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Later he even experimented with unisex fashions, which were not particularly popular.
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Though his impact on women's fashion is undeniable, Pierre Cardin had even more impact on men's fashion. In fact, he was one of the first popular designers to turn his attention the men's couture. He was particularly creative in his approach to men's neckties. Cardin believed that ties should be bold and colorful and that they s
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Pierre Cardin Biography - Designer of Men's Ties and Mens and Women's Fashion
By Jackie D.
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Cardin was seen as something of a fashion wunderkind. He was a young designer who liked to push the boundaries of what the fashion community deemed acceptable
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Paisley - The Motif of Life!
Various Ties with Paisley Designs (Credit: Wikipedia)
By Nisha Singal
The artistic representation of the 'mango', 'aam', 'pine' or 'pine cone' eventually took the form of the beautiful oriental motif called paisley now.
The
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The
origin of the word “hippie” derives from “hipster” which was first
coined by Harry Gibson in 1940 in a song titled “Harry the Hipster” (as
Harry referred to himself).
Hipsters were beatniks who had moved into
New York City’s Greenwich Village. Beatniks were followers of the Beat
Generation literar
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Hippie dress, which they believed was part of the statement of who
you were, included brightly colored, ragged clothes, tie-dyed t-shirts,
beads, sandals (or barefoot), and jewelry, all of which served to
differentiate them from the “straight” or “square” mainstream segments
of society.
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Due to the wide fashion arena that accepts almost everything as a fashion statement, no matter how weird a piece of clothing may look at first, fashion can make it seem trendy and beautiful in the long run. As the hippie fashion threads caught on, people begun to look at them as strong fashion statements – eccentric and unique clothes that st
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These fashion threads have now been modernized and are accepted by the fashion world. Bell-bottom pants are now a worldwide hit. What used to be trendy back in the past, and went out of the trend for a long time, is now the “it” pair of jeans nowadays. The long, full skirts of the hippie women are now an option for any woman who wants t
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psychedelic rock shows
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infamous January 22, 1966 Grateful Dead performance where 6,000 people were
given punch spiked with LSD and treated to the first fully developed, elaborate
light show.
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Grateful Dead performance where 6,000 people were given punch spiked with LSD
and treated to the first fully developed, elaborate light show.
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by Mortal Journey: http://www.mortaljourney.com/2011/03/1960-trends/hippie-counter-culture-movementThe
1960’s are defined by the hippie counter-culture craze that invaded the lives of
every citizen in the United States and around the world.
What were
hippies and their counter-culture movement?The 1960’s hippie counter culture mo
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The Summer of Love in 1968 made paisley very popular in the twentieth century. It became identified with the psychedelic fad and was incorporated into art as well as clothing. Fender guitars produced a pink paisley Telecaster and John Lennon had a Rolls Royce that was custom painted in paisley.
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By 1967, Bell Bottoms spread from the czars of high fashion towards the counter
culture hippie movement in the 1960’s along with granny glasses, tie-dye shirts
and love beads. They moved into the main stream, even getting a mention in the
song, Bell Bottom Blues, sung by Blues-Rock superstars Derek and the
Dominos.
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Bell bottoms are pants that are designed to be wider downwards from below the
knees. Other styles for bell bottoms are flares, boot cut trousers and loon
pants. Bell bottoms became the reigning trouser style in the late 1960’s and
1970’s, affecting high fashion as well as popular hippie culture.
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70s Costumes - Relive the Past and Let the Good Times Roll by Christine A
Shoemark
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Bell bottoms are pants that are designed to be wider downwards from below the knees. Other styles for bell bottoms are flares, boot cut trousers and loon pants.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Are Synthetic Clothes Harming the Planet?
Clothing (Photo credit: jvansanten)
By Judith Dannenhauer
If you take a look through your closet, you'll probably see a bunch of clothes with tags that have words like acrylic, polyester, nylon, and polypropylene.
These man-made fibers have slow
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