60’s was always my favorite era. The dresses, the go go boots and the hair do’s!

I was a teen in the early 70's and we still wore many of these clothes. Loved them!

@Jepson07

5 ай бұрын

💯👍

@classicmoviesvault

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you

@shadykatie100

5 ай бұрын

You are correct!

In the late 60s as a pre-teen, what made mini skirts and dresses more practical for everyday wear, was the availability of quality and lesser priced panty hose. I started off with a garter belt ( b/c that is what my mom bought for me) and those are just not easy to keep hidden with miniskirts. Simplicity patterns made it easy to pick out wild fabrics to sew. I enjoyed the creativity and expression of sewing some of my clothes then.

@scegenius8751

9 ай бұрын

True. I loved sewing then. Now patterns are expensive and don’t get me started on fabric…

Was in my mid teens in the mid 60’s and just loved the styles we wore: the mini, maxi, over the knee boots, teased hair. I drew the line at white lipstick lol.

@TheHistoryLounge

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't around at the time, but I think I would've liked to have been. Seems like a fun decade!

@joeylocognato2198

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryLounge Yes, thank you

@annehersey9895

Жыл бұрын

Me too! I drew the line at white lipstick BUT, often my shade of pink almost looked white! I have great legs to this day so mini-shirts and hot pants were perfect for me! I know our style wasn't for everyone but the easing of fashion 'rules' was wonderful! Our motto was 'if it feels good do it'! No other decade had such freeing clothing and we were the first to embrace jeans on women as a go to outfit. My favorite wear were bell bottoms and the more Cher-like the better. I loved my bells and now at 70, I still wear boot cut jeans as the closest to bells as I can find. I don't really have a waist, not one that looks good belted so I really lucked out not being born earlier because the 50's would have probably turned me into a nun.

@OOBEJuanKenobi

5 ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryLoungeWhat songs were used in this video?

50s ane 60s were the most geat era. The most beautiful cars, fashion, music and everything else.

Having been born in 1960, I remember so much of these styles! My aunt was wearing much of these styles - and many that you see on Mad Men show (since she was an office gal in her twenties) I wore more of the late 60's into the 70's clothes as I grew up nto my pre-teen/teen years. I definitely still like wearing the shift or A line dresses or sundresses from that era ( easy to wear & very cool on hot days) Another thing, you definitely had to learn how to sit in mini skirts! Many of girls today would be flashing everyone because of the way most sit! 😧😳😵😲

@jgriffin282

9 ай бұрын

You always wore stockings of some sort. Pantyhose or fishnets with garter belts or even girdles. (Light ones).

Many of these are right, but it’s important to remember not everything was easy. My high school didn’t allow pants for females until 1971, and even then they had to be slacks, not jeans. Before that it was skirts or dresses no matter how cold. Anyone who lived less than a mile from school had to walk. We had weird gym uniforms we had to wear. Stockings were worn with garter belts and ran if you looked at them wrong. Every girl had a bottle of clear nail polish in their purse to stop stocking runs. And the colors didn’t begin to match most skin tones. Don’t get me started on the torture devices we had to wear when it was that time of the month. Still, some of the outfits I had during that time were some of my lifetime favorites.

@deborahs2593

9 ай бұрын

I never minded wearing skirts- we had long coats, leggings and boots to stay warm. I walked to school- as you said if we lived under a mile, we walked! We were allowed slacks the year I graduated but parents weren't going to spend money on new clothes in senior year so we still wore mostly skirts. Yeah, there were inconveniences but I loved those years.

@allenkracalik7662

2 ай бұрын

And the damned US Supreme Court decided public schools could not only enforce "dress codes," but limit hair length. The public just didn't buy it, and those restrictions have mostly disappeared, or at least have become less restrictive.

