Cool
Clothes
Hot pants (extremely short shorts)
Mini skirts
No hats or gloves for day wear
Space age fashions in vinyl and other synthetics
Bold, solid color contrasts from the Op Art and Pop Art movements,
commonly called Mod fashions
Preppy fashions for upper class youth: Madras plaids, oversize hairy
sweaters,
painstakingly matched accessories
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1960.htm
Fashion Era (a great site!)
The following text is from:
http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm#1960's%20Footwear
"Knitted twin sets were still
worn, but often the items were worn as separates. Square, V or
round neck pinafore dresses in plain or tartan wool fabrics were
teamed with polo neck jumpers or tie neck blouses. Other
combinations were burgundy plum pinafores worn with white or mustard
blouses. A sleeved variation of the button through version of the
pinafore was called a coat dress and it was worn with or without a
skinny rib fitting sweater. It was often worn with a half belt at
the back waist.
All clothes were narrow
shouldered and cut in at the armholes to properly reveal the arm and
its shoulder joint. Even short sleeve versions were set well into
the armscye.
Baby doll dresses of 1966 were
full and flared into tent shapes mostly with cutaway armholes or/and
a halter neck. They were made of transparent tulles, lace or
chiffons plain or tree bark mounted over a matching lining or could
be made of crinkled cotton crepe fabrics.
Lace of all types from Broderie
Anglaise to guipure to crochet effects over coloured linings or
flesh toned linings were often seen.
Black polo neck sweaters made
popular by the Beatles cover album were often worn under check
pinafore dresses. The dresses were usually solid colours of red or
purple wool material. Checks of black and white such as dog or
hound's-tooth or Prince of Wales check. Black and white was a
sixties combination and was used in op art dresses and block pieced
dresses worked in Mondrian style. Black patent accessories
complimented all these combinations.
One of the easiest ways to get
the sixties look was to wear short little coloured gloves with a
hole cut out to reveal the back of the hand. The gloves were
similar in appearance to golf gloves of today. With the gloves
coloured plastic beaded raffia knit bags and plastic coloured
bangles and chandelier earrings made of large sequin discs were all
high fashion accessories that lasted about 5 years.
All of these trend setting
outfits and accessories could easily be obtained from Wallis,
Richards, Etams or Chelsea Girl shops. "
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Miniskirts
Began the era of women's
liberation. Miniskirts achieved the height of their popularity
around 1967. By that point, virtually every young woman was wearing
one, most as a sign of rebellion. Demure was out, "letting it all
hang out" was in., and the new woman demanded that the world
appreciate her on her own terms.
Turtlenecks
Daily News Record magazine
proclaimed 1967 the year of the turtle, as in turtleneck sweater.
Favored by beatniks and flower children. At its peak, the turtleneck
was worn by such high-profile celebs as Johnny Carson, Sammy Davis
Jr., Senator Robert Kennedy, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.
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Footware
"Flat boots also became popular with very short dresses in 1965 and
eventually they rose up the leg and reached the knee. A cult for
Dr. Scholl clog sandals worn in offices and outdoors was all the
rage in the mid to late sixties in the same way that Birkenstocks
were popular in the 1990s. "
http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm#1960's%20Footwear

'60's Fashions
<http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/shoes.htm>
Montgomery
Ward's 1967
Left - Bow pump set on fashion's low 1 ¾ inch heel. $6.97
Right - Brentshire Sophisticated silhouette. Soft nylon tricot foam
lined vamp. Slim 2 ¼ inch heel. $14.97

Montgomery Ward 1967
Carol Brent Shoes
Top - Lots of side interest! 2 5/8 heel. $5.97


"Whether the shoes were bright
or boring, the socks completed the look. New in the 1960s, the idea
of colorful stockings came with the shorter skirt which showed more
leg.
Textured, colored, knee high or full length - anything went!
What was most welcome was the move away from garters and toward the
pantyhose or tight style of stockings."
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