Fashions of the 60’s Through the 90’s

Wild and reckless. These two words can pretty much sum it up. The youth of the world began to see that nothing could hold them back from being individual. They started wearing clothes that no one would criticize because they were too fancy. “Hippies” took the world by storm. Cut-offs, bell-bottoms, and mini-skirts, the works. The older than young but younger than old crowd, would wear cropped sleeved dresses just below the knee, and high-heeled shoes (always a favorite of American women) and silk stoking. Men never change. Still suits and shirts and hats. That’s not to say that boys were a little interesting. Boys wore bell-bottoms and casual shirts. Girls wore dresses or bell-bottoms and peasant tops. These peasant tops were embroidered with flowers and plants. They gathered at the top. Everything went “flower power.” Cars, rooms, shirts, pants, shorts, shoes, hair, and people. The mini-skirt was treasured and adored buy al

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The 1980’s were the “anything goes” era. They had the pedal-pusher replay, and the tank-top craze. Different fads would come in and out (thinkquest. The 70’s was a decade with many changes that most people won’t forget (thinkquest. In the 1970’s for the disco lovers there was the huge Afro’s with massive side burns.

The 1990’s are a time we can all relate to. Pumps were also a favorite shoe of the ladies. Women entered the business world with a bang. The term ‘sneaker’ was coined because the rubber sole made the shoes stealthy, all other shoes apart from moccasins makes a noise while walking. Starting from the early 60’s hair was somewhat of a puffed-out bob wrapped in a scarf for the women. There were the people who dyed their hair and pierced everything, and then there were the regular people who didn’t do anything special at all.

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