@harveycan5820

Ай бұрын

Great points KristinB!! I remember that it was indeed a big deal when girls were allowed to wear pants or slacks or jeans, especially. At some point in the early 70s many girls in Junior High were not wearing bras or panties, which for us guys was both glorious and raised our heart rates to dangerous levels! The gym clothes for girls were indeed very unflattering but somehow they managed to still look great. I think us guys were totally unaware of the stuff you are pointing out that was part of everyday experience for the gals. We were just trying to cover up pimples and figure out which pocket to keep our comb in.

I grew up in the 60s 70s and the one thing I remember is Hot Pants.

@Dawn-Songs

8 күн бұрын

They looked good , but meant a girl having to strip down to be able to answer the call of nature (i'm referring to going to use the loo !! ) I know this because I wore them.😊

What a great time to be young for so many reasons.

@dankelly5150

Жыл бұрын

Sad to think that a lot of these people have already passed !

@deadandburied7626

Жыл бұрын

Unless you were a guy due to be drafted.

@notkarennn97

4 ай бұрын

unless you were a minority

@allenkracalik7662

2 ай бұрын

But the US "involvement" in Vietnam wasn't one of tem!

What an excellent tour back through those times... it feels like I just returned from a visit there... Thanks.

Hey Grandma a nice pair of legs back then! Think about these people are mid-seventies and older. That's why it's nice to see these wonderful pictures from days gone bye because it lets us I have an insight to what life might have been back 60 years ago. Always enjoy seeing the pictures from those decades and seeing how much people have changed as well as cars and buildings.

A lot of these styles I wore. I remember it all. The teased hair was one of those things that I'm glad went out. I swear, women of that era still wear that style today.

@giselleorlasvegas

10 күн бұрын

They really do and I’m glad to see it! My old school counselor always did her hair in a bob beehive (?) with a head band to match the color of her clothes, last time I saw her she was still doing it

Thanks for a groovy look back at the Swinging 1960's fashions.

Wow.. Great 👍 video,, I grew up in the 60s 70s 80s and of course today but today in 2023 it's not like in those days the clothes that hairdos the shoes the boots the dancing was great my favorite was the bell bottom pants 👖.. and avalor shirts and satin shirts. The cars were great and to this day I only drive 70s cars 🚗🛣️.... Thank you for this video 🎥 it was great..

@TheHistoryLounge

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ronald- Thanks again for watching and for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you liked the video!

@oxanakononova2748

Жыл бұрын

А что такое авалорские рубашки? Спасибо за ответ и интересный комментарий)

I was a kid back then, good memories.

Got to admit the 60's had some kool looking outfits and hair styles of the time.

@TheHistoryLounge

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Thanks for watching and commenting!

@wotawanancy3249

Жыл бұрын

I graduated in 1964. It was a change no doubt. Don't forget the short lived mini paper dress. Yes I had one. Wore it once. Had visions of it tearing. 🤣 would do the 60s over again and make some different choices. Yes cars had class back then. Today's all look the same. Boxes on wheels🤦‍♀️

@ediewall6360

Жыл бұрын

And the clothes were fun to wear and many styles like peasant dresses and bolero vests I could whip up on my sewing machine in a couple of hours.

Of course, all us guys loved the styles and especially the miniskirts! However, the smell of Aqua-net hairspray is indelibly etched into my brain, and THAT I could do without!

@TheHistoryLounge

Жыл бұрын

Ha, ha!!!

@nanabutner

Жыл бұрын

Aqua net is just about, if not impossible to find today so you are safe.

@ediewall6360

Жыл бұрын

LOL

@wotawanancy3249

Жыл бұрын

Win some lose some. Needed Aqua-net to hold those hair styles😅🤣

@harveycan5820

Ай бұрын

Aqua-Net ate not just your brain but the ozone layer!!! I remember those big aerosol spray cans on my mom's dressing table...

Loved the style dress called A shape. So neat looking.

I was living in Japan during the 60s but this type of fashion was creeping up in the cities. I myself wore bellbottoms at the end of the 60s, as many young people did, and sometimes coordinated it with some tie-dyed shirts.

