I lived the 60’s starting with the pillbox look when I was 14 to bell bottoms, straight hair and bangs when I was 18. Wonderful time. Best music ever. Stayed away from drugs.
If you'd been a little older, you would have been able to observe the society as it went from a non-drug culture to a drug culture. There was a rebellion that started to take hold in the mid-60s, and it's been a downhill slide ever since. It was virtually imperceptible at first, and now we've witnessed our culture spiraling downward at an ever-increasing rate. Observing the personal grooming over that span of time reveals the trend of rebellion. From well-groomed to slovenly in one lifetime. Music became angry and vulgar. In those pre-rebellion days, TV was appropriate viewing for the entire family. Today, even many commercials aren't family friendly. When I was in my youth, I had no way to know know things would change so drastically. Now that I can look back and observe those years and trends, I can truly say that I'm thankful for the era I was born into. That means, of course, that my years are coming to a close, but that will eventually happen to everyone. I've had troubles and losses in my life like everyone else, but when I reach back for those tender early memories, they're sweet and wholesome. Sometimes I marvel that I was so blessed. We weren't a perfect generation, but we weren't angry and rebellious. Our dysfunction began when we abandoned our moorings and fell into that destructive behavior that began in the mid-60s.
Fresh faced and mostly slim bodies in both males and females . I was 16 in 1968 and into more boho and hippie clothes and eye-makeup etc , but i had watched my older sister wear each new fashion trend and change from very shy to hilariously outgoing 😂 They were such carefree times . I still have many of my hippie clothes and still wear them 🤭 ( also necklaces , earrings and bracelets !! ) People probably laugh at me ,but it doesn't bother me if they do . We have to be true to ourselves .🤍
@@northalabama2264 trust me north Alabama, all us boomers are almost gone and all the generation x will be gone and then this whole goddamn country will change exactly the way you want it, it's already heading that way, I hope you enjoy your own goddamn socialist mess! Seriously!!!!! I mean that!!!!!!!!!!! 💯
@@northalabama2264 serious question. would you prefer Africa? there was a plan to deport you all after the civil war. but no worries. China will buy Africa soon enough then you ll see true racism and miss the big bad white man
I married one of these fashion girls in 1968. We were friends 5 years prior. She was always dressed so neat and tasteful. Her short dark brown hair was never out of place. Her makeup was always tasteful. But like I always tell her " she was gorgeous with just an ole tee shirt and no makeup on". But what really makes her special is whats inside her heart. I am a very blessed and lucky guy to still have her in my life in 2021.
@@camdencosigner2606 True! The difference between 6O's and 70's "girls" and those of today's generation is that we had respect for ourselves and ultimately, the guys we dated and interacted with had respect for us. Sadly, mainstream media, the music industry, and the promotion and idolization of those like the Kardashians/Jenners, and the wanna-be hookers, strippers, pimps and gangstas that populate modern music, have skewed the minds of an entire generation of what it means to possess self-respect and dignity, and how relationships should be based on those qualities, along with tenderness and real love, not just lust.
I was graduated from high school in 1970, from a school with a dress code. I'm stunned when I look at our year book. We dressed so nicely, and looked like young adults almost ready to take our places in the world. Today, many dress for school as if it were Saturday every day. From roughly fourth grade through senior year, I dressed much like the early pictures. By the late sixties we had some fun pops of current fashion in our wardrobes, but even then, going to school required dresses, stockings, and nice shoes for girls, with tasteful hair and makeup. Basically not much different than going to church, minus the hats, heels, and gloves. Our prom gowns were elegant, not sleazy like many today. Jeans, slacks, and really casual clothes were for after school and Saturday. Traveling out of town with the band, you couldn't get off the bus without being either in your uniform or dress clothes. The football team traveled wearing coats and ties. You were considered a representative of your town.
I graduated in 1976. Attended a school in Chicago, Downtown. Where we had to wear dresses, no shorter than 2 inches from the knee, panty hose, close toe shoes, hats and gloves. We were being prepared for the business world as young ladies. Taught to walk properly, type, accounting, and how to interview for a job. Secretaries if the world. What I learned there has followed me and helped through out my career.
I graduated from a high school in 1969 in Los Angeles County that had still a dress code. Boys could wear a t-shirt, but it had to have a pocket. The school, part of the Long Beach Unified School District, abolished the dress code the following year.
I can see you were successfully brainwashed into being what your society considered a good citizen. I graduated in 1972 and there were plenty of us who resented being told to cut our hair if we wanted to play football. We weren't representative of a school or a town or a society that discriminated openly, who repressed critical thinking and uniqueness. That nicely dressed look you're so proud of hid a generation of repressed kids who felt compelled to act out once they were freed of their restrainers.
Graduated the same year, with the SAME 'rules' ! And yes we mostly looked pretty good, didn't we ? I remember in grade 12 they let the girls wear slacks on Fridays, BUT they couldn't be jeans - had to be 'dress type' polyester pants !! :)
@@voiceofreason7856 we could wear slacks when the temperature was way below freezing. They would announce it on the radio in the morning. But they didn't take chill factor into consideration, so we still froze plenty of times.
I graduated HS in 71 to and I was almost anorexic looking back at old photos, but back in high school I thought I was quite fat and chubby back then.We were so active back then with hardly no money and ate most meals were eaten at home or at the local diner. I blame the invention of the current electronic products that society has become obsessed with these days. Why play outside sports when you can surf the internet!
@@maggiemae2585 I know right it looks pretty dope but I like more of the fashion and less of the history, because we can glorify it as much as we’d like but realistically it was a very hard and sad time because of people being killed during the civil rights movement, so I still acknowledge that part of the sixties❤️❤️
@Nancy Barta- tell us the time stamp where you appear, I’d like to see. I was born in 61, too young to have appreciated all that was going on, but these are my first memories, the cars, styles, music,etc.
@@thegeeg1751 Exactly. In my high school, we could not wear pants, nor could skirts be short. If you knelt on the floor and your skirt hem did not touch the floor, then you had to go home. And your parents had to pick you up.
Hugh Hefner actually cheapened womanhood by overly sexualizing in this era. He is known for pioneering a more sexy image of women to the public in general. So no, it’s not “the feminists” as your type always love to say.
i really wish i could have lived back then, i’m currently 15 and i really feel as if the 60s were a great time of change but also a time when the american dream was a real thing you could obtain and obviously the fashion was much better
The American dream is still here, just focus and dont let anyone tell you you can't, there's no way. I would think twice about college unless your going to go into a feild that needs it. (Worst money ever spent). Go to a sight that shows how they decorated, what they cooked. Some may call you essentric, but just turn and walk away.
You most likely lived a past life in this era that's why you like it so much. People don't believe but we have all lived before in different times and different bodies but our souls is and has always been the same
It was an incredible era to have grown up, but just like today it had its issues. a beautiful dove.....simply live and enjoy your life in the moment and cherish the years of being a teenager, trust me my dear, adulthood will come quickly and life will become incredibly demanding of you. I understand the amount of pressure your generation is going through and I would not want to be in your shoes. Just remember, your happiness in life comes from within, and it is up to you to choose the path in which you desire to live life. Choose wisely my friend, you only have one opportunity at this struggle we call life!!! It can be wonderful, but it is completely up to you!!!
I was glad to see them go.i was born in 1956,I don't remember this as being a very happy time ,bay of pigs,JFK blown away ,kkk killed MLK,Vietnam war ,nixon and Watergate.the 80s seemed to me the most peaceful and sanest decade for me
@@michaelmerck7576 Bay of Pigs, really?! So what! This country's has experienced far worse leading up to our disastrous and abhorrent present. We just exited a war in Afghanistan that we were engaged in for 20 years, and the end result was a humiliating loss for this country. Two years of Covidmania and collective fear mongering. And you raise the Bay of Pigs?! Look at the condition our country finds itself today. This country is far worse then it was in the heat of the 60s upheaval. By the way, the Watergate breakin occurred in 1972. I lived through the 60s and can vouch for my observations.
@@photonotavailable7936 Agreed. We had a good time back then, and with that said, I will say no more. I'm sure C.C. figured out why that car would not go above 45 miles per hour (lol).
@@photonotavailable7936 Name of an old friend. We put a shop towel (all gas stations had them) in his gas tank. When he would..... anyway, I think you get the picture. Be good, be safe.
