Pattie Boyd on love and life in the sixties: ‘Beatlemania? It was kind of irritating’
What happens when a Sixties It girl airs her dirty laundry?
In the case of Pattie Boyd — one of the great models and muses of her generation — you get a couple of psychedelic minidresses, the odd finely printed silk skirt by Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé, and a stack of love letters which detail the juicy, epic battle between The Beatles’ George Harrison and Eric Clapton for her heart.
Herein lies the premise (OK, it’s not exactly how the auction house put it) of the 79-year-old’s sale — 111 lots, on view for all in London from tomorrow. The four-time Vogue cover star — who enjoyed a passenger seat in the writing of music history as the wife of Harrison, 1966 to 1977, and Clapton, 1979 to 1989, and who is the inspiration behind their distinguished love songs Something and Layla, respectively — raised eyebrows when she decided to put, the original painting from Clapton’s Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album cover and a diamond watch.
