Vogue Patterns offered the Rudi Gernrich dress in 1968. This was the high waisted dress, either mini or full-length. was an ikon in S.F. as I remember. It had the square neck, elastic under the bust, across the square neck and from bust to back at the sleeve. Sleeve was long and flowing. That dress should do for you. If I were going to your party, I'd probably wear a bra that was hidden; I didn't when I made the dress in 1968. And looked very far-out and hot.
If you're talking about midi-skirts or -dresses, those came in aaround 1973 as I remember. I remember history by a) the music I was listening to as I sewed and b) the boyfriend I had at the time. And if your hair is long enough to wear in a pony tail, we wore clubs like Thomas Jefferson, not up higher on our heads like in the 1950s. Definitely with a middle part. LynnD On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Sylvia Rognstad <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a question for those (like me) old-timers out there. I may be going > to a 1960s hippies style event and if so, need to wear a costume. My > recollection isn't so good. Remember what they said: "If you can remember > it, you weren't really there"? Anyhow, I'm trying to remember when long > skirts and dresses came in. I can only recall wearing them in the 1970s, > but my legs, not being what they used to be, definitely do not want to be > seen in a mini skirt, which is all I can remember wearing in the late 60s. > Along with bell bottom pants, of course, which is an option, but I prefer a > dress. > > What do you early boomers recall? > > Sylvia R > _______________________________________________ > 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