I became a teenager in the late sixties, I remember all of these styles especially “Twiggy” I wish they would come back! We were poor, so I didn’t have a lot of the latest fashions......poor boy tops, fishnet stockings & mini-skirts were my favorites
Hi , it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m joe by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends?? Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture.
Excellent Video! ; Remembering growing up through the 1960s decade, graduating high school in 1970. Yes I remember vividly 1967, was a changing year. I'm glad you pointed that particular year out, too! This, with new, almost commercial free, underground FM Stereo, Rock stations, starting, (playing new, original long versions of "The Doors", album, and, other new underground, rock albums. It would take about a year for the AM. listening public, to learn about these new rock groups, and only with shorter versions of their songs). I remember hearing statistically, record albums were outselling singles. Remembering back in 1967, the rate of radical political, and fashion change really was incredible! Thanks again for sharing.
For men. Who remembers the “Nehru” jacket popularized by The Beatles” after their intro to transcendental meditation. Worn frequently by actor Robert Wagner in his TV series “it Takes A Thief”?
A wide-belted jungle jacket-type thing with four big, square pocket on the front, contrasting stitching, and a wide, lay-flat collar. Became popular after the then-leader of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, visited Washington, DC.
@@roberthaworth8991 I must admit, Bob. That particular time/style was the worst for men...OMG.. Hated it with a passion and thank god it passed; fabrics, prints, polyester, yuk. They either looked like pimps or bus drivers in leisure suits. Women's clothes were only slightly better...midi/granny dresses, bib overalls, poker straight hair parted in the middle (BORRRING...).though Farrah, Kate & Jackie did add much needed style.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 I don't remember it that way...it seems all the girls had long hair parted in the middle......I guess it depends where you were....but there sure were no tattoos.
I was born in 1957 and I whole heartedly disagree for a long list of reasons.The dark stuff was ALWAYS there, NOW it is no longer hidden which is necessary for it to be removed. AND I know what is coming. The Golden Age for Humanity.
I'm still waiting for the nehru-jacket to make that comeback... Lol....it used to look so good on the young actor, Sajid Kahn, who seemed to have disappeared after his popularity on the late 60's TV show, "Maya", which also starred a teenage Jay North ( of "Dennis the Menace" fame).
Born in 1950 so life was pretty good compared to now a days. America has turned into a dump. Sorry for saying this but if you were born back then you would understand.
Life was "pretty good" compared to now huh??? WELL, as a black man in the south...I can live wherever I can afford NOW.....I can eat at any establishment I can afford NOW.......I can love whoever I want and marry them NOW........I was born in 1954.....and lived close to the Birmingham landfill growing up, today I live in a $1 million dollar historic home on the Southside......I will take NOW over THEN.......keep trying to MAGA....knock em up, we will swat em down!
Doesn't every generation say this though? I was born in the mid-80s and I thought my childhood was the best too. We were able to experience much of what kids in the 60s/70s did (play outside alot, go around the neighborhood alone, etc) PLUS we got computers and the internet so we could meet friends from all over the world.
@@northalabama2264 - Well my Ethiopian friend does not give a crap what you say, because your ilk threats him like garbage. Isn't he a black man as well. Just sayin...
We should have fought harder to keep these values and life style. How very far America has fallen. And we let it happen. Who could guess how quickly it all would vanish. But we have a chance now to fight for the America we love. Don't let "cancel culture" succeed!!
"long haired freaky people need not apply" talk about cancel culture! There have been rightwing radical reactionary's since the beginning of this country always wanting to "go back to the America we love" Just today they have Fox News.
@@northalabama2264 so you think this country is better off today, 27 trillion dollars in debt, the country has lost its moral compass, the politicians are crooked as hell, they could care less about the average citizen, you need to come out from under that rock you have been living under!
@@larrywiggin3489 The criminality in regards to “leadership” today existed back then as well. They just hid it better and for some reason felt it was wise to do so. Today they just blatantly do not care as they own it all. They own all the major businesses, the media, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Finance, Big Ag, Big Medical, The MIC etc. The complete corporate capture of all regulatory agencies, complete control of the “two” political parties, the election process, the selection of candidates, control over what they do when they win, even how they are written about. It just goes on and on. A lot of this had already been accomplished in the ‘60’s. Now the control is so complete there is nothing at all that these people fear. They’ve militarized the police in case people get uppity and perhaps form a sneaking suspicion that all is not right. If you think it sucks now, just wait till you see how these same people envision the future.
It was done on purpose. Our country has been completely demoralized for the global government take over, and most Americans are too brainwashed to notice.
Your right and I've thought about it in 75yo and my generation didn't take time to give our parents values to our children and that's when morals were thrown out the window and free love took over
More like flabby buns in exercise pants,, it be great if they actually exercise but they just use them for fashion nothing worse than a fat person in exercise pants,, when they're trying to use it for fashion and not exercising, lululemon's anybody,?🤣, And not one of those beautiful girls were Not fat you noticed that now every other person man or woman is fat too much sitting behind the desk tapping on that computer ,I want the good old days back we played outside worked outside had fun!!
Hey now... I've worn jeans and tee shirts for over half a century now. But then I've always worked for a living ( farm and ranch plus construction ) and have never had a weight problem. lol I've only owned one suit in my whole life, and that only got dragged out for funerals and such... For what it's worth, I also wear a hat every time I leave the house. And it's NOT a baseball cap.
I grew up in this era and I loved the way we dressed. We wore dresses to school every day. It seems like to me that people had more respect for themselves and others then.
and more people knew what self-respect was, in function, and how to respect others. That term, "self-respect," has largely been lost to time. It's rarely heard anymore, it's not taught, it seems. It's been displaced by the teachings of "self-esteem," and they are not the same. Respectful boundaries, too, have been largely ditched, and now many don't know what is appropriate, considerate behavior, how to show others consideration, how to enjoy mutual respect, how to conduct themselves. As a result, many are "all over the map" with their emotionally reactive, unstable and disrespectful behavior. With the unfortunate exception of bigotry in earlier eras, most people then knew how to enjoy peaceable, mutual respect, how to get along with others, how to be a joy to others, rather than being a grief to others. People largely understood the value of cooperation and consideration, of having and practicing good values.
In my high school, there was a movement to try to get the administration to allow girls to wear tailored slacks. It was an uphill battle, as they stubbornly refused to budge on the no pants or pantsuits rule. Some of the girls actually wanted to wear casual jeans or even blue jeans, and refused to accept the compromise of tailored slacks. Their reasons were that tailored slacks were expensive and most girls at that time couldn't afford them. It didn't matter to the administration. They were a stubborn bunch of fat-heads who were against us just to be against us. It was a power thing to them. I graduated from high school in 1968, and they were just beginning, finally, to relax some of those restrictions. Finally decided to change with the times -- somewhat.
I was 12 -13 (1967-1968) when we were allowed to wear pants to school, but starting out only in the winter because it was so cold walking to school ( and we had to change into a dress in the girl’s bathroom when we got to school). This was in Queens, NY... we petitioned the principal to let us wear pants to school...aah the good old days, when petitioning the “government” with your grievances worked
Yes; The fall of 1967, myself starting H.S. in N.Y.. The girls all stood outside our H.S., to protest the "dresses only" code. The staff only then allowed the girls to wear pants. That winter was freezing.
@@nancybarta8167 mom said in 72 that it was really cold that winter and she found me a dress with pants. now the dress was short and she said the teacher made me take off the pants till I got out of school. Mommie flipped when she watched me walk out of school with that short dress on. needless to say, the PTA got an ear full from a woman that never says a lot or raises her voice. by the next week, girls could wear slacks. Mommie said that there is a difference between slacks and jeans and pants, lol
I read a few years back now that the average weight of an average sized woman - in the 1960s - was about 130 pounds as an adult. Fast forward to the early 2000s and that average had climbed up to about 165 pounds. I guess 'fast food' and 'convenience foods' were the culprits. For our family to eat out during the 1960s was a VERY rare and special occasion. Home cooking was the order of the day - we knew what we were eating, and what was in it !!! No high salt or high fat.
@@voiceofreason7856 : Mom was a WWII era woman and a stay at home mom. She learned to cook from her mother. Everything was from “scratch “ so to speak. There were store bought items. We always had vegetables ( green, yellow, etc.), beans, lentils, and some type of meat protein (fish, beef, pork). Rarely did we have potato chips type stuff or pop. We would eat out for special occasions. When I started college is when I got into the fast food. I was quick and cheap. Mom and dad never did.
