60 years of the last century is marked rapid growth in the European economy and its recovery in the postwar period. In place of the military style, prevailing during the war, come more feminine shape, and then daring design decisions.
Key fashion trends of the 60s
Grown-up children of the war actively enter into independent life, learn to make good money, looking for a new unique style. It was during this period is the emergence of fashionable infrastructure.
Style icons are the stars: Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and the wife of US President Jacqueline Kennedy.
In the 60 years of the last century, it is widely used in the fashion awareness of the body concept. Its purpose - as much as possible to enhance the beauty of the female figure. Skirts get shorter until the mini desperate. In sets of clothes used geometric motifs, contrasting combinations.
Especially popular are the wide-brimmed hats, small hats and berets. Most urgent silhouette of a woman's dress - the A-shaped. A fitted bodice with a full skirt and at the peak of popularity.
The models differ in sophistication, the perfect cut and high quality tailoring. As for color, in casual pastel palette, and smart clothes bright colors are used more often.
In this period a huge popular trends of the time - artificial fabrics and materials. For the first time on the catwalk models out of vinyl and dresses with inserts of plastic. Popularity acquire large bright decorations made of plastic.
Characteristic features of mode 60:
- Direct elegant dress with boat neckline;
- Form-fitting sweaters and turtlenecks;
- Shortened female tweed jackets with three-quarter sleeves;
- A shaped silhouettes;
- trapeze;
- Mini skirts;
- Fitting the top combined with lush bottom;
- Pastel colors in everyday clothes;
- Striking contrasts;
- Geometric patterns;
- Animalistic prints.
Similarities and differences fashion 60s of modern clothing collections
Democratic elegant style of the 60s found its application in modern fashion. Today, as in the distant 60s, at the peak of popularity of elegant models. The ideas of the previous era is now widely used around the couturier. Do not leave the podium the last 10 years, model leopard, berets of different shapes and sizes, small round cap.
Today, popular style of baby dollars that came to us from the '60s, A-line and mini-skirts. A lot of designers have relied on a large decorative vinyl and plastic parts, have received popularity for more than 60 years ago. Almost without leaving fashion shows, they have not lost their relevance and women's jacket - a tuxedo, bell-bottomed trousers.
One of the main differences between modern fashion styles from a bygone era in the use of materials. Our contemporaries fashion industry offers a very different materials and accessories. Changed and jewelry, it has become more elegant and refined.
But the most important quality that does not change in a fashion to post-war era - a desire to enhance the beauty of the female figure, to wear the lovely ladies in the model of perfect cut and perfect fit.
