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While fashion of the fifties depicted sweeping elegant gowns and couture dresses worn by mature wealthy elitist women, the sixties style was a total deviation from the past. Fashion was aimed at youthful trendy women with tastes and preferences for simple geometric shapes, shorter lengths, and looser fits, clothing typical of the British pop scene. Seamstresses and tailors were beginning to lose business to the mass production of apparel manufacturers. It was a new era of fashion-on-the-go and as style began to change, using elegance as a symbol of prestige and elitism was no longer ‘fashionable’. As life became more casual than it was in the 50’s there was a change which was also reflected in the fashion industry. There was less of the formal elegant styles of the previous decade and more of semi-formal and casuals, many of which was “mixed and matched to stylishly create different looks for different occasions” Related article: 7 Top Fashion Designers of the 60's Things were stil...

You probably remember them; the great fashion designers of the 1960s.  If you are a baby boomer, those were your teenage years and it’s certain that many of you have a tinge of nostalgia for the swinging sixties . . . the era of kohl-rimmed eyes and false lengthy lashes; micro-mini dresses, space-age suits, and shiny patent boots; fashionable stuff that defined the face and style of the times.    Pierre Cardin They were great fashion designers of their time and so influential in the fashion scene that they easily 'called the shots' in style…. The fashion of the 1960s centred more on London and not Paris as some might believe. It was a new look, a total deviation from the fifties style of dressing. It was further divided into a number of sub-cultural trends, prominent among whichever the other styles can be are these three: Mods – modern chic look in dramatic urban styles Hippie – a generally unisex look, flowing clothing, tie & dye fabrics, lots of flowery print...