But all the gurls/young women wanted to emulate her. Some even tried copying her pigeoned-toed "walk". My next-door neighbor was notorious for THAT one! I used to be like,"what is she doing?" She used to look so silly...
How I miss this era, and how my mom and family: wore such beautiful well-dressed outfits. while matching from head to toe ... with Mink's stole's fur coats, Fur Shwas, handbags, gloves, hats, and matching outer coats over beautiful gowns, to suit all occasions ... My mom's watch, matched with her earrings and bangles .... Picture perfect ensemble ... THE JACKIE O' ERA OF COUTURE AND HIGH FASION !!! ... HOW I MISS THEM ... 😳
Everyone dressed up to go anywhere, even for a Sunday drive. My grandfather would dress "to the nines", complete with pleated pants and newly-shined dress shoes, just to go to his beloved baseball games.
@@MariaHernandez-jd2bi Yes, and I am speaking of older women getting tattoos. I am neither for it or against. I belong to the Tolerant Party. My first comment seemed like I was leaning against tattoos. But not so. That was the more back then.
Maybe no tattoos there was a lot of drug misunderstanding/problems and sexual abuse got out of control because girls were not educated about it yet. It wasn’t all happy... plenty of suffering
I grew up in Athens Georgia and the university (UGA), did have some hippies but I had a job at a women's shoes store in the 70s and therefore I never had long hair and wore suit and ties to work so I never personally knew a real hippie but learned about all this so called cultural change from watching television
Yeah. I think it was because sailors in the navy started the trend with their bell bottom pants that were part of their uniform. And they are starting to be a trend again I see. Along with the high waist pants.
Yeah, I live in Richardson and was wondering if that was the Duncanville HS in TX. I wouldn’t doubt that it is, there was video of the Steak & Ale Restaurant and I saw an old Steak & Ale on Spring Valley Rd in Dallas, TX just west of Hiway 75.
It was amazing how much female fashions changed during the 60’s. Going from skirts and dresses with hemlines below the knees and ending with hems just below the panty line. From pointed bras to bra less. What a decade.
Having lived through the '60's fashion, both men and women, were dictated by the designers, fashion houses, manufacturers, and the rapidly changing mores of the times. Even if you wished to dress conservatively it was hard to get those items. The same could be said of hairstyles, most young folks stopped going to the barber and went instead to "stylist" so haircuts went from $2 to $12 or more simply for the title of "stylist". Additionally, since teens are driven by their friends, acquaintances and perceptions anyone who defied the trend was regarded as a geek, nerd, square or what have you.
I also loved the granny dresses, especially those with ruffles on the bottom and gathered sleeves, long or short. The styles were quite versatile back then. You could wear a mini-skirt, a maxi-skirt, or a full length granny dress. I also love the glasses with the tinted lenses in a variety of colors -- purple, blue, green, pink or simply clear, if you preferred. We had a lot more choices back then. There was something that addressed everyone's taste. I wish we had those kinds of choices, today. One can still get their glasses tinted, but there are very few places that will do that, anymore. In my 70s, now, I wear what I please and I don't care if it's "outdated" or not. It's what I like, so that's what I wear. And I don't much care what anyone else thinks about it.
Thank you for putting together this History and taking us through that decade that CHANGED THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH. There was the ANTI WAR Movement ,The Hippie-Drug Culture Movement, The Feminist Movement and the Music --Cultural Movement. To say the !960s changed this country forever would be an under statement.
The 1960s did not do any of that. The anti war movement was a small number of people that the media hyped up to make it appear like the whole culture was that way inclined. Hippies were nothing more than a group of homeless students zoned out on drugs and they were an absolute minority. Most of this is driven by the media and political policy and it took decades to achieve. Socialists could not take the world by force so they used sneaky tactics to try and tear society down and their main tactic of political choice has been the media. A clean and proper media and all of this would disappear within a decade.
@@butcharmstrong9645 you're right. 1960's America didn't just have a sexual Revolution in what roles were for heterosexuals. But part of that movement was LGBTQIA that started in the U.S. Is now a worldwide movement. Gay marriage in 56 countries. Gay pride parades in 86 countries.
@@butcharmstrong9645 Nope --The Beatles and Rolling Stones did. I saw Jimi Hendriks in a small concert. He was talented but no big deal in the mid '60s.
I was born in 1967 and my dad was a US history teacher at a high school in a small town in Oregon. When my mom and dad went out to go to a movie or out to dinner it was my dads female students that would babysit us kids. These pics brought back memories.
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
I remember wearing white gloves when i went into town, then my first mini skirt and knee high lace up white leather boots. I loved them but my parents didnt
I graduated from high school in the mid-60s before everything went "south." I remember that it was special and a highlight to wear a blazer or jacket with a tie when your sport was playing a game against another high school. It was a matter of school pride to look sharp on a competition day. The girls, of course, dressed nicely and even the teachers wore business attire. I believe this made everyone take school more seriously. This is certainly the case today in many private and charter schools. Back then it made students think they were preparing for college or the work-force. Of course, at the colleges back then, all the men dressed up in blazers and ties to go to football or basketball games. Wow, the world has changed.
I do remember when I was a kid myself I used to see beautiful young girls in USA now most of them they are fat and full of tattoos or a bunch of plastic surgeries they look so artificial before used to be 100% natural beauty blond hair and blue eyes were common in North America men they looked more masculine and good looking and were taller now it's the opposite.
@@mikephalen3162 By a research American population is changing drastically is too many things is diet,lifestyle the kids is very rare if they play in the street a sport like used to be. Now they are front of a computer playing games American people eats a lot of junk food because life now is more fast than before people thinks only to make money the values have been lost.
@@mikephalen3162 There were very few obese people back in the 1960's. In our school of 1500 pupils, I can't remember ever seeing one, but there might have been one or two.
I had a young mom, she was 21 when I born in 62, and I always had a Beetles cut or long hair before everyone did. I took quite a bit of flak for it from older men who'd call be girl and such. It didnt bother me much because they were old, mean and ugly, and my mom was young, nice, and pretty and I knew I was on the right side of things and was cool. Funny how I hadn't thought of that hostility in a long time. It happened a lot. I almost took pride in shrugging off their remarks. I was pretty defiant. Got it from Mom.
I think many people back then also handmade their clothes (or their mothers/grandmothers sewed them). So there was more subtle individuality in these dresses.
I was president of a club in our school that my history teacher founded. It was called "World Affairs Club". We went to Washington in 67. The guys were required to wear good quality slacks, a sport coat, and dress shoes. The girls had to wear a dress suitable for dinner or church. No jeans, sneakers, or t shirts. Not that we would have worn them. This was a big deal. We visited our Congressman and Senator, and sat in on both the House and Senate in session. Then we went to the Supreme Court. Among other things. It was a five day trip. We were a serious and well behaved group of kids. By the way, I ran up the Washington Monument in about 7 minutes trying to catch my friends before they came down. Just as I was to get on the elevator, they walked off. I will always remember that run up, which seemed to go on and on and on. Two years later in Nov. 69, I was at the March on Washinton protesting the WAR. Whole different thing. Blue Jeans, sneakers, long hair, and guys wearing their jackets from Viet Nam. It was a cool event though. Half a Million showed up. Then the War went on for five more years.
Fashion changed so much within a ten year span. Me personally didn't wear pants to school until the fifth grade in 1969. Til then in my school district the dress code forbade girls wearing pants, the only exception being when on school field trips.
In my town in Indiana, we were not allowed to wear pants until my Senior year (1972-3) of High School, and then ... only on Fridays! By the time little sis graduated 2 years later, it had changed to pants all the time.
I'm a child of the '70s, but from what I know about the 60s, by the end of the decade it was almost unrecognizable, from the innocence at the start of the decade. I believe this is where Leftism took hold in American culture.
It's just human nature and natural evolution. All civilizations fall, sooner or later, and in these days of instant communication, instant or near-instant gratification, it's sped up quite a bit. Give it 50 more years and there's no telling what will be commonplace. Almost certainly it won't be what anybody expects.
I was the fashion queen of the 60s... I can name everyone of those fashions....the poorboy shirt... tent dress ...the shift... I had them all!! Then I turned into a hippie and wore dirty jeans with my dad’s white under shirt and of course had to include beaded necklace, called hippie beads. Silly kids
If I had to choose between early 60’s or the late 60’s, I’d choose the early 60’s. I think the early 60’s had better fashion and music. Just my opinion.
