60s tights

In 1969, Life magazine explored the "freaky new freedoms" of fashion seen on high school students across the country. The inspiring fashion from that year is a far cry from the Aeropostale, Forever 21, and American Eagle clothing worn by students today.

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David Bailey The Golden Kid Leather Shoe: Walter Steiger for Bally Ronald Traeger Silver Spacesuit - Harriet, Gregory Place Spun Gold with a twist - Femme The Boss Look Square root of the 'Boss look'... simple geometry The shortest-ever crepe with long silk sleeves or a checkerboard skirt both by John Bates Night Time - New Tempo Swirling whirling circles of silk - Stylized Flowers on a divided long dress from Wallis Shops Cut-Outs of Rayon Jersey, simple and slinky, sleeved dress by Angela…

Halston Evening Turban Born Lesley Horny, to a carpenter and a Woolworth’s counter girl, the world’s first supermodel began modeling at the age of fifteen in and around London during the ‘Swinging Sixties.’ Chester Weinberg Victor Joris for Cuddlecoat A budding teenager, Leslie Hornby’s skinny gamine figure garnered her the nickname “Twigs” and, innocently enough, her whippet-thin look quickly took hold as the iconic “London look” forever associated with the emergence of London’s British…

Tattle-tale legs hose

1971 | Red shoes by MIGNANI Twiggy wears black sandals by CELESTINO'S TEENAGE LOBOTOMY MANIFESTO by BARRY LATEGAN , six solid ye...