(Google 2008. Google image Search, viewed October 2008. http://www.google.com/imghp )In the early 1960’s and late 1950’s, clothes weren’t yet the bright floral fabrics that the 60’s were remembered for. They were traditional, and were normally dull colours of blacks, greys and whites which were unpopular with the younger generation, as they were conservative and old fashioned. To accommodate younger people, small, fashionable boutiques began to sell cheap and colourful clothing. Towards the middle of the 60’s decade, women started to wear knee length mini skirts, which were seen as a revolution and a scandalous one at that, because nothing that short had ever been seen before. Leather boots became more popular and heavy makeup was worn, including eyeliner and fake eyelashes. Men were inspired by British fashion, especially from the Beatles when they came to Australia in 1964. English designers Mary Quant and the Carnaby St designers for men began to be sold in Australia and created the trend for the rest of the 1960’s. Towards the end of the decade, however, skirts made from floaty, floral fabrics or Indian cotton fabrics again began to lengthen. Both men and women also wore psycadelic clothing and clothes were bigger and brighter than at the beginning of the decade.