I remember 60s fashions from what my teachers were wearing in elementary school. The young ones that is. My 1st grade teacher (Mrs. Deering) just passed at 90.
I still love those mod, and chic hippies looks from the late 60s, natural fabrics with bold print elements. I never thought it would look classic but it does. I think fashion really died in the late 70s.
I graduated from High School in 1971. I remember most of this. Now that I look back, my heart aches because it was the end of the late 60s when rebellion took over and it seems today that it got worse with each generation. All respect was lost. Laws continually changing not for the better but for worse as we move on. Today right is wrong and Wrong is right. Very sad.
Yes I agree and did you know that you have quoted the Bible book of Isaiah c5v20 it says Woe to those who say that good is bad and bad is good Peace to you Eileen
I think you have to make the distinction of young people who had the internet. That did more damage than natural teenage rebellion like in the sixties.
Being from 1964 and have seen and smelled it upto this day I personally think that the 60's and 70's are the best years to have experienced...at all aspects. The 50's must have been also good to be alive...i think.
The 60s were the "sane decade"? You people must have a different definition for sane than I do. Talk about the decade that spawned all that we are now......I give you....the 1960s! Most volatile decade ever!
I remember this era well. As a boy, I went from wearing 3-piece suits and a hat to wearing goofy bellbottoms and Hippy hair. Even as a kid I hated the late 60s early-70s styles, I was so happy when the more formal 1980s rolled around and I could wear decent clothing again without looking out of place!
Its amazing some people say the good old days when talking about the late 60s.The time before the late 60s was charming, very special and the real good old days. The late 60s was a time of heavy drug use was sweeping the nation, sexual promiscuity, anger, riots, turmoil protesting over the war, the solders coming back from the war getting trashed on, the films were crappy and the special magical quality in films were gone, the clothes were horrible and nothing left to the imagination, etc. To this day we are dealing with many problems as a result of that ugly era. Its sad that people take an awful time like that, and believe in a pseudo romanticized myth.
Remember with our bell bottom pants sewing on all kinds of patches down around the bell or back pockets, Mr. Natural, Zig Zag man, Flower Power, Keep On Truckin..., Peace signs etc. Or adding material at the cuffs and making flares, adding colorful trim around the bottom of the bell. And they had to be long, so you wore off the back of the bell...
Yes I remember those days. The days you could whistle at a girl and yell out! Hi there beautiful and she would take it as a complement, smile and wave back. Today you would be called a sexual pervert and put in jail.
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I lived the 60’s starting with the pillbox look when I was 14 to bell bottoms, straight hair and bangs when I was 18. Wonderful time. Best music ever. Stayed away from drugs.
Go Woodstock !!!
My 1977 high school yearbook shows kids still wearing Bell bottom jeans.
I should have.
Nothing wrong with pot. Alchohol and Cigarettes are the worst killer drugs of all time.
If you'd been a little older, you would have been able to observe the society as it went from a non-drug culture to a drug culture. There was a rebellion that started to take hold in the mid-60s, and it's been a downhill slide ever since. It was virtually imperceptible at first, and now we've witnessed our culture spiraling downward at an ever-increasing rate. Observing the personal grooming over that span of time reveals the trend of rebellion. From well-groomed to slovenly in one lifetime. Music became angry and vulgar. In those pre-rebellion days, TV was appropriate viewing for the entire family. Today, even many commercials aren't family friendly.
When I was in my youth, I had no way to know know things would change so drastically. Now that I can look back and observe those years and trends, I can truly say that I'm thankful for the era I was born into. That means, of course, that my years are coming to a close, but that will eventually happen to everyone. I've had troubles and losses in my life like everyone else, but when I reach back for those tender early memories, they're sweet and wholesome. Sometimes I marvel that I was so blessed. We weren't a perfect generation, but we weren't angry and rebellious. Our dysfunction began when we abandoned our moorings and fell into that destructive behavior that began in the mid-60s.
I remember all those "Mod" colors back then.!! One thing that was nice too see, no cell phones, we actually interacted with each other..
Fresh faced and mostly slim bodies in both males and females . I was 16 in 1968 and into more boho and hippie clothes and eye-makeup etc , but i had watched my older sister wear each new fashion trend and change from very shy to hilariously outgoing 😂 They were such carefree times . I still have many of my hippie clothes and still wear them 🤭 ( also necklaces , earrings and bracelets !! ) People probably laugh at me ,but it doesn't bother me if they do . We have to be true to ourselves .🤍
I remember those good ol’ days growing up in the 60’s. Thanks for the memories
Take me back!
@@dennybro1 PLEASE GO BACK and take all the retrumplicans that are trying to make this an authoritarian regime country with you!
@@northalabama2264 trust me north Alabama, all us boomers are almost gone and all the generation x will be gone and then this whole goddamn country will change exactly the way you want it, it's already heading that way, I hope you enjoy your own goddamn socialist mess! Seriously!!!!! I mean that!!!!!!!!!!! 💯
@@northalabama2264 serious question. would you prefer Africa? there was a plan to deport you all after the civil war. but no worries. China will buy Africa soon enough then you ll see true racism and miss the big bad white man
@@northalabama2264 Hear, hear.
I married one of these fashion girls in 1968. We were friends 5 years prior. She was always dressed so neat and tasteful. Her short dark brown hair was never out of place. Her makeup was always tasteful. But like I always tell her " she was gorgeous with just an ole tee shirt and no makeup on". But what really makes her special is whats inside her heart. I am a very blessed and lucky guy to still have her in my life in 2021.
So nice that you still appreciate her.
They don't make them like you anymore.
@@camdencosigner2606 True! The difference between 6O's and 70's "girls" and those of today's generation is that we had respect for ourselves and ultimately, the guys we dated and interacted with had respect for us. Sadly, mainstream media, the music industry, and the promotion and idolization of those like the Kardashians/Jenners, and the wanna-be hookers, strippers, pimps and gangstas that populate modern music, have skewed the minds of an entire generation of what it means to possess self-respect and dignity, and how relationships should be based on those qualities, along with tenderness and real love, not just lust.
Wonderful! Be very proud.
@@Haberdashery22 Thank you for the nice comment. Yes I am a lucky proud man who is still very much in love
I was graduated from high school in 1970, from a school with a dress code. I'm stunned when I look at our year book. We dressed so nicely, and looked like young adults almost ready to take our places in the world. Today, many dress for school as if it were Saturday every day. From roughly fourth grade through senior year, I dressed much like the early pictures. By the late sixties we had some fun pops of current fashion in our wardrobes, but even then, going to school required dresses, stockings, and nice shoes for girls, with tasteful hair and makeup. Basically not much different than going to church, minus the hats, heels, and gloves. Our prom gowns were elegant, not sleazy like many today. Jeans, slacks, and really casual clothes were for after school and Saturday. Traveling out of town with the band, you couldn't get off the bus without being either in your uniform or dress clothes. The football team traveled wearing coats and ties. You were considered a representative of your town.
I graduated in 1976. Attended a school in Chicago, Downtown. Where we had to wear dresses, no shorter than 2 inches from the knee, panty hose, close toe shoes, hats and gloves. We were being prepared for the business world as young ladies. Taught to walk properly, type, accounting, and how to interview for a job. Secretaries if the world. What I learned there has followed me and helped through out my career.
I graduated from a high school in 1969 in Los Angeles County that had still a dress code. Boys could wear a t-shirt, but it had to have a pocket. The school, part of the Long Beach Unified School District, abolished the dress code the following year.
I can see you were successfully brainwashed into being what your society considered a good citizen. I graduated in 1972 and there were plenty of us who resented being told to cut our hair if we wanted to play football. We weren't representative of a school or a town or a society that discriminated openly, who repressed critical thinking and uniqueness. That nicely dressed look you're so proud of hid a generation of repressed kids who felt compelled to act out once they were freed of their restrainers.
Graduated the same year, with the SAME 'rules' ! And yes we mostly looked pretty good, didn't we ? I remember in grade 12 they let the girls wear slacks on Fridays, BUT they couldn't be jeans - had to be 'dress type' polyester pants !! :)
@@voiceofreason7856 we could wear slacks when the temperature was way below freezing. They would announce it on the radio in the morning. But they didn't take chill factor into consideration, so we still froze plenty of times.
I graduated high school in 71, look how thin we were all back then!👍😃
Mid day apple for a snack back then maybe with an 8 oz. cup of Coke. Now a large bag of chips with a supersize cola of your choice.
