Given Barbara Michaels' interest in vintage clothing and textiles?(Shattered Silk), I think she'd get a kick out of knowing that one of her books was cited on this list!
Nancy Message: 6 Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:44:14 -0400 From: Hope Greenberg <hope.greenb...@uvm.edu> Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Message-ID: <4a4f86de.1080...@uvm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Ah, what fun. I know by the early 70s I had several long dresses for casual wear, but when did the trend start? Well, here are two factoids that might help: In the late 60s Laura Ashley introduced daywear that had a longer length. (see any history of Laura Ashley, wikipedia will do) And my favorite kind of evidence--mention in contemporary literature: In 1968 the popular writer Barbara Michaels published "Ammie, Come Home" a ghost story set in Georgetown, MD. The key thing here is that early in the book the protagonist goes shopping with her trendy niece and is talked into buying one of those "new maxi skirts." (BTW remember that the first "maxis" were mid-calf length. Later the term was applied to ankle-length as well.) - Hope _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