Seventeen magazine was a big deal for us teenagers back then. Betsy Johnson sewing patterns were available to make baby doll dresses and peasant tops to go with our boot leg Levis or long skirts. I wore either suede boots or hiking boots and my leggings for cold weather were thermals with rosebuds that I wore under dresses too. Very cute. I had lace up 3/4 calf granny boots that were so cool back then for a flower child teenager from the Bay Area. I did get a flowered, velour hip hugger mini skirt for Christmas one year that I wore with tights and boots, but by February it was too warm in California to wear it.😆

Cars and fashion was really classy in 60's 😎 I'm french woman who want 60's style clothes. I love tweed skirts and white boots 👍 I'm searching for dresses 💛

Wonderful times , without hesitated , the best facions styles ever , long heard and mini skirts , love that one ..... Thanks for your effort

A wonderful time of life! Women didn't have bolts, ink, and hooks! Beautiful and full of class!

@jpineapple9495

9 ай бұрын

who cares what you think, power to women

@AirborneAirAssault6565

9 ай бұрын

You did, You read it and responded. Did Ihurt your feelings, Oh my, poor you. Another computer punk got their feelings hurt. @@jpineapple9495

@guytruth4907

9 ай бұрын

keep thinking trash is cool....power to ladies! @@jpineapple9495

@johnschultz9023

9 ай бұрын

MGTOW jpineapple9495. Men need women like a fish needs a bicycle.

@jpineapple9495

9 ай бұрын

could not agree more, im a lesbian@@johnschultz9023

I rsd s kid in the 1960s but i remembrt all of thus so well!!!! ☮️💟

Graduated from HS 1969, remember these styles, muscle cars and free love.

Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's, I always loved the mini skirts with women wearing stockings or pantyhose!! Those ladies turned my world upside down!! :)

I love the MOD style!!!!

I can’t believe I wore dresses that short. But I was young slim and cute then.

@minty448

7 ай бұрын

I’m sure you still are!

@sharondiaz137

7 ай бұрын

nope@@minty448

@rugerscout308

2 ай бұрын

You will be again, we all will be, in the life after this life. It is real and it has nothing to do with believing any dogma or sacraments. It's just physics. We all have our face too close to the glass to see what is all around us. Live your life. Never fear death, it is just a transition, a step along the road to our future.

I remember there were Mod. (wide belts) ; Collegian (penny loafers) and Hard/Rocker (pointed black leather heeled boots )

I'm 70 years old and remember the 60's very well. Another thing back then was women were women and were very feminine as compared to todays female. No tattoos and not nearly as many overweight people walking around as today. My sister was three years older and I always enjoyed when her friends came over. :}

@user-rb6qf4po9l

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, obesity is really becoming a problem. We have much easier access to fat food and less motives to have an active lifestyle. I love technology and social media, but it's probably one of the main reasons why we are like this today.

@roselamoure

9 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree! I love the 60s so much and back than, women were dressed very feminine and always looked very well groomed and had beautiful clothes on and had amazing figures. Nowadays that‘s all practically gone and girls dress more like man now and many don’t wear makeup anymore. Back than women wore makeup and it was expected. The world changed for the worse unfortunately…I wish I had a time machine and could travel back in time…

@yvonneplant9434

8 ай бұрын

I grew up at the same time. The Mad Man show was excellent at depicting the 60s fashions and hair styles. I don't miss it. I like NOW much better. I'm not a typical older adult.

@yvonneplant9434

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-rb6qf4po9lBecoming???? About half of Americans are obese.

@yvonneplant9434

8 ай бұрын

​@@roselamoureDo you really miss the hardwire bras and girdles??? I don't. 😂

My friend Bunny danced at the whisky a go go back in the day🐰

Glad I was young back in he 50s and60s now just memories ❤❤❤❤

Oh, to be young and thin. (I was 17 in 1960; the decade belonged to me).