Yes, it was before many food toxins and artificial sweeteners, etc......
Back before we all started eating processed crap.
I graduated HS in 71 to and I was almost anorexic looking back at old photos, but back in high school I thought I was quite fat and chubby back then.We were so active back then with hardly no money and ate most meals were eaten at home or at the local diner. I blame the invention of the current electronic products that society has become obsessed with these days. Why play outside sports when you can surf the internet!
Yes, I agree! I was Class of '75, same thing!
I loved growing up in the 60's, so many wonderful memories ❤ thank you for a blast from the past!
Wow I was one of the models with short brown hair in the 60s...............fun to see one of my old pictures from my modeling days.
Oooh, give us a time stamp! I'm so jealous. I wish i could go back in time and visit this era.
I loved the short hair Mod look in the 1960's.
@@maggiemae2585 I know right it looks pretty dope but I like more of the fashion and less of the history, because we can glorify it as much as we’d like but realistically it was a very hard and sad time because of people being killed during the civil rights movement, so I still acknowledge that part of the sixties❤️❤️
@Nancy Barta- tell us the time stamp where you appear, I’d like to see. I was born in 61, too young to have appreciated all that was going on, but these are my first memories, the cars, styles, music,etc.
No you weren't.
The mid 60's, were my style, I loved the empire dresses... Ahh, memories 🤗.
Fashion sense hit the skids in the late 60s. The classic looks of the early 60s remain just that--classic. As for today, forget it. Throw away...
Literally, it IS throw away. All our clothes now mainly from China. Not even worth donating.
i do think that clothes are very different from 1960s
I think the fashion of the early 60s was a construct of conservative men who liked and wanted control over women.
what a complete 180 degree in fashion the early 60s to the late 60s
Because the feminist movement cheapened our womanhood!
Sadly
@@thegeeg1751 Exactly. In my high school, we could not wear pants, nor could skirts be short. If you knelt on the floor and your skirt hem did not touch the floor, then you had to go home. And your parents had to pick you up.
Mike Mullin Same here.
Hugh Hefner actually cheapened womanhood by overly sexualizing in this era. He is known for pioneering a more sexy image of women to the public in general. So no, it’s not “the feminists” as your type always love to say.
i really wish i could have lived back then, i’m currently 15 and i really feel as if the 60s were a great time of change but also a time when the american dream was a real thing you could obtain and obviously the fashion was much better
The American dream is still here, just focus and dont let anyone tell you you can't, there's no way. I would think twice about college unless your going to go into a feild that needs it. (Worst money ever spent). Go to a sight that shows how they decorated, what they cooked. Some may call you essentric, but just turn and walk away.
Good for.you. But you can acbieve tbat. Just do what YOU want and not what the herd menta!ity wans ou to do. Remember, you are unique. Go for it
You most likely lived a past life in this era that's why you like it so much. People don't believe but we have all lived before in different times and different bodies but our souls is and has always been the same
i actually kind of like the fashion now. i wont lie its like you can wear whatever and not really be judged at least that is the impression i get lol.
It was an incredible era to have grown up, but just like today it had its issues. a beautiful dove.....simply live and enjoy your life in the moment and cherish the years of being a teenager, trust me my dear, adulthood will come quickly and life will become incredibly demanding of you. I understand the amount of pressure your generation is going through and I would not want to be in your shoes. Just remember, your happiness in life comes from within, and it is up to you to choose the path in which you desire to live life. Choose wisely my friend, you only have one opportunity at this struggle we call life!!! It can be wonderful, but it is completely up to you!!!
Thanks SO much for these videos! Takes me back to happier times.
I was glad to see them go.i was born in 1956,I don't remember this as being a very happy time ,bay of pigs,JFK blown away ,kkk killed MLK,Vietnam war ,nixon and Watergate.the 80s seemed to me the most peaceful and sanest decade for me
@@michaelmerck7576 Bay of Pigs, really?! So what! This country's has experienced far worse leading up to our disastrous and abhorrent present. We just exited a war in Afghanistan that we were engaged in for 20 years, and the end result was a humiliating loss for this country. Two years of Covidmania and collective fear mongering. And you raise the Bay of Pigs?! Look at the condition our country finds itself today. This country is far worse then it was in the heat of the 60s upheaval. By the way, the Watergate breakin occurred in 1972. I lived through the 60s and can vouch for my observations.
@@michaelmerck7576 liar
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My parents were class of 1970. I love looking through their high school year books.
Thus... that explains your name
That was a long time ago, but, goodness do I miss it. For I am an old man now.
Ditto. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
@@photonotavailable7936 Agreed. We had a good time back then, and with that said, I will say no more. I'm sure C.C. figured out why that car would not go above 45 miles per hour (lol).
@@bertholini2810 C.C.?
@@photonotavailable7936 Name of an old friend. We put a shop towel (all gas stations had them) in his gas tank. When he would..... anyway, I think you get the picture. Be good, be safe.
✌️🥰 We all need to stay Young at Heart and hang on to all of our Wonderful Memories...💞 Love and Peace to all...Always.✌️xo
Ladies with No ink or body piercings👍🤔🙂🇺🇸
Keep your opinions to yourself.
@@meleenadiaz4658 why should he? You seem to have one also. 🤔
I loved the 60s! From granny dresses to bell bottoms and see through blouses, it was a lot of fun!
I became a teenager in the late sixties, I remember all of these styles especially “Twiggy” I wish they would come back! We were poor, so I didn’t have a lot of the latest fashions......poor boy tops, fishnet stockings & mini-skirts were my favorites
Wow
Great
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Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture.
Oh, those "fishnets"!! Had to have them in lots of colors to match the miniskirts, faux leather jumpers (with the chain belts), and sweater dresses...
Excellent Video! ; Remembering growing up through the 1960s decade, graduating high school in 1970.
Yes I remember vividly 1967, was a changing year.
I'm glad you pointed that particular year out, too!
This, with new, almost commercial free, underground FM Stereo, Rock stations, starting, (playing new, original long versions of "The Doors", album, and, other new underground, rock albums.
It would take about a year for the AM. listening public, to learn about these new rock groups, and only with shorter versions of their songs).
I remember hearing statistically, record albums were outselling singles.
Remembering back in 1967, the rate of radical political, and fashion change really was incredible!
Thanks again for sharing.
Yes, 1967 was the pivotal year; by the time 1968 arrived, "the day" was over.
The thumbnail with the group of teen girls is more like the very early 70s, my era, and I remember dressing like that.
Same here it looked like something Marcia and Jan Brady and their friends would wear.
For men. Who remembers the “Nehru” jacket popularized by The Beatles” after their intro to transcendental meditation. Worn frequently by actor Robert Wagner in his TV series “it Takes A Thief”?
A wide-belted jungle jacket-type thing with four big, square pocket on the front, contrasting stitching, and a wide, lay-flat collar. Became popular after the then-leader of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, visited Washington, DC.
@@roberthaworth8991
I must admit, Bob. That particular time/style was the worst for men...OMG.. Hated it with a passion and thank god it passed; fabrics, prints, polyester, yuk. They either looked like pimps or bus drivers in leisure suits. Women's clothes were only slightly better...midi/granny dresses, bib overalls, poker straight hair parted in the middle (BORRRING...).though Farrah, Kate & Jackie did add much needed style.
Nobody wore them in Athens Georgia ,if you tried you would be labeled a communist a pinko ,a gay blade,a sissie I could go on but why
And not a single tattoo on any one of them wonderful girl's. Now that's what I call beauty.
Graffiti on God's creation can never be good.
Or nose rings, lip rings, blue and pink hair, t-shirts with foul language, and blabbing on your cell phone.
VERY well said J Polar, et al...
Im in my 40s and agree tattoos are ugly
glad i got to see those good times
These clips bring water to my eyes.... Thank You.. Cheers..
Born in 63, my first memories of fashion started in the middle 60s. The late 60s fashion I really liked.
I’m a Boomer and recall that women had great hairstyles in the 60’sThese photos have aged well.
And far more had cute short styles. Now it seems that every girl has to have very long hair.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 I don't remember it that way...it seems all the girls had long hair parted in the middle......I guess it depends where you were....but there sure were no tattoos.
A wonderful time as a kid! Thank you for the time you took in creating this video!
I have to stop watching your videos. They make me cry every time. I was born in 1966 and the world has not changed for the good.
