Carolyn said,
Berkeley, CA, and the 1960s. You see aging Hippies, and ones whose
parents were barely born in the 1960s, on the streets in Berkeley,
CA, even today.
I have an "ageing" hippie next door who just turned 40. :-) Do
you think, though, that the hippie styles in Berkeley are only due to
the area, or because kids like the style again? Maybe a bit of both?
I agree, though that the hippie look says Berkeley or Haight Ashbury.
(Is that in Berkeley?) Or Woodstock, which is not close at all. :-)
Goth styles are all over the place, particularly at night in
cities. Or game conventions where they play Vampire.
Hoopskirts evoke many places in the south east US - New Orleans,
Atlanta, Mobile. I was thinking of the style that defines a specific
city or area - black & white pilgrim/puritan is Massachussets and not
anywhere else. Except, of course, Dutch paintings.
Bustle gowns make me think of the midwest, I suppose due to the
amount of growth during that era and I've seen a few houses that have
them in their collection. But those era houses are all over the
place.
And to extend this discussion to the rest of the world, late
1500s/early 1600s is London due to Elizabeth.
-Carol
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