Ready To Wear - Dolly June 1984

A stunning editorial here with photography by Graham Shearer no less.  This appears in this issue of Dolly.  And it only dawned on me now that the brunette model in this is the cover girl (I know I'm a little slow)... but she looks really different on the cover.  I wish the shot of her wearing the tartan beret made it to the cover - it would have looked a lot more striking.  This spread is also a nice compliment to  this clash of the tartans fashion spread from Dolly the following year - also by the genius Graham Shearer.

Dolly Magazine February 1985

February 1985
Photography Graham Shearer
Model Victoria Garden

Clash of the Tartans fashion spread

Naomi Watts for Carefree 1985

Commonwealth Bank advertisement 1985

The cover girl in this issue was 16 year old Victoria, and she was the runner-up in the previous years Dolly/Agree II Cover Girl contest, and this was her very first magazine cover.  Not too sure what happened to her, as I don't really see her in many of the Dolly issues onwards.  The tartan fashion feature in this issue is one of my favourites from my collection - there's just something about tartan in many colours, textures and patterns in one outfit that is so stylish and fun.

Then just for curiosity sake I've added a bit of a blast from the past with Naomi Watts fresh faced during her modelling days, and lastly this amazing ad for the Commonwealth Bank - they sure don't make ads like that anymore!  I love that there looks to be a Martin Gore of Depeche Mode look a like in the mix!