1960s Fashion Essay

This essay is about how people dressed in the 1960s. People may say that the true years of fashion began in the late nineteen forties and went on throughout the early nineteen sixties. The 1960s did not only change the country's political and cultural background, but it had a great impact on the mode of dressing of today. This has helped our generation dress more uniquely. We have started to represent ourselves with our outfits more often.

The clothing that they wore back in the 1960s was very fashionable. The girls in the 60s wore high necklines, sleeveless cuts, bright and solid colors, shift dresses, and mini skirts. Boys in the 60s would wear denim jeans, trousers, sweaters, jean jackets/ matching blazers, and most of all a plaid vest. Also, there was a style that was referred to as, “Hippie”. The Hippie style was a style with bright colors and loose fitting clothing items such as tunics and caftans. Back in the 1960s they had some very unique shoes that they would wear. Some examples of shoes that the girls would wear are, go-go boots, T-strap shoes, Converse, Chucks, and high tops. Some examples of shoes that boys would wear are oxfords, monk strap shoes, penny loafers, chelsea boots, western boots, chukka boots, retro sneakers, and leather sandals.

The madras is a pattern that comes in many different clothing pieces. The following include shirts, sweaters, pants, jeans, skirts, dresses, coats, socks, jackets, and vests. The madras style was very popular and started in the 1960’s. The “Socs” or “Preps” would wear the madras. The madras was for more middle class and higher class people. It was a nice piece of clothing and it was only for the