I was born in 1957 and I whole heartedly disagree for a long list of reasons.The dark stuff was ALWAYS there, NOW it is no longer hidden which is necessary for it to be removed. AND I know what is coming. The Golden Age for Humanity.
I wish I was in that century.died and reborn again n y because I just can't stop viewing oldies..love to see oldies 👍😘
I remember the 60s outfits and they bring some of these styles back even nowadays thanks for sharing this video.😘😊
I'm still waiting for the nehru-jacket to make that comeback... Lol....it used to look so good on the young actor, Sajid Kahn, who seemed to have disappeared after his popularity on the late 60's TV show, "Maya", which also starred a teenage Jay North ( of "Dennis the Menace" fame).
Born in 1950 so life was pretty good compared to now a days. America has turned into a dump. Sorry for saying this but if you were born back then you would understand.
Yes I can.
Life was "pretty good" compared to now huh??? WELL, as a black man in the south...I can live wherever I can afford NOW.....I can eat at any establishment I can afford NOW.......I can love whoever I want and marry them NOW........I was born in 1954.....and lived close to the Birmingham landfill growing up, today I live in a $1 million dollar historic home on the Southside......I will take NOW over THEN.......keep trying to MAGA....knock em up, we will swat em down!
Doesn't every generation say this though? I was born in the mid-80s and I thought my childhood was the best too. We were able to experience much of what kids in the 60s/70s did (play outside alot, go around the neighborhood alone, etc) PLUS we got computers and the internet so we could meet friends from all over the world.
@@northalabama2264 - Well my Ethiopian friend does not give a crap what you say, because your ilk threats him like garbage. Isn't he a black man as well. Just sayin...
I remember these clothes so well. I used to see them in the Spiegel catalogs!
We should have fought harder to keep these values and life style. How very far America has fallen. And we let it happen. Who could guess how quickly it all would vanish. But we have a chance now to fight for the America we love. Don't let "cancel culture" succeed!!
"long haired freaky people need not apply" talk about cancel culture! There have been rightwing radical reactionary's since the beginning of this country always wanting to "go back to the America we love" Just today they have Fox News.
@@northalabama2264 so you think this country is better off today, 27 trillion dollars in debt, the country has lost its moral compass, the politicians are crooked as hell, they could care less about the average citizen, you need to come out from under that rock you have been living under!
@@larrywiggin3489 The criminality in regards to “leadership” today existed back then as well. They just hid it better and for some reason felt it was wise to do so. Today they just blatantly do not care as they own it all. They own all the major businesses, the media, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Finance, Big Ag, Big Medical, The MIC etc. The complete corporate capture of all regulatory agencies, complete control of the “two” political parties, the election process, the selection of candidates, control over what they do when they win, even how they are written about. It just goes on and on. A lot of this had already been accomplished in the ‘60’s. Now the control is so complete there is nothing at all that these people fear. They’ve militarized the police in case people get uppity and perhaps form a sneaking suspicion that all is not right. If you think it sucks now, just wait till you see how these same people envision the future.
It was done on purpose. Our country has been completely demoralized for the global government take over, and most Americans are too brainwashed to notice.
Your right and I've thought about it in 75yo and my generation didn't take time to give our parents values to our children and that's when morals were thrown out the window and free love took over
Back when AMERICA made clothing - at least people had style, nothing now but jeans and T-shirts...
More like flabby buns in exercise pants,, it be great if they actually exercise but they just use them for fashion nothing worse than a fat person in exercise pants,, when they're trying to use it for fashion and not exercising, lululemon's anybody,?🤣, And not one of those beautiful girls were Not fat you noticed that now every other person man or woman is fat too much sitting behind the desk tapping on that computer ,I want the good old days back we played outside worked outside had fun!!
Hey now... I've worn jeans and tee shirts for over half a century now.
But then I've always worked for a living ( farm and ranch plus construction ) and have never had a weight problem. lol
I've only owned one suit in my whole life, and that only got dragged out for funerals and such...
For what it's worth, I also wear a hat every time I leave the house. And it's NOT a baseball cap.
America quit making clothing when the capitalists decided it was cheaper to do so in the Orient rather than in New England and Southern factories.
All the girls look like skanks now.
@@mikephalen3162 And now the Communists Orient decided it doesn't need America any longer...
Love the way you put these videos together! Thanks very much for the memories!
I grew up in this era and I loved the way we dressed. We wore dresses to school every day. It seems like to me that people had more respect for themselves and others then.
We wore dresses because we had to.
and more people knew what self-respect was, in function, and how to respect others. That term, "self-respect," has largely been lost to time. It's rarely heard anymore, it's not taught, it seems. It's been displaced by the teachings of "self-esteem," and they are not the same. Respectful boundaries, too, have been largely ditched, and now many don't know what is appropriate, considerate behavior, how to show others consideration, how to enjoy mutual respect, how to conduct themselves. As a result, many are "all over the map" with their emotionally reactive, unstable and disrespectful behavior. With the unfortunate exception of bigotry in earlier eras, most people then knew how to enjoy peaceable, mutual respect, how to get along with others, how to be a joy to others, rather than being a grief to others. People largely understood the value of cooperation and consideration, of having and practicing good values.
In my high school, there was a movement to try to get the administration to allow girls to wear tailored slacks. It was an uphill battle, as they stubbornly refused to budge on the no pants or pantsuits rule. Some of the girls actually wanted to wear casual jeans or even blue jeans, and refused to accept the compromise of tailored slacks. Their reasons were that tailored slacks were expensive and most girls at that time couldn't afford them. It didn't matter to the administration. They were a stubborn bunch of fat-heads who were against us just to be against us. It was a power thing to them.
I graduated from high school in 1968, and they were just beginning, finally, to relax some of those restrictions. Finally decided to change with the times -- somewhat.
I grew up in the 70s and campaigned for girls being allowed to wear pants to school. It was frigggin' cold in the winter in dresses!!
I can still remember not being allowed to wear pants when I first started school. it wasn't till 69 that we could wear them here. I was 8 at the time.
I was 12 -13 (1967-1968) when we were allowed to wear pants to school, but starting out only in the winter because it was so cold walking to school ( and we had to change into a dress in the girl’s bathroom when we got to school). This was in Queens, NY... we petitioned the principal to let us wear pants to school...aah the good old days, when petitioning the “government” with your grievances worked
Yes; The fall of 1967, myself starting H.S. in N.Y..
The girls all stood outside our H.S., to protest the "dresses only" code.
The staff only then allowed the girls to wear pants.
That winter was freezing.
I became a teacher in 1972 and we werent allowed to wear pants except on field trips til the late 70s.
@@nancybarta8167 mom said in 72 that it was really cold that winter and she found me a dress with pants. now the dress was short and she said the teacher made me take off the pants till I got out of school. Mommie flipped when she watched me walk out of school with that short dress on. needless to say, the PTA got an ear full from a woman that never says a lot or raises her voice. by the next week, girls could wear slacks. Mommie said that there is a difference between slacks and jeans and pants, lol
My mom told me she had to stand out in the freezing cold waiting on the bus. She got sent home once for wearing pants! She graduated 1970.
I remember there was a big uproar about how thin “Twiggy “ was.
I read a few years back now that the average weight of an average sized woman - in the 1960s - was about 130 pounds as an adult. Fast forward to the early 2000s and that average had climbed up to about 165 pounds. I guess 'fast food' and 'convenience foods' were the culprits. For our family to eat out during the 1960s was a VERY rare and special occasion. Home cooking was the order of the day - we knew what we were eating, and what was in it !!! No high salt or high fat.
@@voiceofreason7856 : Mom was a WWII era woman and a stay at home mom. She learned to cook from her mother. Everything was from “scratch “ so to speak. There were store bought items. We always had vegetables ( green, yellow, etc.), beans, lentils, and some type of meat protein (fish, beef, pork). Rarely did we have potato chips type stuff or pop. We would eat out for special occasions. When I started college is when I got into the fast food. I was quick and cheap. Mom and dad never did.
And Twiggy even put on a little weight later and looked great.
But all the gurls/young women wanted to emulate her. Some even tried copying her pigeoned-toed "walk". My next-door neighbor was notorious for THAT one! I used to be like,"what is she doing?" She used to look so silly...
Is she still alive???
Even the hippie chicks back then were more attractive than many today. Speaking as a vet of the era.
