History Of Costume: 60S & 70S 1960-1980

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Street style

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a term given to the fashions that originated amount the young who congregated in groups on the street.

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Mods

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a fashion statement of long hair, granny glasses made by a style tribe who were “up for love, self expression, poetry and getting stoned.”

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Afro

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a hairstyle, full and fluffy and taking advantage of the curl natural to the hair of many African-Americans. Both men and women adopted the style in the late 1960’s and 70’s.

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Corn-row braids

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a traditional African way of arranging the hair in small braids worn by women.

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Pop art

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a short name given to popular art featured glorified representations of ordinary objects such as soda cans and carton figures.

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Wearable art

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a combination of clothing and fiber art. Artist who created wearable art used and often combined a variety of techniques such as crocheting, knitting, embroidery, piecing and special dyeing and painting techniques.

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Micro mini

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a term used to describe the shortest of short mini skirts.

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Pantyhose

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a garment worn by women that was part hosiery, part underwear made of sheer nylon. Pantyhose were first marketed about 1960 as an alternative to nylon stockings held up with a garter belt or girdle.

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Granny dresses

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a long daytime dress worn by women that was popular among the young in the early 1970’s.

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Paper dresses

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an uncomplicated, A-line dress of unfitted style lines and vivid, colorful prints made popular by Scott Paper Company that emerged in 1966.

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Palazzo pajamas

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a fashion name given to pantsuits of decorative fabrics with full-legged trousers were worn for evening by women and made of soft fabrics.

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Hip huggers

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wide pants with flaring or bell-bottomed legs that fitted smoothly across the hip.

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Leg warmers

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loose-fitting footless stockings used by dancers to keep their legs warm during warm-up sessions worn as a fashion fad among young women.

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Swirl skirt

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skirts that wrapped around the body and tied into place made of bias-cut strips of multicolored fabrics that were often from India.

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Thong

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a virtually bottomless bathing suit cut to reveal as much of the buttocks as possible designed by Rudi Gernreich in 1975.

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Wedge

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a short haircut that became popular in 1976 after Olympic medal-winner Dorothy Hamill.

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Leisure suits

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an alternative to business suits developed for casual wear, these tops and pants were usually made from the same fabrics and unstructured tops had shirt like collars or were collarless.