I went to high school before the hippie craze hit, so no one even
thought of wearing either long skirts or pants. Girls were still
trying to dress like the perfect little woman with girdles, heels and
stockings, although we only went that far for special occasions, not
to school, but you get the picture.
Re jewelry, I still have my peace sign earrings and my necklace
ankh. As for shoes, the big thing, when I was at Berkeley, was to
get grecian sandals handmade by a local crafter, which I did and sure
wish I still had those.
The only dress I saved from the 60s was my red crocheted one, which I
did wear once to a 60s theme event, but it is short and I would have
to wear it with tights, which in the summer, would be too warm. I
found some flat shoes that were just like the ones I wore originally
and since I worked in a costume shop at the time, found a long
hairpiece that matched my hair so I was able to get a real vintage
hairstyle going. I really had one of the 60s looks going on there,
but not the hippie one. More like the British mod look. I kind of
alternated between the 2 styles when I was young.
Sylvia
On Jul 4, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
I remember that we were not allowed to wear long skirts to high
school in
the year 1968-69. A friend of mine wore one and was called into the
Principal's office and told, "Do not wear that skirt to school
again." The
next day she wore another long skirt to school. Again she was
called into
the Principal's office and he said, "I thought I told you not to
wear that
skirt to school again?" My friend replied, "That one was blue. This
one is
green."
Shortly after that incident, we were allowed to wear both long
skirts AND
pants to school. Maxi skirts came out when I was a junior, 1970-71.
We all
thought they were hideous.
On a related note, the skirt to wear was an embroidered Mexican
shirt, with
a square neck and gathered sleeves. Or a loose, long sleeved gauze
blouse,
with flaring sleeves. Don't forget your ankle bracelet with little
bells,
macramé "barefoot sandals" and peace sign necklace!
Sounds fun!
Sharon C.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:h-costume-
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Behalf Of Sylvia Rognstad
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:06 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions
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
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