Thanks for your service. I remember when Barbara Eden wore that green mini skirt on "I Dream of Jeannie". I still dream of Jeannie.
I loved the Flower girls back then.
I’m sure you’re Robert Redford attractive. Or else this would be a very hypocritical and bizarre comment.
I was born in 1959. It's refreshing to view these photos.
I graduated high school in 1972. I miss those days. I was in 11th grade when they started letting girls wear pants to school.
Me too!
@Joan In Florida i remember that. Look at the crap the kids wear now.
The 60's in Women's Fashions was the Turning Point, when the British Invasion came so did the Mod Look & The Dam Broke.
I was married in 1969 I miss the United and fads. Thank you for posting these wonderful picture.
How I miss this era, and how my mom and family: wore such beautiful well-dressed outfits. while matching from head to toe ... with Mink's stole's fur coats, Fur Shwas, handbags, gloves, hats, and matching outer coats over beautiful gowns, to suit all occasions ... My mom's watch, matched with her earrings and bangles .... Picture perfect ensemble ... THE JACKIE O' ERA OF COUTURE AND HIGH FASION !!! ... HOW I MISS THEM ... 😳
Everyone dressed up to go anywhere, even for a Sunday drive. My grandfather would dress "to the nines", complete with pleated pants and newly-shined dress shoes, just to go to his beloved baseball games.
Thank you for sharing and for your service. Those sweet memories will live in you forever.
back before the internet and everybody used to call each other on the phone
Yes indeed I started high school in the 60s…remember it well . My year book looks just like the video. Thanks 😊
Not a tattoo or piercing in sight.
Thank you. Tiday women are full if tattoos and fake everything I cluding body parts and hair.
@@MariaHernandez-jd2bi When I went to visit my amiga in Mex City, she is covered up. Jeans, shirt and jacket, No tattoos. It isn't her style.
Exactly, you stated Mexico City. Lots of women now days have tattoos. Even older women.
@@MariaHernandez-jd2bi Yes, and I am speaking of older women getting tattoos. I am neither for it or against. I belong to the Tolerant Party. My first comment seemed like I was leaning against tattoos. But not so. That was the more back then.
The "tramp stamps" began in the late 70's. Piercings about 10 years later.
NO GREEN OR BLUE HAIR NO TAOOES ,NO FAT PEOPLE JUST BEAUTIFUL YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOYING LIFE 💞💯
Maybe no tattoos there was a lot of drug misunderstanding/problems and sexual abuse got out of control because girls were not educated about it yet. It wasn’t all happy... plenty of suffering
...and reading books !!!!!!
@@bettymiller1929 lol KAREN!
What's wrong with fat people!!!
There have always been fat people (and we've always been shamed).
um...the hippie weren't the fashion setters of the day, they were actually a small portion of the population.
Correct. It's a modern stereotype that does not reflect reality.
I grew up in Athens Georgia and the university (UGA), did have some hippies but I had a job at a women's shoes store in the 70s and therefore I never had long hair and wore suit and ties to work so I never personally knew a real hippie but learned about all this so called cultural change from watching television
Agree --it was all about college and Villager brand. (tweeds, Madras?)
Mini skirts, bell-bottoms and (braless) peasant shirts. Loved em.
Graduating class of 68.
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Didn't like mini skirts, but peasant skirts and bells were OK.
Those "see through" blouses, with the ruffled sleeves, that were all the rage...
Nehru jackets, desert boots, moccasins...
Lots of schools didn't allow pants in 1968. You were fortunate.
@@Kelle0284 Of course not for school or work. These hip outfits were for after hours and weekends with friends.
Society was civilized up until the late 60's. Since then it has gone to hell. I'd give anything to go back to that wholesome kind of living.
Thank you!!!Great music for a great video....God bless....🙏🙌💞
Bell-bottom trousers were actually making a comeback in the 1960s; they were a popular fashion on college campuses in the 1920s
Yeah. I think it was because sailors in the navy started the trend with their bell bottom pants that were part of their uniform. And they are starting to be a trend again I see. Along with the high waist pants.
I did buy one but just one.
I loved seeing how they dressed in the period. Thank you so much🥰👍
We have a Duncanville town just outside of Dallas, Texas where I live. Cool old pics. Thanks.
Yeah, I live in Richardson and was wondering if that was the Duncanville HS in TX. I wouldn’t doubt that it is, there was video of the Steak & Ale Restaurant and I saw an old Steak & Ale on Spring Valley Rd in Dallas, TX just west of Hiway 75.
I was a 60s teenager ..lovely Memories ❤️
I'm so happy to be from the sixties and eighties early ninties, This generation today could never look back and say look what a goodtime we had sad☹
Thanks for sharing 😊
It was amazing how much female fashions changed during the 60’s. Going from skirts and dresses with hemlines below the knees and ending with hems just below the panty line. From pointed bras to bra less. What a decade.
Oh to go back......time flies. Gone in the blink of an eye.
Having lived through the '60's fashion, both men and women, were dictated by the designers, fashion houses, manufacturers, and the rapidly changing mores of the times. Even if you wished to dress conservatively it was hard to get those items. The same could be said of hairstyles, most young folks stopped going to the barber and went instead to "stylist" so haircuts went from $2 to $12 or more simply for the title of "stylist". Additionally, since teens are driven by their friends, acquaintances and perceptions anyone who defied the trend was regarded as a geek, nerd, square or what have you.
yeah and these days girls can we wear a shirt with a skull on it and sweatpants still be considered femeime and or cute lol.
I also loved the granny dresses, especially those with ruffles on the bottom and gathered sleeves, long or short. The styles were quite versatile back then. You could wear a mini-skirt, a maxi-skirt, or a full length granny dress. I also love the glasses with the tinted lenses in a variety of colors -- purple, blue, green, pink or simply clear, if you preferred. We had a lot more choices back then. There was something that addressed everyone's taste. I wish we had those kinds of choices, today. One can still get their glasses tinted, but there are very few places that will do that, anymore.
In my 70s, now, I wear what I please and I don't care if it's "outdated" or not. It's what I like, so that's what I wear. And I don't much care what anyone else thinks about it.
I love these fashion style...Greetings from Vietnam.
I came out in this world in 1970s and I got to love both 70s and 80s for reason peace from Cold War.
Baby boomer here, and boy does this bring back memories! I can still recall many of the things I wore back in the 60s.❤️
Thank you for putting together this History and taking us through that decade that CHANGED THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH. There was the ANTI WAR Movement ,The Hippie-Drug Culture Movement, The Feminist Movement and the Music --Cultural Movement. To say the !960s changed this country forever would be an under statement.
The 1960s did not do any of that. The anti war movement was a small number of people that the media hyped up to make it appear like the whole culture was that way inclined.
Hippies were nothing more than a group of homeless students zoned out on drugs and they were an absolute minority.
Most of this is driven by the media and political policy and it took decades to achieve. Socialists could not take the world by force so they used sneaky tactics to try and tear society down and their main tactic of political choice has been the media.
A clean and proper media and all of this would disappear within a decade.
The 60s didn't just change our country, it changed the WORLD. Case in point: Woodstock.
@@butcharmstrong9645 you're right. 1960's America didn't just have a sexual Revolution in what roles were for heterosexuals. But part of that movement was LGBTQIA that started in the U.S. Is now a worldwide movement. Gay marriage in 56 countries. Gay pride parades in 86 countries.
@@bighands69 You mean like FoxNews? OAN and Newsmax? They certainly aren't the mouthpiece of priviledged political figures who tout fascism are they?
@@butcharmstrong9645 Nope --The Beatles and Rolling Stones did.
I saw Jimi Hendriks in a small concert. He was talented but no big deal in the mid '60s.
I was born in 1967 and my dad was a US history teacher at a high school in a small town in Oregon. When my mom and dad went out to go to a movie or out to dinner it was my dads female students that would babysit us kids. These pics brought back memories.
How'd we go from Jackie Kennedy to Lady GaGa??
The same way we got to $4 per gallon gas, damned DemocRATS.
time moves on 💀? also she’s was the presidents wife, she was the first lady. Lady gaga is a pop star. Totally different.
In terms of fashion standards it was more like Jackie Kennedy to Janis Joplin.
