Icons of the 1960s

- August 16, 2016

It's been a long time since I have made an Icons post, the last one was in January and I was planning on doing posts for the next two decades and for some reason decided to go with other posts. Anyway I'm back to posting this series and today is all about the 1960s. I must confess the 1960s is my favorite decade for fashion, I love the polished look at the beginning of the decade and also equally love the bohemian look in the later part of the decade. As the Bob Dylan said The Times They Are A Changin. The 1960s were all about change including fashion and beauty. While the housewife was still going strong, women began to see they could have other options including working and going about the single life. At the beginning of the decade fashion was still pretty polished women like Jacqueline Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn were incredibly fashionable. Jeans became a popular staple for women to wear, they came in all kinds of styles including narrow, wide and above the ankle. In 1964 the mini-skirt made it's debut from designer Mary Quant. Space fashion was a thing which introduced go-go boots. With the British Invasion came the influence of Mod fashion. Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and Veruschka were all popular fashion inspirations. By the late 1960s the style of fashion was moving more towards the bohemian style. Bell bottoms, peasant tops, colorful head scarfs and medallion necklaces were popular. For beauty the early 1960s were like the style, pretty polished. Popular hairstyles included the beehive and pixie cuts. By the end of the decade those hairstyles were not as popular and long hair parted in the middle and down (sometimes waist length) was the style.