No help here. I lived in California throughout the 60s, and we dressed such that the folks on the East Coast objected, as I found out when I went there in 68.
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Claire Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Some of you who were alive back then might not consider this historic > costume, but I thought this was a good place to ask this question. I was > recently reading 'The Gabriel Hounds' by Mary Stewart, which is set in > Lebanon in, I think the '60's (1960's that is). The narrator is English but > has been living in America and at one point describes herself as 'dressing > like an American'. I was curious how differently American and English women > might have dressed at this time. Is this another way of saying that she > dressed informally? Or wore trousers a lot? > > > > Claire > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- Blank paper is God's way of saying it ain't so easy being God. -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
