Technicolor Dreamin' in her own fashion

Technicolor Dreamin’ in her own fashion by Karen moller

What it really felt like to be there in the 1960/70s —when art, fashion, music, and poetry collided.

In Technicolor Dreamin, Karen Moller pulls back the curtain on the electric years of the 1960s and ’70s, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes view of moments that defined a generation. This memior is more than a nostalgic trip for those who lived through the era—it’s a grand tour for anyone fascinated by the time when creativity ruled, boundaries dissolved, and people truly believed they could build a better world.

Through vivid personal anecdotes, Karen introduces us to the artists, pop musicians, poets, and avant-garde figures of New York, Paris, and London—many still unknown at the time, but on the brink of fame. From the beatnik and hippie revolutions to the explosive fashion scene that grew alongside them, she captures that cultural moment when style, sound, and ideas were inseparable.

These pages are filled with insider stories: late nights with artists, encounters with legends, and scenes straight out of art history—like watching Yves Klein paint women blue, or crossing paths with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Andy Warhol, the art and poetry world. Over three decades, Karen met nearly every hip personality who helped define the era.

Her journey begins far from the spotlight, in a small mountain town in western Canada, before art school in Calgary, hitchhiking to San Francisco to meet the Beatniks, and eventually landing in New York and Paris. In London she found dazzling success as a designer and became a key figure in Swinging London’s fashion world, gaining international recognition for her groundbreaking textile designs.

Told in fresh, engaging prose, this memoir weaves stories within stories, moving effortlessly through the political, feminist, and sexual revolutions of the time—including Karen’s own days on the Paris barricades. In 1986, she founded Trend Union in Paris, a fashion forecasting studio that went on to influence elite fashion houses worldwide and was later named by Time magazine as one of the best styling offices in the world.

Technicolor Dreamin is a firsthand account of a cultural explosion—where fashion talked to music, poetry talked to art, and everything felt possible.

5.0 out of 5 stars Her approach to writing feels like an intriguing conversation in a Parisian salon of the 60s

Reviewed in Italy on October 9, 2025

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Karen Moller's approach to writing feels like an intriguing conversation with an artsy, erudite friend at one of the numerous salons in Paris or London of the 60's and 70's, so often referred to in her autobiographical book. Warhol,McCartney, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, John Cage, the Fluxus Movement, the mod fashion world with Twiggy and Mary Quant, to name a few, Moller introduces us to these cultural icons through her insightful and humorous descriptions of her encounters with them. An icon in her own right-she established the first textile design studio in London in 1969, this memoir is a page turner!