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40's fashion
In 1940 various brands of leg make-up appeared on the market because of the short supply of stockings. -
50's fashion
Young women started to look less like their mothers in the latter part of the fifties. Brightly patterned dresses with tight waists and wide skirts were popular. The effect (right) could only be achieved with a stiff, starched petticoat. -
60's fashion
Like pop music, fashion went through a revolution in the 60s, but for most women little changed in the early years of the decade. The styles of the late fifties, the Chanel suit and the full skirt were still popular. By the middle of the 60s, the mini was in and short hair, in the geometric style of Vidal Sassoon, was the in look. By the end of the sixties, the look was long, flowing hair, hippy beads and kaftans -
70's fashion
The fashion of the 1970's was a time when fashion was evolving in many ways. Women at that time had more freedom of wearing what they wanted when they wanted to. -
90's fashion
Men adopted the punk look with great enthusiasm in the 1990s. Teens loved to dye their hair and sport trendy T-shirts. Yet another fashion trend of the 1990s were the vibrant colors sported by teens. Hip hugging denims became a style. -
80's fashion
Black and white is all the rage, especially stripes. Thin stripes, fat stripes, vertical and horizontal striped T-shirts and skirts everybody loved them they thought that they were the'range'.
