Product Description

In the 1960s, "youth" was the watchword. Skirts became shorter and shorter until in 1965 the mini was born with the quintessential little-girl look: neat, flat-chested and long-legged. By the last years of the decade, the influence of the hippy movement was beginning to be felt in both women's and men's wear, bringing with it bright colours and psychedelic patterns. This book is part of a series charting the development of women's and men's clothing from 1900 onwards. It includes complete descriptions of each garment and accessories, itemizing colour, cut, necklines, lapels, sleeves, pockets, fastenings, buttons and belts. The year-by-year format progresses through day wear, evening wear, sportswear, leisurewear, underwear, negligee and wedding wear. The text is accompanied by costume drawings by John Peacock, and includes a chart summarizing the evolution of fashion, garment shapes and biographies of the outstanding designers of the decade.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227137 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Customer Reviews

Great Book!
I found this book really helpful with my coursework. It contained lots of relevant information and much much more.

The pictures were exquisite and provided me with a good framework for fashions of this era. I also found other books written by John Peacock such as a source book on fifties fashion extremely useful and a delight to read.

fashion sourcebooks. Fashion? Sourcebooks??
I ordered the whole series, but found this a waste of money. Drawings are very amateurish and important features left out. Depicted only haute-couture, not the stuff me, my parents or grand-parents ever owned.