1962 solid colors
1960s fashion colors embraced a range of soft pastels to vivid bright and neutral earth tones. It is most well know for eye popping colors such as lime green, magenta, lemon, mimosa, jade, hot pink and tangerine. These mixed with paisley, swirls, and daisy flowers created psychedelic prints favored by the 60s hippies.
Not all colors and prints were for the youth or counter-culture teens. Mature women embraced the bold colors and rough textures popular with clothing and home decor. They also adopted the pastels in muted girly colors along with gingham checks, mini stripes, plaid and polka dots.
These color and pattern fabrics were found in department store catalogs, leaving us a nice record of fashion colors in the 1960s.
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- 1961 polka dots and solids
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- 1962 boucle, silk shantung and flannel
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- 1964 spring colors
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- 1964 pastel colors
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- 1964 silks
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- 1964 fall colors wool fabrics
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- 1965 silk fabrics and prints
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- 1967 solids and prints
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- 1969 bright pastels
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- 1969 spring basics
Prints and Fabrics
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- 1960 novelty prints
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- 1961 brown tweed and textured fabrics
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- 1964 silk fabrics
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- 1965 pastels gingham checks and stripes
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- 1967 paisley fabrics
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- 1969 fun prints
Debbie Sessions has been teaching fashion history and helping people dress for vintage themed events since 2009. She has turned a hobby into VintageDancer.com with hundreds of well researched articles and hand picked links to vintage inspired clothing online. She aims to make dressing accurately (or not) an affordable option for all. Oh, and she dances too.
