Vtg 60s Poppy Florals & Pearls Embellished Shift Dress Metal Zip M Poly Knit
Vtg 60s Poppy Florals & Pearls Embellished Shift Dress Metal Zip M Poly Knit
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True vintage item description:
Gorg vintage 60s poppy pink shift dress.
Sleeveless with pretty fabric florals and pearls upper front and back and encircling hemline.
Metal zip up back.
The dress measures bust 36 waist 30 hips 36 and is 37 inches long.
The fabric is polyester and has a little stretch.
In excellent ready to wear condition.
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A few fun facts...
The Swinging Silver 60s
Couture was deposed from its fashion throne in the 60s and was replaced with young, daring, street wise fashion. "Mod" was used to describe much of the fashion movement in the decade. Orginally, it was used to reference scooter riding clothing, it was later used to denote the appearances of the youth of the time. There was a British influence during this period. Boutiques began to emerge and the mini skirt arose out of a new sexual revolution that began with the introduction of the "Pill" in 1961.
Other events, such as the moon landing and space travel, led by deigners Courreges, Paco Rabanne and others influenced this "space age" fashion. Clothing took on an aeronautic look, structured shapes, mainly white and silver colors.
Experimentation with drugs inspired the colorful, swirling psychedelic patterns that characterize the 60s. Though Emilio Pucci produced these patterns at the luxery end of fashion, there were also mass market interpretations. Pop art and Op art...