1960’s in fashion for women. Who did women really wear in the swinging 60’s ? Trends, dresses, miniskirts, mod hairstyles and makeup. Where to buy them.
The 1960’s saw Paris pushed out of supremacy by the rise of street fashion. Mary Quant’s miniskirt and Vidal Sassoon’s pixie haircut as worn by Twiggy, just two of the highlights of the London look. The decade saw a revolution in youth culture led by The Beatles, which culminated in the hippy fashion of the late 60’s and early 70’s. The 1960’s psychedelic movement reignited the Belle Epoch Art Nouveau era. The decade coined the term “retro” and the A-line shift dress echoed the simple flapper dresses of the 1920’s.
Leading this retro fashion movement was Biba, which brought fashionable but affordable clothing via a mail order catalogs. Makeup, concentrated more on the eyes than on the lips. Go Go boots and pilgrim shoes were a must have accessory to go with the shorter skirt lengths. Stockings were out, and tights were most definitely in.
Fashion accessories like sunglasses and hobo bags all helped cement the look of women on the march towards freedom of expression.
Though Paris Haute Couture was on a temporary slide, it’s Left Bank art film movement La Nouvelle Vague still showed that the French were cool. The classic Nouvelle Vague look, exemplified by Anna Karina were woolly jumpers and cardigans paired with pencil skirts.
These are only the highlights of the fashion trends in the 1960’s. Enjoy our archive of posts on 1960’s fashion history.
New York triplets import Vidal Sassoon – Curled and puffed-up hair is out, and the smooth-and-sleek retro bobbed look is in. To make triply sure everybody gets the message straight, from London, here are the Dees sisters of New York. The Dees Triplets were featured some 9 years ago in Life Magazine the day they cut …
A photographic trip back through time – College girl fashions are an often overlooked source of both style and female trends.Whether they start in the schools or have been adopted over the years from fashion periodicals, young women heading to college in 2015 may well be putting as much effort in to their style and …
1960’s Style embraces the First Lady’s look – The spectacle of the First lady and her husband has set hearts racing for many reasons, but Jackie Kennedy fashion has set a look and style that is setting the national pace this year! College girls copy the Jackie style casually, suburban housewives faithfully. Millinery shops are …
Step by step – Shirley MacLaine learns the Geisha Look – How to keep a man happy in Japan, an ancient and complicated art, and the attractive American star Shirley MacLaine, intently studying a real geisha at her make-up, has come to the source of that art to learn it. She is studying the geisha …
It’s all about trim slim suits from Paris – Paris was rich with rumours of radical changes just before the fall fashion showings – frightening predications of dropped hemlines, wasp waists, even padded hips! Then Paris fooled the prophets. Skirts stayed short, waists remained sensible and hips were left alone. The Chanel suit will be …
Jean Shrimpton – David Baileys iconic Vogue photos – New York 1962 “She was magic. In a way she was the cheapest model in the world – you only needed to shoot half a roll of film and then you had it” – David Bailey on Jean Shrimpton. When British Vogue photographer David Bailey and …
Autumn Dress Styles in the year of The Beatles – 1960s Fashion report by Everywoman’s Georgia Wells. The kingpin in every wardrobe for Autumn is – the dress, for which you can read – suit, two-piece, or jumper and skirt. Around this revolves the whole cycle of smartness, the clothes that turn your dress into …
Rich color swimwear fashion film from the early 1960’s. And here we are thanks to the birdy at the poolside to look at the lovely swimwear. Did you know that most swimsuits come from California? Our designers are doing wonders with new fabrics and designs. The beachwear accessories are just as colorful and interesting. Like …
1960s Fashion – The Jackie Kennedy Mannequins 1961. The wonderful archive at Time Life Magazine throw up some beauties every now and then. These wonderful photos were taken on the way and at John Frederic’s shop in New York in January 1961. The caption which went with these pictures when Life Magazine first published it …
The 1960’s London Makeup Look – Pattie Boyd In 1960’s Eye Makeup Tips and 1960s Long Hairstyle Tips, I’ve showed you dolls how to put on eye make-up and how to do up your hair – if it is longish. Now lets look at your face – how to care for it and its beauty …