60s Fashion Costumes

The definitive history of the fashion revolutions of the 1960s, richly illustrated with contemporary imagery In the 1960s, fashion changed dramatically. At the end of the 1950s, Yves Saint Laurent was starting to look for new ways to define the female form; by the 1970s, styles, markets, materials, demographics, inspirations, and the very definition of fashion had been utterly transformed.Richly illustrated with contemporary imagery, including fashion shots, advertising, and magazine features, t... [Read More]

Includes Willow the Hippie Costume, Multi-Coloured, with Top, Trousers, Headscarf & Medallion. Please note that all our Smiffys products will always come in full Smiffys branded packaging.

Few publications illustrate so comprehensively what American men, women, and children wore in the 1940s than the Sears catalogs of those years, when the company's fashions typified the tastes of the American mainstream. This book is a compilation of 122 fully illustrated and captioned pages selected and reproduced from rare copies of Sears catalogs of the World War II era.Over 120 large-format pages have been carefully reprinted on high-quality glossy stock. They reveal in sharp detail the broad... [Read More]

Peace/love hippie adult costume

Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century Europe; based on surviving pieces, art work, much more. Includes many clear, measured patterns for reproducing historic costumes. Full text. 595 illustrations. "Landmark in the field of Western European costume . . . exceptional value for its price." — American Artist.

Mod New York traces the fashion arc of the 1960s and 1970s, a tumultuous and innovative era that continues to inspire how we dress today. During this period, demure silhouettes and pastels favored by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy exploded into bold prints and tie-dyed psychedelic chaos and ultimately resolved into a personal style dubbed by Vogue the “New Nonchalance.”   Accompanying a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, this book is beautifully illustrated by two hundre... [Read More]

Fashion thrives during periods of cultural foment, and this essential sourcebook explores the wealth of fashion print produced during the tumultuous, revolutionary 1960s. Exclusive illustrations showcase the work of such creative pioneers as Biba, Warhol, Marimekko, and Zandra Rhodes, while hundreds of images and illuminating captions convey the impact of the era's great movements.  From Pop Art and Flower Power to Indian motifs and the Magical Mystery Tour, this stunning artistic journey explo... [Read More]

The 1960s is one of the most exciting fashion decades of the twentieth century,where British pop and youth culture created a stylish look that set trends all around the world. This book reveals how the 1960s British look was inspired by social changes and championed by innovative new designers like Mary Quant. Their unconventional designs spread rapidly from small fashionable boutiques on Carnaby Street to Main Street thanks, in part, to rock stars like The Who, models like Twiggy, and celeb... [Read More]

In his latest paper doll tribute to high fashion of past decades, artist Tom Tierney spotlights the bold colors, miniskirts, and offbeat accessories that typified haute couture of the 1960s. Included are stunning creations by a new wave of young designers who exalted youth and promoted the "little girl look" while catering, for the first time in fashion history, to the tastes of working-class consumers.Extensively researched and painstakingly rendered, this dramatic full-color collection include... [Read More]

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