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In the 1950s fashion was very feminine. Back then, women were wearing cocktail dresses,
bolero jackets, pencil skirts, ballerina shoes and gloves. The silhouette was hour-glass shaped.
Pastel colours and various shades of grey were in. The designers who were creating in the 50s
were Valentino and Balenciaga.
60s
In the early sixties women were wearing anything that Jackie Kennedy was wearing– jackets
and pencil skirts. In the mid sixties, women were wearing miniskirts until the hippie style
became popular. Bell sleeves, trapeze dresses, tie-dye t-shirts were the main symbols of the
Woodstock fashion.
Disco fever in the 1970s brought glitter, bell-bottom pants, sparkling clothes, etc. On the other
hand, women were fond of A- line skirts, tweed, platform shoes and Annie Hall menswear
look. Gucci and Ralph Lauren were the main designers.
80s
In the 1980s we have a big emerge of pop music fashion, acid washed jeans, big hair, balloon
skirts, ballerina flats, leggings, big sweaters. The colours were very bright, neon and bold. The
silhouette was bulky top and skinny bottom, usually with shoulder pads and tight jeans.
90s
Beverly Hills TV series and the grunge era of Kurt Cobain summed up the fashion of the
1990s. Women were wearing baggy, comfortable, flannel shirts combined with Dr. Marten’s
shoes on one side and feminine dresses and shorts skirts on the other.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War