1961 fashion

I've always enjoyed vintage fashions and fashion history (though I'm now old enough to remember when some vintage fashions were new!) This is my blog for posting images from the large collection of old catalogs and fashion magazines I have piled up in my spare room. I'll be posting stuff from between the 1940s and the 1980s. A warning to visitors: Some of these images are scary!

We in the clothing biz speak often of “fashion decades," but here’s a little secret: there’s no such thing. Sartorial eras are hardly parceled in ten-year periods -- and the 1960s, maybe more than any other time, are proof enough of that! The decade that brought us the beats and the hippies, the mods and

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Graphic Design, Illustration, Fashion, Adobe Photoshop

Paula Feiten in Sears catalog, 1960s.

From Seventeen, January 1961

1962 Sears Fall Winter Catalog, Page 35

1961, Montgomery Ward

Vintage jewelry, clothing, purses, special gifts and wonderful, unique items from the 1940's-1990's. Coro, Trafari, Monet, Weiss and other wonderful hallmarked brands can be found here. We ...