Today in Expo 67 History: May 31

PLB Wine and Cheese

Yes, that's Maxine the Mannequin working it for PLB t-shirts!

PLB Design was founded by Montreal graphic designer (and my boyfriend) Pier-Luk Bouthillier. Pier-Luk combines his passion for design with a concern for the environment, creating what I consider designs that are both retro-licious and eco-chic...

Tomorrow evening, a wine and cheese party will be held for a series of environmentally themed t-shirts he's created. The event will be held at Crazy Lily, 6300 Saint Hubert (as in Plaza Saint Hubert...), from 6 to 9pm.

Crazy Lily's entire inventory will be tax free for the event. See you there!

images designed by Pier-Luk Bouthillier

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Diana Ross and The Supremes: Love Child

By the late 1960's, with five singles failing to make it into the Top 20, Diana Ross and The Supremes were in a rut. In the era of peace and love, pop culture was being influenced by underground culture, making the type of polished pop songs that The Supremes were known for passé.

Motown's signature act had to change.

Motown head honcho Berry Gordy held an emergency meeting at a hotel in Detroit with a team of writers and producers at the label. The group, dubbed The Clan, set to work on a new hit single for The Supremes.

The result was Love Child.

Love Child broke out of Motown's love song mould. The song was about a woman who was asking her boyfriend not to pressure her into sleeping with him. The woman, herself a love child, was afraid of conceiving out of wedlock. The song would talk about the hardships of being illegitimite: not having a father at home, wearing rags to school and growing up in an "old, cold, run-down tenement slum."

For Love Child, The Supremes' image changed also: the album cover photo was taken in an alley, and during an Ed Sullivan performance, they went as far as ditching their glamour queen gowns for street "rags".

image: wikipedia.org

Today in Expo 67 History: May 25

Retro Recipe: Coppertone Cocktail

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz dark rum
• 1 oz Malibu rum
• 3 oz pineapple juice
• float melon liqueur

Mixing instructions:

Combine dark rum, Malibu rum, pineapple juice & ice in mixing tin. Shake. Strain over ice and float melon liqueur. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

This cocktail combines my love for coconut with my obsession of suntan lotion. Enjoy!

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20,000 Visitors!

The Expo Lounge has hit the 20,000 visitor mark!

Today in Expo 67 History: May 21

Jenn Ski

Jennifer Skoropowski had been working as a freelance graphic designer. Frustrated by the fact that the kind of design work she enjoyed (the really creative and cutting-edge stuff) was hard to come by, she decided to stop freelancing, and began focusing on her art.

In early 2007 she launched Jenn Ski (a pseudonym based on her high school nickname). She is currently making wall art: paintings (acrylic and paper on hardboard) and poster prints. Jenn plans to expand her art to include pottery, pillows, stationary, etc.

The mix of organic pod shapes with a retro touch totally appeals to me!

Visit her website at jennski.com

Today in Expo 67 History: May 20

We'll Be Right Back After These Messages...

"Hey Mom, what a towel! You got it so fluffy!"

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Better Homes & Gardens Dollhouse, 1972

"Delight the doll in your house by giving her a custom-made dollhouse..."

artwork designed by author, based on images from flickr.com

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My 15 Minutes of Fame Continues...

Click on the above image for a larger view.

This article appeared in the Saturday May 12th edition of the Montreal Gazette. I am particularily proud of being called "one of the biggest keepers of the Expo flame in Montreal today"...

Needless to say, I'm still enjoying my 15 Minutes of Expo Fame...

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Hostesses-a-gogo!

These fab photos of Expo 67 hostesses are from the Montreal Gazette:

A lovely general Expo 67 hostess.

A British pavilion hostess (love her purse!) with a general hostess.

The British girls' uniforms featured the shortest skirts at Expo 67.

Two more British hostesses posing in front of their pavilion.

A hostess from the U.S. pavilion. Their outfits were designed by Bill Blass.

Austrian hostesses arriving in Montreal for Expo 67.

Happy hostesses from the Canadian Pacific Cominco pavilion.

Expo's commissioner general Pierre Dupuy was all smiles with these pretty hostesses.

General Expo 67 hostesses at Montreal City Hall, with Mayor Jean Drapeau.

images: www.canada.com/montrealgazette