Wedding inspiration: Ten 60s celebrity weddings

It's no secret that I love the sixties. I've blogged before about sixties style, hair, dancing, guys, boutiques, and even how to have a sixties Christmas.

Now, here's some awesome sixties wedding photos for you to enjoy and possibly take inspiration from.

Audrey Hepburn & Andrea Dotti, 1969

Cilla Black & Bobby Willis, 1969 (She wore the amazing feather trimmed dress to her church ceremony and a red velvet mini with white tights to the registry office).

Elvis & Priscilla Presley, 1967

Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash, 1968 (her dress was blue lace!)

 John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1969

Lulu & Maurice Gibb, 1969

Mia Farrow & Frank Sinatra, 1966

Patti Boyd & George Harrison, 1966

Pete Townshend & Karen Astley, 1968

Raquel Welch & Patrick Curtis, 1967

Pete Townshend

 

I have mentioned plenty of times on this blog that I love The Who. They've been my favourite band for a long time, and they've been around for even longer! I was introduced to The Who by my year 11 English teacher who used to give us Who lyrics to analyse in class. Then he'd show us videos of them performing to give us a bit of context (and I suspect partly because he just wanted to show us videos of his favourite band). 

I was hooked straight away and I've been a fan ever since. In 2009, they finally came to Australia (yes, with only half the original members still alive, they still tour in their sixties!) and my Dad and I saw them play. It was amazing! 

Now, my favourite member has always been the lead singer, Roger Daltrey... but, like a fickle teenage fangirl, I'm mad at him for cancelling his Australian solo tour last year. As for Pete Townshend - the guitarist, the songwriter, the grumpy old artsy guy - I always thought he was really arrogant. However, I've been reading his book lately and found he's always been just as insecure and crazy as the rest of us. 

So this post is dedicated to Pete, in all his weirdness, and to Mr Jenson, who passed away a few years ago but we'll always remember him for introducing us to The Who, David Bowie, and postmodernism.

I've had this picture on my wall for a really long time. I just love the union flag jacket!

I don't know the story behind this picture, and I don't really want to. All I see is Pete dressed as a Pearly King, performing a banjo concert for his cocker spaniel and some toys. That's good enough for me.

Dancing Mods

This post would probably be more accurately titled 'Pictures of people in the sixties dancing and looking awesome'. Because I just love looking at pictures of people in the sixties dancing and looking awesome. I hope you do too.

Oh yeah, I also love The Who.

All of these photos come from the Dancing Mods Tumblr... which I actually made myself a few years ago, before I realised how time consuming tumblr is! I did leave it online though, and there is a button to submit so if you come across any pictures that fit in, send 'em in!

If you want to see GIFs of people in the sixties dancing and looking awesome, check out my Quadrophenia post and my 'Dance Like a Mod' post.

Movie Inspiration: Quadrophenia

Quadrophenia, based on The Who's album of the same name, is about the conflicts between mods and rockers in the mid-sixties. It's one of my favourite movies (probably the only one of my favourites that doesn't end with a song, dance and/or wedding - yes, I'm that type of movie fan). There's some nice fashion in it, as well as some great dancing mod scenes - so I had to make some more gifs!