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
I remember wearing white gloves when i went into town, then my first mini skirt and knee high lace up white leather boots. I loved them but my parents didnt
Love the music with this video. Thanks 💛🎵
I graduated from high school in the mid-60s before everything went "south." I remember that it was special and a highlight to wear a blazer or jacket with a tie when your sport was playing a game against another high school. It was a matter of school pride to look sharp on a competition day. The girls, of course, dressed nicely and even the teachers wore business attire. I believe this made everyone take school more seriously. This is certainly the case today in many private and charter schools. Back then it made students think they were preparing for college or the work-force. Of course, at the colleges back then, all the men dressed up in blazers and ties to go to football or basketball games. Wow, the world has changed.
For the worse!
I graduated HS in 1967 so this is a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. I feel sorry for today's kids, it's a minefield out there now.
Everything changed totally..
How are you doing Carol?
I do remember when I was a kid myself I used to see beautiful young girls in USA now most of them they are fat and full of tattoos or a bunch of plastic surgeries they look so artificial before used to be 100% natural beauty blond hair and blue eyes were common in North America men they looked more masculine and good looking and were taller now it's the opposite.
Your memory is selective. If you could transport yourself back to your grade school or high school, you would notice plenty of heavy girls.
@@mikephalen3162 By a research American population is changing drastically is too many things is diet,lifestyle the kids is very rare if they play in the street a sport like used to be.
Now they are front of a computer playing games American people eats a lot of junk food because life now is more fast than before people thinks only to make money the values have been lost.
Why do you specifically mention blond hair blue eyed people? Sounds a bit racist
@@mikephalen3162 There were very few obese people back in the 1960's. In our school of 1500 pupils, I can't remember ever seeing one, but there might have been one or two.
Is this on tv you’re speaking of? Most Americans haven’t gotten plastic surgery. Just wondering....
As I recall we sewed alot of our dresses in home economics. I always felt valued and protected as a young women in the 60's.🌻❤
I had a young mom, she was 21 when I born in 62, and I always had a Beetles cut or long hair before everyone did. I took quite a bit of flak for it from older men who'd call be girl and such. It didnt bother me much because they were old, mean and ugly, and my mom was young, nice, and pretty and I knew I was on the right side of things and was cool. Funny how I hadn't thought of that hostility in a long time. It happened a lot. I almost took pride in shrugging off their remarks. I was pretty defiant. Got it from Mom.
I think many people back then also handmade their clothes (or their mothers/grandmothers sewed them). So there was more subtle individuality in these dresses.
Audrey Hepburn and .Jacqueline Kennedy were the style icons, beautiful women.
2 very classy gorgeous women.and both aged well especially audrey.
I was president of a club in our school that my history teacher founded. It was called "World Affairs Club". We went to Washington in 67. The guys were required to wear good quality slacks, a sport coat, and dress shoes. The girls had to wear a dress suitable for dinner or church. No jeans, sneakers, or t shirts. Not that we would have worn them. This was a big deal. We visited our Congressman and Senator, and sat in on both the House and Senate in session. Then we went to the Supreme Court. Among other things. It was a five day trip. We were a serious and well behaved group of kids. By the way, I ran up the Washington Monument in about 7 minutes trying to catch my friends before they came down. Just as I was to get on the elevator, they walked off. I will always remember that run up, which seemed to go on and on and on. Two years later in Nov. 69, I was at the March on Washinton protesting the WAR. Whole different thing. Blue Jeans, sneakers, long hair, and guys wearing their jackets from Viet Nam. It was a cool event though. Half a Million showed up. Then the War went on for five more years.
Fashion changed so much within a ten year span.
Me personally didn't wear pants to school until the fifth grade in 1969. Til then in my school district the dress code forbade girls wearing pants, the only exception being when on school field trips.
In my town in Indiana, we were not allowed to wear pants until my Senior year (1972-3) of High School, and then ... only on Fridays! By the time little sis graduated 2 years later, it had changed to pants all the time.
I miss the 60s too
I'm a child of the '70s, but from what I know about the 60s, by the end of the decade it was almost unrecognizable, from the innocence at the start of the decade.
I believe this is where Leftism took hold in American culture.
It's just human nature and natural evolution.
All civilizations fall, sooner or later, and in these days of instant communication, instant or near-instant gratification, it's sped up quite a bit.
Give it 50 more years and there's no telling what will be commonplace.
Almost certainly it won't be what anybody expects.
Baloney. That innocence you like is ignorance.
The Kennedy assassination had a huge impact on the country...in more ways than most people realize!!!!....
@@mikephalen3162 Ignorance is defined as ignoring the truth...so tell us what the people of the early 1960's knew as truth, but ignored?
Not true. There have always been Progressives, and we wore/wear the same clothes as everyone else : )
I had a very happy childhood in the 1960s and 70s. I was fortunate.
I was the fashion queen of the 60s... I can name everyone of those fashions....the poorboy shirt... tent dress ...the shift... I had them all!! Then I turned into a hippie and wore dirty jeans with my dad’s white under shirt and of course had to include beaded necklace, called hippie beads.
Silly kids
I loved the shifts and tent dresses
Also called Love Beads. 😉
Bohemian is my favorite free and easy style. 🕊☮🕊
Hello Misty
If I had to choose between early 60’s or the late 60’s, I’d choose the early 60’s. I think the early 60’s had better fashion and music. Just my opinion.
Yes the Jack Lord of Hawaii 5 o style
I remember 60s fashions from what my teachers were wearing in elementary school. The young ones that is. My 1st grade teacher (Mrs. Deering) just passed at 90.
I still love those mod, and chic hippies looks from the late 60s, natural fabrics with bold print elements. I never thought it would look classic but it does. I think fashion really died in the late 70s.
Decent folk's. God bless them all. Thanks for sharing 😁
Those scum hippie's are from the devil 😎
I graduated from High School in 1971. I remember most of this. Now that I look back, my heart aches because it was the end of the late 60s when rebellion took over and it seems today that it got worse with each generation. All respect was lost. Laws continually changing not for the better but for worse as we move on. Today right is wrong and Wrong is right. Very sad.
Yes I agree and did you know that you have quoted the Bible book of Isaiah c5v20 it says Woe to those who say that good is bad and bad is good Peace to you Eileen
I think you have to make the distinction of young people who had the internet. That did more damage than natural teenage rebellion like in the sixties.
Being from 1964 and have seen and smelled it upto this day I personally think that the 60's and 70's are the best years to have experienced...at all aspects. The 50's must have been also good to be alive...i think.
Very magical times 60s to 80s.
The 60s were the "sane decade"? You people must have a different definition for sane than I do. Talk about the decade that spawned all that we are now......I give you....the 1960s! Most volatile decade ever!
Everything that came in the 1960's disappeared by the mid 70's. Nothing is left today.
We’re you even there? How old are you? For me and many others, the 60s were wonderful
WONDERFUL MEMORIES...we all survived...
All good memories...
Simply beautiful
I remember this era well. As a boy, I went from wearing 3-piece suits and a hat to wearing goofy bellbottoms and Hippy hair. Even as a kid I hated the late 60s early-70s styles, I was so happy when the more formal 1980s rolled around and I could wear decent clothing again without looking out of place!
Who forced you to wear styles you disliked?
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Well, since I was a "boy", just maybe it was my parents? 👀
I was a California Girl. Graduated HS in 75. I LOVED the clothes and sewed many of my own. Loved choosing my own fabrics.
This was my era and I loved it! 🤓
Its amazing some people say the good old days when talking about the late 60s.The time before the late 60s was charming, very special and the real good old days. The late 60s was a time of heavy drug use was sweeping the nation, sexual promiscuity, anger, riots, turmoil protesting over the war, the solders coming back from the war getting trashed on, the films were crappy and the special magical quality in films were gone, the clothes were horrible and nothing left to the imagination, etc. To this day we are dealing with many problems as a result of that ugly era. Its sad that people take an awful time like that, and believe in a pseudo romanticized myth.
Oh those wonderful precious times in those days amongst some of the worlds worst times. I wouldn't trade the memories for anything.
In the early 60s, the girls dressed like they were 35. By the end of the decade, they dressed liked they were 15.
Remember with our bell bottom pants sewing on all kinds of patches down around the bell or back pockets, Mr. Natural, Zig Zag man, Flower Power, Keep On Truckin..., Peace signs etc. Or adding material at the cuffs and making flares, adding colorful trim around the bottom of the bell. And they had to be long, so you wore off the back of the bell...
Yes I remember those days. The days you could whistle at a girl and yell out! Hi there beautiful and she would take it as a complement, smile and wave back. Today you would be called a sexual pervert and put in jail.