Oh, I remember it was the beginning of Permanent Press clothes, my mom was excited about that. Also the beginning of ethnic, hippie stuff--jeans and Mexican embroidered blouses--at least here near San Francisco. Maybe just blue jeans would have been "American" in those days.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jane Pease Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] h-costume Digest, Vol 8, Issue 144 > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Claire Clarke 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? > > ----------------------------------- I spent the 60s wearing coordinated Villager a-line skirt and cardigan combos with Oxford cloth Peter Pan blouses. Of course the skirt had to cover my knees or I would have been sent home from school (and it was a public school). I suspect that was not the typical American costume--in fact, that is more or less how I picture the typical English one--wool skirts and cardigans. But then mine was that kind of small town. Things changed when I went to college, of course, and discovered that you were allowed to wear jeans off the farm. Not sure this helps answer your question, but it was a slice of 60s America. Preppy (though my name is not Bunny and my father belonged to the Lodge rather than the country club) before there was such a thing. Jane in No VA, still wearing nearly the same thing now--jeans, loafers, blazers, and button down shirts. Villager has gone out of business, of course, so I have to make my skirts to get them dorky enough. (Now my 18th century clothing--THAT is another story!) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