I love the colors and fassion that people dressed in 1960's

Having grown up in that era, I can say the images in the video often do match the correct time for the styles. For example, miniskirts (anything above the knee), and bright colors were not before 1966, and note, one cannot base a style seen in a movie or on television, since there was a usually year or two lag time. Another example are flare pants that men wore, (think the early 70's Brady's), outside of the sixties music scene, they were not availed in most stores until the early 70;s, unlike the Monkees or the Beatles who were wearing them in 1967. I could go on, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Best source for fashion ref are old year books!

@LannieLord

2 ай бұрын

Nobody would even know where to BUY a mini skirt in 1961 ! @Rovingdog628

I love the psychedelic music, it put me in the groove and I think I got a contact high !

Times when the school measured the skirt length with a ruler to be allowed into class. Such a non- problem considering the crazy times to come😨

@CrystalJ7

9 ай бұрын

They absolutely did!! I remember it well! 😂

Groovy times. I was born to late!

are you a Mod or a Rocker? Ringo: "I'm a Mocker".

Love the 50s style of the 60s style of the 70s style as I’m a 70s baby ✌️✌️✌️✌️🇬🇧

my uncle said it was colder in 1960's. he was an outdoorsman and he said bevaers then were hairy as heck.

Love the shifts.❤ If I put on a dress today....I am Miss America. No tats and in shape.

Aloha, thank you for this terrific video. It brought back so many happy memories.

I'm 76, graduated from HS in 1965 from a small town in Westerrn Pa., and no body that I knew dressed like this. This was strictly NY and California.

LOVE THIS!

Mini skirts were shocking to the Church but the following all of a sudden Maxi ( Kaley Barns in our school) was Wow! This changes everything.

Great background music.

The good old days. Gone forever.

Whatever they wear, they are beautiful❤

Ah, beautiful legs and not a tattoo or any cellulite in sight! I was very young then but definitely influenced by the fashion and music of the '60's.

Its nice to remember a time when women cared about their appearance. Unfortunately today obesity, green hair, tattoos, and black spandex is the uniform of choice.

@jpineapple9495

9 ай бұрын

every woman you see has green hair? fascinating, i dont see any. sounds like another whiny snowflake.

@lemurianchick

9 ай бұрын

Hey Karl, the men are all such keepers, though. 🙄

Note the hose on all the girls. Very nice.

One of the things that struck me as I watched this, is that American’s weren’t fat/obese back then like we are now.

We were beautiful, but didn't know it! Everyone wanted to look like Twiggy and if you were mover 100 lbs. you thought you were fat! It was a fun era, the music was great!

This video does a good job of tracking the change in styles. The problem with discussing styles, music, etc by the "even" decades--50s, 60s, etc. is that the biggest cultural shifts have often occurred in MID-century, For example oldies rock and roll is dominant from 1954 to 1964. Another major change was from 1964 (the British invasion) to 1974. Cultural change does not follow the calendar!

After watching this it boggles my mine how we get baggy pants and mom jeans now.

@keithbrown8814

Жыл бұрын

...and tattoos....ugh!

@SM-gt9vg

9 ай бұрын

Because fashion keeps moving in cycles. The 90's had a lot of baggy, oversized, loose fitting clothing. Then to the 2000's and 2010's, we had the mini skirts come back, skinny jeans, yoga pants, leggings as pants, bodycon dresses, lots of skin tight tops, almost everything popular was tight fitting. Now we've swung back in the other direction in the 2020's and oversized and baggy is popular again.

It was a fun time. However, no one anywhere wore those white go-go boots. They were in the magazines and movies but not in real life. Some people wore black boots. I traveled the country for a makeup company and never saw the white boots. And thanks for showing the plaids and the kilts. They were a big item. Makeup changed too. Lipstick went from red to nude. The emphasis was on the eyes. Pantyhose eventually made it into the mainstream. Also shoes changed from classic heels to chunky, lower heels. The shoes and pantyhose changed because of the miniskirts.

