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Michael Mott was one of the young designers hired by Paraphernalia starting in 1965. He also designed jewelry fashioned from mirrors and rhinestones. When the Fillmore East opened in 1968, Mott’s wife Barbara, wearing a black leather bra and skirt designed by her husband, rode a Harley up the aisle to the stage, as part of a fashion happening staged by Bill Graham.
Cartoonist Trina Robbins (the first woman to draw Wonder Woman), “produced the fashion show with Bill Graham’s permission. I scented the auditorium with my Strawberry Love perfume as well as modeling for several of the designers (Michael Mott, Judy Berkowitz and Trina Robbins)”. Many thanks to Susanna De Maria Wilson for her memory of this event.
See also: Paraphernalia
Written by fuzzylizzie
Courtesy of novafashions
from a mid-1960s mini dress
from a late-1960s dress