Sixties Fashions

While there is a tendency to think of the Sixties as a whole decade, in terms of fashion it can, in fact, be viewed as two separate and quite distinct parts, with the early years clinging doggedly on to modifications of Fifties styles and the later years exploding into the wild fashion frenzy for which the decade is possibly best remembered.

The highly revealing and unprecedented 'Mini' fashions that shocked society first started appearing in quantity during 1965 when British designers like Ossie Clark, Bill Gibb and Mary Quant, along with 'fashion boutiques' and Carnaby Street, ruled the fashion world, even though the 'Paris fashions' of Saint Laurent, Courreges and Ungaro were still iconic fashion names. These mini dresses and the 'A-line' fashions provided a perfect vehicle for the colourful psychedelic and dramatic black and white Op and Pop-art pattern designers and artists. (sixtiescity.com)