Fashion in the 60s

Fashion in the 60s was very conservative, men wore flannel suites and women wore form fitting conservative dresses. The rules were very strict according gender. in order to be taken serious you wore a suit. women dressed up to pleased their husbands. the Kennedys changed a lot in fashion, Kennedy didn't wear a hat to his inauguration even though hats were part of the suit back then, so in doing so he single handedly changed fashion for men, and Jackie Kennedy brought a more streamed line look for women. suits and dresses were very plain until patterns came out and started a new fashion trend. women started to wear heavy eye makeup as well as oversized dresses. everything in the 60s was big and bold, women's clothes started to show more skin. the mini skirt came out and changed a lot for the fashion world. men's clothing became more sleeker, and form fitting. the slime fitting clothes for men came from a French influence. also art started to be printed on clothes instead of plain, or patterns. women started actually wearing pants, and pants suits. because of the war and woman's protests, the hair grew longer and so did hem lines, hence the hippies were born. The look went to modern to very laid back care free. overall it shows that events or famous people influenced the clothing through the years. in the late 60s they used the influence of the hippies created colorful patterns for clothes. fashion started to become a way to express yourself. overall from the late 50s to the early 70s fashion took so many different looks on because of all the liberation, protests, wars, and other major influences.