In the 1960s men's fashion witnessed an extraordinary rebirth that led to lasting social? cultural and commercial change - what media commentators came to coin the Peacock Revolution. "The Day of the Peacock" takes a fascinating look at the shops? celebrity photographers? tailors and fashionable dressers who made up the scene - all illustrated with photographs? outfits and ephemera drawn from the V&A's superb archives. Broad in range and scope? and neatly evoking the 60s atmosphere of optimism and opportunity? the author looks at the era's most dashing figures - including John Stephen? Tommy Nutter? Cecil Beaton?Mick Jagger and Patrick Lichfield - and discusses such iconic shops as Granny takes a Trip? Blades? Hung on You and Mr Fish. This richly illustrated personal memoir evokes a definitive break from the past - from a time when one could invariably guess a man's occupation from how he dressed? to a time when a man might make dressing himself his occupation.Hardback | 144 pages224 x 276 x 18mm | 884.5g40664V & A PublishingLondon? United KingdomEnglish