tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post2883146034146284842..comments2024-01-27T15:45:48.962+00:00Comments on A Dandy In Aspic: Patrick Lichfield - 1960's Peacock Style IconPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02320954966497935514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-19564442722747862312017-10-09T22:07:25.060+01:002017-10-09T22:07:25.060+01:00You mention that Lichfield photographed the Duke a...You mention that Lichfield photographed the Duke and Duchess of York who were in exile in France. I'm curious because the title Duke of York is usually given to the 2nd son of the monarch. George VI was the Duke of York before he became King. Do you mean the Duke and Duchess of Windsor?Elizabeth K. Mahonhttp://scandalouswoman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-31218761458464978822011-10-05T16:46:46.368+01:002011-10-05T16:46:46.368+01:00Thank you,Bon!
I have seen the posts about Lichfi...Thank you,Bon!<br /><br />I have seen the posts about Lichfield on your blog.<br />I must say that to me, Lichfield's life story and his overstated dandyism are much more interesting than his actual photography.It took him years of hard work to finally establish himself as a serious photographer. But in the sixties he was probably more famous for being an eccentrically dressed aristocrat, rather than photographer. Not everybody was impressed by his style. Here's what Nik Cohn wrote about him: "Of all the new fops , the most publicized was Lord Patrick Lichfield, the fashion photographer, a well-meaning and enthusiastic man but not necessarily a paragon of good taste, who so drenched himself in frills and furbelows as to look, as an acquaintance remarked, 'like a silent-film Scarlet Pimpernel'. despite this, or perhaps because of it, he swept all before him. He monopolized the gossip columns, appeared at premiers and was profiled by American magazines.He made his gamekeepers wear bottle-green corduroy breeches and was, for one season at least, the social darling of New York" ("Today There Are No Gentlemen", p 96).<br /><br />I like his photos of Britt Ekland, except for that one where they are both dressed in biker gear (from 1970, I think). She may be looking relaxed but he is decidedly uncomfortable....<br /><br /><br />Wilthomer, thanks for following, I do enjoy reading your blog as well.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320954966497935514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-56827690540114716172011-10-04T15:45:14.855+01:002011-10-04T15:45:14.855+01:00Great stuff, just stumbled onto your blog as you a...Great stuff, just stumbled onto your blog as you are a follower of mine...it's distracting me from work, a welcome change!Wilthomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310808241428717740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684288298781691042.post-7059549450046459682011-10-03T17:42:42.956+01:002011-10-03T17:42:42.956+01:00Good work; I posted a photograph of Lord Lichfield...Good work; I posted a photograph of Lord Lichfield with Joanna Lumley to my Tumblr a few hours ago. I've also previously touched on some of the material you use here in various Mode Parade posts<br /><br />My main points of interest in Lichfield were the access to his subjects that he gained and the way he elicited the desired personas and/or airs of relaxation from them (his Britt Ekland work is beautiful)<br /><br />All best,<br /><br />BONBarimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387094956196586964noreply@blogger.com