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...them with any newspaper's main offering: the news. Disconcerted by the front-page switch from solid blocks of type to a reasonably sprightly makeup, a Times editorial writer commented: "It's like seeing a very old lady take off all her clothes and put on a miniskirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Old Lady's New Face | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

...SCENE TWO. Saturday afternoon in Chelsea. Up from the Sloane Square tube station swarm the guys and dollies, girls in miniskirts (three to six inches above the knee) or bell-bottom trousers. The morning has been spent "raking" among the Edwardian bric-a-brac, dusty candelabra and other antiques in the stalls on Portobello Road. Now, as if by a common instinct, the whole flock homes in on King's Road, site of such bird boutiques as Bazaar, and Granny Takes a Trip, as well as Hung On You, the "kinkiest" (wildest) men's shop, which features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: You Can Walk Across It On the Grass | 4/15/1966 | See Source »

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