Edie Bardot Research Paper

London, was one of the biggest areas of fashion influence in the sixties. Even the salons in Paris were in thrall of London (p.11 Reed, Paula). The film La Dolce Vita was one of the most stylish films of all time, and greatly inspired the sack dress (Schell, Lauren). Lackie Kennedy wore prim skirt suits, pill box hat, and super sized dark sunglasses. Audrey Hepburn made the top handle bag very popular through the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. She also influenced the fashion community by making capri pants and ballet pumps very popular (Watt, Alice). As a model for Vogue, Jean Shrimpton popularized the mini skirt (Jean Shrimpton Biography). Brigitte Bardot made messy piled-high-up-do’s the hairstyle of choice. Edie Sedgwick was the original “it” girl. Her go to outfit was a mini mod dress with sheer black tights and cropped platinum

The Bouffant, Beehive, Short Sharp cuts, Long hair, Ponytails, Bangs, and Perm were all worn in the 60’s. Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, The Supremes, and Dusty springfield were the main ladies who influenced the Bouffant hairstyle. The Bouffant varied in size from happily rounded to very large, and this style was easy to wear and popular among all ages. In this hairstyle the hair was always backcombed and finished with a smooth, rounded exterior with the ends of hair flipped up or smoothed under. The creation of the Beehive is credited to Margaret Vinci Heldt. She was asked by Modern Beauty Salon magazine to create a new hairstyle to reflect the coming decade and so the Beehive was born. Although Margaret Vinci Heldt is credited the creation of the Beehive, Audrey Hepburn and Dusty Springfield are the ladies who made the hairstyle so popular. The Beehive is one of the enduring symbols of the early 1960’s. The hairstyle includes a distinctly hive-shaped, backcombed and lacquered mountain of hair that would last for days. There was another style of Beehive that consisted of a “half up half down” style where you would leave some of