Although the annual Saturday Book recorded in 1956 a view that "London's now nothing but flash coffee bars, with teddies and little bits of girls in jeans",[REF] the "Edwardian" ("teddy boy") look of the times did not coincide with Bohemian tastes.
Others favoured the lower-cut, tighter styles of continental stars such as Bardot or Gina Lollobrigida.