I’m noticing in the comments what wasn’t said. We wore the cutest bloomers ever. Some dresses came with a matching bloomer. I know it sounds strange but it was a matching piece.

It was the best time to be a gas station attendant, The shorter the dress, the cleaner the windows

@deirdre108

9 ай бұрын

And a truck driver too!

Being born in July of 96 is fascinating to see what they were in those.years.

@TheHistoryLounge

Жыл бұрын

HeyJoey - I agree. It's fun seeing the real-life snapshots of people just living their lives back then, wearing what they wore.

My mother used to rock very short mini skirt suits with gloves and the penultimate bee-hive hairdo. Sometimes I think they were more daring in their fashion than we were in the 70's and 80's😂

I loved the crop tops!

Fantastic video!! The clothes are great but it is also fun looking at the cars, decor, furniture, gadgets etc. that are part of the scenery. Who is the lady who pops up at 4:10? And--- what are the music selections during the video--- they are outstanding!! Would love to know what they are. Thanks!!

Bow this is a groovy video man!

The 1940s fashion is much more beautiful in my opinion.

@TheHistoryLounge

9 ай бұрын

I agree. And looking at these styles, they really hold up well when you look at them today.

@harveycan5820

Ай бұрын

As a Boomer who was totally pulled into my parents world of 30s-40s movies I would tend to agree. Things were very tailored and formal, classy and elegant -- but they reflected their time. As a kid-- a boy-- growing up in the 60s I can tell you that these fashions were absolutely dazzling!!! They were of course tied into the social context of that era, so were more about freedom and liberation: thus the bright colors, pop art designs, showing the figure off and celebrating women's beauty and sexiness. Legs, legs, legs!! In the 40s the clothes were what was shown off and were a key to social status, but in the 60s it was the lady who was the feature and things were less formal and costly. Still, the clothes were aesthetically beautiful and designed to the hilt by the leading people. I guess all that is subjective, and I don't disagree that Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, etc. were and are style icons in those beautiful clothes, but Faye Dunaway, Grace Slick, Diana Ross, Liz Taylor, and my favorite, Claudia Cardinale, were equally captivating in those fashions for that era. Women of all times/decades look fabulous because--- they just are!!

Nothing fake about those women.

1960’s also brought in a whole new wave of VD 100’s of new Strains all still actively passed today.

@josephberrie9550

Жыл бұрын

you need to up your medication

@candykane4271

Жыл бұрын

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Enjoyed the video. Wondering where you might have sourced the music?

I loved mini skirts.

I was in Miami a few years ago... Drove past a night club Not one girl was as skinny as anyone in these pictures... Sad society

@johnbraun1607

9 ай бұрын

@Rovingdog628 I was hoping to see anything without Oink meat :)

Cool

Great times😊

All natural women in these photos. No tattoo, no Botox. I love seeing how beautiful women were back then. I wish we could step back into time. The women were very beautiful.

@IHearColorsinMydreams

7 ай бұрын

Agree with you, their lips was beautiful... They didn't have lipfiller

I grew up, and went to high school in the 1960s, and I STILL don't know what to think of women's clothes of the era. Men's either, for that matter. Cartoonist Al Capp who drew the Li'l Abner comic strip, satirized Twiggy, with a character named "Icky."

When ever I see videos or pictures of the 50s 60s even the 70s I can’t help but notice how massively over weight people are today. We, that are old enough to remember that time, should be grateful that women could be comfortable and confident in themselves. Today the fashion of the 60s wouldn’t work today because so few women would fit into those dresses.

@johnreitz5676

Жыл бұрын

I went to a high school with 1300 students. I can only recall maybe a half dozen overweight people...if that.

