If I could travel back in time,
it would be to London in the 60 ‘s,
because it was
a great period in British history:
society was changing,
the Beatles were famous and there were new
and exciting fashions.
In the 60’s, London seemed
to have become
the most exciting city
in the world, with
an explosion in art,
theatre, film,
music and fashion,
it was the era of the miniskirt.
During this period, London was known as
« swinging London »,
the centre of the town was very popular
especially Soho
and Carnaby Street,
so if I could travel back there,
I would like to
open a shop in Carnaby Street,
because at this
time,
the shops sold
new fashion designs
and they played famous songs, and you could also meet
important
and rich people
like, Mary Quant,
the fashion designer who introduced the miniskirt,
or David Bailey,
a famous photographer.
I might even meet the Beatles.
This was also a
time
for new cinema heroes like James Bond.
Swinging London though was only in London;
this new culture was only for upper classes,
when you left London you could see
that people in
the provinces were still living in the 50s
I think that living in London in the sixties
would probably
be more exciting
than today but for disadvantages,
a lot of people
took drugs and men were chauvinistic .
To finish I would say that,
if I could meet someone from this time,
I would like to meet the photographer David Bailey,
he was a true icon who became famous
at the age of
twenty –two.
I would ask him about all the photos he took of those
Sixties celebrities
who are still alive today.
If David Bailey was not available,
I would like to
meet the Beatles.
