I remember that dress - that was THE dress where I grew up. Either so
short your "personality" showed, or so long it dragged on the ground if you
weren't careful... Some girls wore the mini or a knee-length version over
bellbottoms. Wow, man, flashbacks.
Liadain
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Lynn Downward
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:31 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions
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
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