@Akash_158

Жыл бұрын

too much oily food... and no physical activity

@petegregory517

Жыл бұрын

But, they'd squeeze their fat azziz in regardless.

@rollitupmars

Жыл бұрын

@@johnreitz5676 there’s only a couple of overweight people in my entire high school it depends.

@Anakleto112

Жыл бұрын

Right… 😢, thanks FDA

I love the sound track on this video! It’s “surf noir “ like La Luz. Who is doing it?🤔

Better than today's clothes in several ways!

Obesity wasn't an issue back then.

I'm 68. Not to nitpick, or maybe I am, but the women in the thumbnail appear to be wearing "hot pants." Those arrived on the scene about 1971, not earlier in the actual 1960s. I know because I wore them in 1971 - 1972 as a junior/senior in high school those years. Yes, I wore versions of them to school. There was much more tolerance of fashions back then, at least at my Midwest, suburban public school.

The 60s in the uk where so different fashion wise to the 50s , a lot more liberalism was being expressed all over society and including ladies fashion, people were emeging from the doldrums of Conservativism and expected norms to be more individual and free to do what they desired. The mini skirt sent shock waves throu the old regime and religious control freaks much to the approval of the male population. A great time to be alive and free with great music to revel in.

Clothes were becoming a lot more comfortable and easier to wear in the late 1960’s.

Having been born in the 50s I loved all the clothes I wore in the 60s and 70s. And yes, no one was fat. We were all thin and fit.

It's about freedom baby, yeah!

Man and they looked great with no tattoos and slim ❤❤❤❤

We didn't have stretchy material, those dresses and jeans had to fit and couldn't be too tight. But, yes, young people were a lot thinner then.

MINISKIRT A little history The miniskirt was created by Lucien David LANGMAN, Master Tailor of the Jean Raymond house in 1959. Mary QUANT, the British woman, bought 2 miniskirts cut by Lucien David Langman at the Boutique des Arts in Saint Tropez and paraded them on a young model of 16 years TWIGGY in New York in 1966. The Miniskirt creations of Lucien David Langman and the aspiring model were a success in NEW YORK and launched Mary Quant to the forefront #jeanraymond #LucienLangman

Hot pants didn't become a thing until the early 1970s.

No massive, obese young people in these videos. It's a shame what has happened in the USA.

I have often said it: of all the trends of the '60's, I miss the mini-skirt the most.

@AshtasticAcrobat

8 ай бұрын

Those are definitely still in style. I wear mini skirts paired with knee high boots all the time

@christianlibertarian5488

8 ай бұрын

Good on ya’@@AshtasticAcrobat

Reporter to ringo starr: "Are you a mod or a rocker?" Ringo : "I'm a mocker."

At 7:35, a bird flies overhead and says “hey, a ready made nest for my future chicks. Cool!”

One thing you could say about us back then when it came to clothes , we were colorful

The era had great fashion great hair.

Mini skirts/ shorts were the early 70s though.

Beautiful woman in the 50sand60s❤❤

5:13 Wow

Remember Mary Quant

No tattoos, no fat women, simply amazing.

@MyMagic111

9 ай бұрын

Oh, there were fatties both sexes, just not in the profusion that one sees today. The modern diet is so bad with too much processed foods and SUGAR. Lack of exercise today contributes to the obesity epidemic.

@ramencurry6672

9 ай бұрын

You can still see more of that if you visit Asia and Europe

@jasminek5557

8 ай бұрын

Yeh I don’t understand the tattoo n body piercings culture of today. I don’t get the reason for vandalizing your skin and body permanently lol.

@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l

6 ай бұрын

​​@@jasminek5557 I think it's more of a fetish. I am 57 and I don't have any tattoos or anything. My parent forbid it. My 3 sons don't have any either. It looks trashy.

@lilbears

6 ай бұрын

​@@jasminek5557cus that's what they chose do to with their bodies maybe? 😂

Some of the women look groovy expecting that lady 3:54

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