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"Swinging London" fashions on Carnaby Street, 1966. The National Archives (United Kingdom). Swedish beatniks in Stockholm, 1965. Fashion of the 1960s featured a number of diverse trends, as part of a decade that broke many fashion traditions, adopted new cultures, and launched a new age of social movements.
Fashion in the mid-1970s was generally informal and laid back for men in America. Most men simply wore jeans, sweaters, and T-shirts, which by then were being made with more elaborate designs. Men continued to wear flannel, and the leisure suit became increasingly popular from 1975 onwards, often worn with gold medallions and oxford shoes.
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Peacock revolution fashion reached the United States around 1964 with the beginning of the British Invasion, entering major fashion publications including GQ by 1966. Clothes were often sold in boutiques marked "John Stephen of Carnaby Street" and in department stores including Abraham & Straus, Dayton's, Carson Pirie Scott and Stern's.
George J. Leonard, who conceived Sha Na Na, coined the term "greaser" in 1967 after he heard Gilbert Highet read the line "The glory that was Greece" from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "To Helen". [8] However, S. E. Hinton , author of the novel The Outsiders , an influential portrayal of greasers, claimed to know the term from her youth in 1950s Tulsa ...
Michael Jackson brought the Jheri curl back into fashion during the 1980s, but in 1988 the pop singer jumped on the bandwagon of a trendy, longer style. GARCIA - Getty Images Emile Hirsch (2004)
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The 1960s saw articles written and photographed at locations around the globe featuring wildlife like the March 1967 issue titled "Snowflake, the World's First White Gorilla", written by Arthur J. Riopelle with a photo on the cover of Snowflake the gorilla, [17] photographed by Paul A. Zahl. [18]