My friend went back to New York during the summer of '67, to visit her grandmother, whom she hadn't seen in 10 years or so (my friend was 13). She came back talking about the different clothes they wore back east, much more formal, and her grandmother wore only black, white and/or grey!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Käthe Barrows Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 5:49 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] h-costume Digest, Vol 8, Issue 144 West Coast American was different from East Coast American, which I found out in '68. The hippie look was much more accepted in California than it was in Maryland, where I was truly treated like a Freak. Even in San Diego the stares weren't so cold and disapproving, and San Diego (something like America's 20th largest city in those days) wasn't San Francisco or Berkeley - not by a long shot. The neat "preppy" look was much more East Coast and Midwest, even though we had some of that our here. 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. -- 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
