartet - 1960's
Paul Desmond
Joe Morello - 1962
Dave Brubeck - 1957
Paul Desmond
Joe Morello & Gene Wright
Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter Anything Goes - 1965
Red Hot and Cool - 1955
Program from 1964
Vintage Hart Schaffner & Marx Ads
January 19, 2009
44th President elect, Mr. Barack Obama is being inaugurated tomorrow. Mr. Obama will wear a tuxedo made by Chicago based tailor Hart Schaffner & Marx. The business was started by Harry and Max Hart in 1872 as a small men’s clothing shop on State Street. Hart Schaffner & Marx has always manufactured it’s suits and menswear in union shops here in the United States of America. To celebrate Mr. Obama’s selection of Hart Schaffner & Marx and to support unionized labor, here is a look back at some great Hart Schaffner & Marx ads from the 1940’s – 1960’s. I found these on Ebay.
1961 - Photograph by Richard Avedon
The Invisible Agent 