Eternal Style

There are some men that have eternal style. Photos of such icons seem fresh even today. Cary Grant and Steve McQueen are two such icons. Their sense of style always seemed effortless, never contrived.

I recently came across The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966 in Rolling Stone and this photo of John Lennon. Taken in Shea Stadium on Aug. 24, 1966, he looks as cool today in this photo as he did then.

The Beatles were more than just a very popular musical group. They were a cultural and stylistic phenomenon. The British Invasion of the 1960s wouldn't have happened without the Beatles, and Carnaby Street fashion might have never been popular stateside.

And while Carnaby Street became very "Austin Powers" with velvet Edwardian suits, the Beatles never went so far in that direction. However, as the group started to disintegrate, there were some questionable fashion selections such as the brocade Nehru jackets pictured inside the Magical Mystery Tour album. But, the era from 1962 through 1967 represented an amazing time of music and style for the Fab Four.