The disco style was influenced by the film ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and the band ABBA. They made flared trousers and platform shoes a trend.
1972
Vivienne Westwood opened the boutique ‘Sex’ in London with her partner. This influenced the punk subculture which was were known for rebelling and listening to bands such as The Sex pistols.
1970
The Vietnam war was a tragedy leading to many deaths. The response affected fashion as many people protested wearing peace symbols and hippie style clothes. Military clothing also made a reappearance.
1955-75
Twiggy was known as the first supermodel and the face of 1966 because of her slim figure, short hair and high fashion ‘mod look’, influencing girls’ style.
1966
Barbara Hulanicki set up BIBA as a mail order clothes boutique. This became so popluar, a store was opened in London. BIBA’s main attraction was its fashionable but affordable clothes. Mary Quant brought the miniskirt to fame, as a dress and skirt, colourful and childlike. She used new fabrics, such as PVC and also designed the plastic raincoat and pinafore dress.
1964
Hippies wore androgynous clothes: bell bottom trousers, long skirts, tie-dye clothes and sandals or went barefoot, and had long hair. They campaigned for peace and started the ‘Flower Power’ movement. Mods and Rockers were conflicting subcultures.Mods rode scooters and wore stylish tailored clothes. ‘The Who’ was a mod band. Rockers rode motorcycles and wore leather jackets and were considered ‘grubby’.
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1960-1979