<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>&#8220;The peacock has replaced the penguin.&#8221;--</I><I>GQ, 1969</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>&nbsp;</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In the 1960s men&#8217;s fashion, particularly in England, witnessed an extraordinary rebirth that led to lasting social, cultural, and commercial change &#8211; what media commentators coined the Peacock Revolution. <I>The Day of the Peacock</I> takes a fascinating look at the shops, celebrity photographers, tailors, and fashionable men who made up the &#8220;Swinging Sixties&#8221; scene. </P></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Neatly evoking the &#8216;60s atmosphere of optimism and opportunity, this richly illustrated memoir by fashion insider Geoffrey Aquilina Ross looks at the era&#8217;s most dashing figures &#8211;fashion designer and Carnaby Street entrepreneur John Stephen; Savile Row tailor Tommy Nutter, whose clients included Mick Jagger, the Beatles, and Elton John; photographers Cecil Beaton,&nbsp;David Bailey, and Patrick Lichfield; hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, actors Michael Caine and&nbsp; Terence Stamp&#8211; and discusses such iconic London shops as Granny Takes a Trip, Blades, Hung on You, and Mr Fish. With photographs, ephemera, and outfits from the V&amp;A&#8217;s superb archives, <I>The Day of the Peacock </I>brings back an unforgettable time. </P><BR></DIV></DIV>