So, when did Nehru jackets come in? The year "Talk to the Animals" won an Academy Award. (It won for 1967, so I think the awards show was in 1968). I remember watching the show, and thinking one of the men must be a priest, as it looked like a Roman collar, but then Sammy Davis, Jr., came out and sang wearing a Nehru jacket. That was the first I had seen or heard of them. Several gents at the Oscars were wearing them. That had to be one of the shortest-lived fads ever. Think they lasted about 3 months. I knew it was all over when I saw a royal blue one for sale at Woolworth's for $39.99!
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Kate Pinner <[email protected]> To: 'Historical Costume' <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 2:06 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions - Nehru? So, when did Nehru jackets come in? I remember wearing a crocheted dress to a dance my first yeay ear at grad chool in 1970. Kate Pinner -----Original Message----- rom: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On ehalf Of Käthe Barrows ent: Monday, July 06, 2009 7:11 AM o: Historical Costume ubject: Re: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions In Southern California (probably the rest of California too) long skirts ame in with the Hippie look. Bonnie Parker's skirts were much straighter han ours, which were either tiered or gathered and very full. I remember hese skirts when I was still in high school, before the film came out. y recolle ction, as a teenager in the English Midlands, is that "maxi" (i.e. calf-length) skirts came in with the film "Bonnie & Clyde" in 1967-8. - arolyn Kayta Barrows - The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William ibson - ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list [email protected] ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list [email protected] ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
