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60s Fashion

The grooviest getups of the 1960s


This compendium of clothing advertisements brings back the most prevalent looks from the Swinging Sixties. The ubiquitous miniskirt is here in all its glory, along with mod fashions, Gidget/Beach Boys surfer looks, Corrèges space age clothing and such iconic items as the Rudi Gernreich topless bathing suit and Yves Saint-Laurent`s Mondrian dress.

About the Series:
More bang for your buck! "... a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand." The New York Times Book Review

About the editor:
Cultural anthropologist and graphic design historian Jim Heimann is Executive Editor for TASCHEN America, and author of numerous books on architecture, pop culture, and the history of the West Coast, Los Angeles, and Hollywood. His unrivaled private collection of ephemera has been featured in museum exhibitions around the world and dozens of books.

About the author:
Laura Schooling is the Creative Services Manager of STYLE.COM, and was the founding editor of Front Desk Los Angeles magazine. She has written about music, fashion, and art for Black Book, Time Out New York and Angeleno. Her fiction writing has been featured, among others, in Giant magazine.
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60s Fashion

60s Fashion

Heimann, Jim (Editor)
Schooling, Laura
Flexicover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 192 pages
$ 9.99
ISBN: 978-3-8228-4935-4
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Availability: In Stock
  • Reviews (5 items)toggle
„Alles wird detailgetreu und witzig beschrieben, aber noch mehr bebildert - mit den schönsten Anzeigen, Modeillustrationen, Reklameideen und Photos. Die 50er und 60er Jahre, so geben sie ein perfekt treffendes Spiegelbild der damaligen Zeit. Zwei wirklich interessante, kleine Bilderbücher vom TASCHEN-Verlag in Köln.“
Mode mal Ehrlich, MDR, Leipzig, Germany
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60s Fashion im Taschen-Format
Therapie online, Germany, June 19, 2007
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