Hippie Fashion and Mary Quant

• What was the hippie trend?

• began to expand in America in the late 1960s.

• hippie events included, Summer of Love, followed by Woodstock Festival in 1969.

• In San Francisco large groups of people were highly attracted to this way of life and the hippy movement increased and popularised

• Hippy outfits were based upon bright colours, high skirts, and long hair covered with flowers emphasising their passion towards peace and anti-war.

• What fabrics, colours and textures were used.

• Hip hugging bellbottom jeans with wide belts.

• Halter tops.

• Ankle bells.

• Leather sandals.

• Tie and dye garments.

• Patched skirts.

• Colorful headbands worn with a flower.

• Colorful tees.

• A peace symbol locket.

• Bell bottom

• Jeans batik fabrics

• Paisley prints

• Rainbow and earthy like colours.

• Who wore these clothes?

• Raised under the ideological system that came out of the 1960s in North America and Western Europe.

• Lived in a wide globalised society

• Peace groups or anti-governmental groups.

• What inspired the trend?

• German youth movement arose as areaction to the organised social and cultural groups

• This movement was viewed upon as a sub-culture or a rebellious group opposing the societal norms.

• The movement opposed the style of traditional German clubs

• How did it capture the spirit of the 60s era?

• highlighted an era of change and post war citizen awareness.

• dressed to express rebellion

• change associated with womens empowerment, human rights issues and racial equality.

• expressing individualism and not for the sake of pleasing regular fashion

• Who exemplified this trend?

• Mary Quant is one of the designers exemplified throughout the 1960s for inventing the miniskirt and hot pants.

• She was famed for her work on pop art in fashion as she spread her design out to the youth of the UK.

• unisex garments that were complemented by white plastic collared dresses

• Underwear became an important new accessory in fashion.

• Mary Quants background

• 11th of February 1934

• British Fashion designer

• opened a clothes shop in Kings Road, London, called Bazaar in 1955.

• 1966 she was working along with 18 different manufactures.

• What influenced Quants designs in this era?

• Decade of revolution and change.

• The fashion industry promoted the New Look

• Elegant and feminine.

• Restriction on clothing for woman

• Dress and Knickerbockers

• Mary Quant - 1973.

• This garment is one of Mary Quants famous designs named Dress and Knickerbockers designed in 1973.

• slim and stylish design using a single colour.

• The shape of Quants design is stream-lined and elegant as she depicts and extracts elements from your traditional mens suiting

• Who is a contemporary designer who has influenced my work?

• Nicole Richie is a dark and sleek fashion designer who tries to recreate and redesign the hippie fashion.

• Designs consist of hanging accessories off clothing, flowers, bandanas, and bright earthy and rainbow colours.

• In April 2007, Richie announced plans to start a jewellery, accessories, clothing and sunglasses line

• House of Harlow 1960

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