premierludwig
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...as you can see from the pictures we're going through now (and the discussion about stockings being too short), hemlines *are* creeping up a little bit. We've gone from just resting over the knee, to being above the knee and gradually showing a bit more thigh.
In retaliation to everyone showing their legs, trousers became very popular for women. Mary Quant had been trying to get girls into trouser suits and culottes for quite a few years, but with the threat of raising hemlines in 1966 girls finally began to accept trousers as something that could be fun and fashionable, and weren't just for traipsing round the countryside in and getting muddy with the men.
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Trouser suits of 1965 were smart and sharp looking for the mod crowd, but 1966 brought a far more way-out look that they mainly didn't find acceptable.
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Despite the general distaste among the mods for the hippie style flared playsuits that came out around this time, the mods had always been into fashions that could easily be worn by both sexes and trousers were of course much easier to wear than a mini-skirt while riding a scooter.
So the mod take on trousers-for-girls was slacks and printed blouses. A look very much favoured by the mods these days, but the female printed shirts do prove quite difficult to track down. A particularly good make of modette shirts is Slimma whose blouses almost match the mens shirts of that era in sharpness of style. Smart prints using blues and reds are particularly popular, especially on shirts with collars and cuffs in a contrasting plain colour. Here are a few examples - modelled by Pattie again of course - of the best makes that todays mods are after.
[align=center]bright tiny red and green checks, contrasting pointed green collar and buttons. Malcolm Rowe, Courtelle.
softer-style blouse in turquoise and black paisley Viyella. It has button-down pockets, long sleeves, rounded collar. Topletina.
Wild West look with huge bold checks of beige, red and white, long tab front and straight cut. Shirt by London Pride.
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In retaliation to everyone showing their legs, trousers became very popular for women. Mary Quant had been trying to get girls into trouser suits and culottes for quite a few years, but with the threat of raising hemlines in 1966 girls finally began to accept trousers as something that could be fun and fashionable, and weren't just for traipsing round the countryside in and getting muddy with the men.
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Trouser suits of 1965 were smart and sharp looking for the mod crowd, but 1966 brought a far more way-out look that they mainly didn't find acceptable.
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Despite the general distaste among the mods for the hippie style flared playsuits that came out around this time, the mods had always been into fashions that could easily be worn by both sexes and trousers were of course much easier to wear than a mini-skirt while riding a scooter.
So the mod take on trousers-for-girls was slacks and printed blouses. A look very much favoured by the mods these days, but the female printed shirts do prove quite difficult to track down. A particularly good make of modette shirts is Slimma whose blouses almost match the mens shirts of that era in sharpness of style. Smart prints using blues and reds are particularly popular, especially on shirts with collars and cuffs in a contrasting plain colour. Here are a few examples - modelled by Pattie again of course - of the best makes that todays mods are after.
[align=center]bright tiny red and green checks, contrasting pointed green collar and buttons. Malcolm Rowe, Courtelle.
softer-style blouse in turquoise and black paisley Viyella. It has button-down pockets, long sleeves, rounded collar. Topletina.
Wild West look with huge bold checks of beige, red and white, long tab front and straight cut. Shirt by London Pride.
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