The Fashion Of Fashion In The 1960's

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Through the 1960’s decade fashion changed and significant styles came out of the 1960’. http://fashionsx.org/1960s-fashion.html 1960’s fashion/ by fashionsx/ July,24,2013. Date assessed 16/5/2014. At the start of the 1960’s decade fashion was all about costume look.Women evening dresses were expensive but simple. In 1962 women went for sleek and slender or softly bloused with a muffled neckline. There was more choice in fashion through 1962 so women could express their individuality with their clothing. In 1963 women fashion included looks like knee high skirts, sleeveless dresses and lower heels. Vest, turtleneck, cotton stockings came together to be the sporty look. The phrase “sportive look” became a motto of 1963 fashion. Men fashion changed to with stripes becoming in on fashion with alot of mens clothing like ties,sport jackets, sweaters and shirts. 1964 nudity increased around the world and caused world wide controversy. This caused fashion designers to create sheer-topped evening dresses. The fashion for men was all about youth as suits colours were lighter and brighter. Styles like pop art and op art as women dressed to match op art painting, these dressers were colourful. One look which was dominant in 1965 was the “poor boy” look which was a knitted short sleeve sweater. Another big hit in 1965 was the Saint Laurent Mondrian dress.In 1966 the ‘mod’ look was big which was mini skirts, coloured fishneck stocking’s, cut-out low heeled shoes and ties. Paper dresser also were introduced in 1966. In 1967 fashion was all about showing off the legs with short skirts worn higher than above the knee. Leg exposure like this had not been seen in years. Another interesting trend in 1967 was unusual with what they call hardware jewe... ... middle of paper ... ...fashion would not be as unsiex as it today and fashion designers would’nt be so restricted on their fashion. Influence on Australia? In the 1960’s London was the fashion city and many countries copied their style like Australia, America and the rest of Europe.The mini-skirt hit Australia which caused controversy of the exposure of the leg in public. At the 1965 Melbourne cup, Jean Shrimpton who was an English model wore a white dress about the knee and caused controversy across Australia. At the end of the 1960’s short skirts and dresses had been accepted. http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-189_t-507_c-1878/nsw/history/australia-s-social-and-cultural-history-in-the-post-war-period/social-and-cultural-features-of-the-1960s/fashion-in-the-1960s fashion in the 1960’s.Copyright © 2014 Red Apple Education Ltd. All rights reserved.Date assessed 26/5/2014

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