Friday 5 October 2012

FASHION TRENDS OF 1960S AND 1970S


FASHION TRENDS OF THE 1960s AND 1970s:

Previously I blogged about the current 2012 fashion trends however have we ever thought of where our fashion has evolved from? How did we get to the way fashion is today? I always wander what life would have been like back in the era of the hippies and disco, lets jump back a few decades and check it out.

The 1960s was the era of rising hemlines and the mini skirts. Up until the 1960s hemlines were at an acceptable knee height with the introduction of the 60s hemlines grew shorter this created controversy when they first appeared exposing a lot more skin than bargained for.


The Mod fashion was another fashion trend of the 1960s this being modern fashion, referring to a youth lifestyle that emerged from London during the 1960s and became quickly popular. This mod fashion was slim fitting and featured geometric bold shapes and colours, which was a bit of a shock since the 50s consisted of dark black, brown and grey fashion.


A major fashion milestone of the 60s was the ‘hippie’ fashion, many young teens became bored with the lifestyle of the 50s and started to embrace the values of peace, love and freedom and sought an alternative way of life. 


Ladies welcome to the 1970s the year where bras and corsets were seen as symbols of oppression and conformity and many women decided against the bra (wouldn’t that be nice). The year of women not feeling over powered by men, so much that they started to wear their clothing including baggy trousers, mens jackets, vests and oversized shirts.


The 1970s also brought about the year of the disco fashion, young people were flooding the clubs with new disco clothing that was designed to show off the body and shine on the dancefloor. Disco clothing including fabrics such as lycra and spandex decorated with velour and sequins. Some popular items of disco fashion included: 


Well now that we have seen where our fashion has evolved from safe to say i am glad we are living in the 21st century! 

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