Bye Beautiful - Fashion in the 60's
In the novel Bye Beautiful, written by Julia Lawrinson 2006, the fashion is quite different to how it is these days. In the early 1960's, women's fashion was making the change from the conservative look of the 50's, to the more carefree look of the 60's. New various trends were beginning to come about, such as the bikini which became popular in 1963 after it was included in a music video. These pictures here are of the conservative look. As you can see, their skirts go to about halfway down their shins, and their shoulders are usually always covered. Whereas these pictures here are of the carefree look. Their skirts are shorter and they look more confident. Even though their shoulders are still covered just …show more content…
These magazines included Bazaar and Vogue, which had lots of pictures of new fashion trends on runway models. Throughout the mid 1960's, the mini-skirt became a trend. This great discovery was created by a talented fashion designer, called Mary Quant. The miniskirt created mayhem in the fashion business and changed the viewpoint of what women should wear. The miniskirt eventually became a fashion piece worn by almost every fashionable young woman in Australia. Near the end of the novel, Sandy buys herself a miniskirt with the money she got from working at the post office on Saturday mornings. The purchase of this miniskirt is a sign of rebelliousness that Sandy has developed since the death of Billy Read. She has also lied to her mother at his point in the novel too. Sandy told Glad that she was going to go see a film, when in reality, she was going to visit Marianne for the first time in over a year. "She is wearing a miniskirt that she bought that morning, bought with the money that she'd saved from working at the newsagents on Saturday mornings, but even though all the Perth girls are wearing them, her legs felt too bare, and she has the urge to pull down the hem, try to make the material stretch to her knees." This quote almost suggests that Sandy regrets spending her money on this skirt, as she doesn't feel as comfortable in it as she feels like she
In the novel Bye Beautiful, written by Julia Lawrinson 2006, the fashion is quite different to how it is these days. In the early 1960's, women's fashion was making the change from the conservative look of the 50's, to the more carefree look of the 60's. New various trends were beginning to come about, such as the bikini which became popular in 1963 after it was included in a music video. These pictures here are of the conservative look. As you can see, their skirts go to about halfway down their shins, and their shoulders are usually always covered. Whereas these pictures here are of the carefree look. Their skirts are shorter and they look more confident. Even though their shoulders are still covered just …show more content…
These magazines included Bazaar and Vogue, which had lots of pictures of new fashion trends on runway models. Throughout the mid 1960's, the mini-skirt became a trend. This great discovery was created by a talented fashion designer, called Mary Quant. The miniskirt created mayhem in the fashion business and changed the viewpoint of what women should wear. The miniskirt eventually became a fashion piece worn by almost every fashionable young woman in Australia. Near the end of the novel, Sandy buys herself a miniskirt with the money she got from working at the post office on Saturday mornings. The purchase of this miniskirt is a sign of rebelliousness that Sandy has developed since the death of Billy Read. She has also lied to her mother at his point in the novel too. Sandy told Glad that she was going to go see a film, when in reality, she was going to visit Marianne for the first time in over a year. "She is wearing a miniskirt that she bought that morning, bought with the money that she'd saved from working at the newsagents on Saturday mornings, but even though all the Perth girls are wearing them, her legs felt too bare, and she has the urge to pull down the hem, try to make the material stretch to her knees." This quote almost suggests that Sandy regrets spending her money on this skirt, as she doesn't feel as comfortable in it as she feels like she