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The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
"The 1950s were a golden age of fashion, marked by elegant silhouettes, bold femininity, and meticulous tailoring," says Monica Mahoney, the designer behind the eponymous fashion brand. Among the ...
Brightly colored clothes and accessories became fashionable in the 1950s and the bikini was developed. The main article for this category is 1945–1960 in Western fashion . See also: Category:1950s clothing
American greasers, Japanese Bosozoku, Swedish Raggare and Aussie Bodgies based their look on the clothing worn by mechanics and fighter pilots, including a black Schott Perfecto leather jacket, blue jean jacket or canvas work jacket, black or white T shirt, button up short sleeve shirts with the sleeves rolled up several times sometimes having ...
Space age fashion first appeared in the late 1950s, [19] [20] [21] and developed further in the 1960s. It was heavily influenced by the Space Race of the Cold War , in addition to popular science fiction paperbacks , films and television series such as Star Trek: The Original Series , Dan Dare , or Lost In Space .
A look back at the Battle of Versailles, the runway show that put American fashion on the map as it marks a historic 50th anniversary milestone.
From the late 1950s until the mid 1960s, Ivy League clothing was considered desirable mainstream apparel for American middle class adults. In Britain during the mid and late 60s, the Mod subculture combined the latest Italian fashions with the attire worn by the heroes in contemporary American films such as Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. [7]
Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich [1] (August 8, 1922 – April 21, 1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion design as a social statement to advance sexual freedom, producing clothes that followed the ...