The film Georgy Girl, starring Lynn Redgrave and based on a book by Margaret Forster, was released in 1966. The title song, sung by the Australian group the Seekers, had an upbeat beginning: “Hey there, Georgy Girl, swinging down the street so fancy-free.” Then it got a touch darker. “Nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there, inside you.” Followed by the crucial question: “Is it the clothes you wear?”
The answer was definitely “yes” if you were a teenager under your mother’s thumb. In those circumstances, you might be dressed liked a middle-aged matron, sensible cardigans, “good” dresses and an armoury of underwear capable of fighting off even the toughest enemy invasion. Alternatively, you might have been more fortunate. You might have been introduced to Biba.
