I was 17 when the 60s began. That whole decade was about my contemporaries. The see all these icons that were so hip and cool and the quintessence of the swinging sixties, slipping over the edge, first Diana Rigg, now Terence Conran, reminds one that our youth is now history.
Our first living room was Habitat from wall to wall
No longer did we need anti-maccasars or doilies or chrystal sherry glasses or embroidered guest towels.
I am not sure I ever wanted them, they certainly did not feature on my list of essential household goods when I married.
Personally I love dressing up for a dinner dance. We were fortunate to have close friends in the Navy and we got invited to a lot of black tie events in the Wardroom, balls that ended at dawn with breakfast, I loved them and miss them now our friend has died.