UK Fashion: The 1960s

Site 1.
Pearson, Stephen. The 1960s: A Time of Great Fashion, Protest, Growing Prosperity and
Youth Influence.  The People History. Website. September 29th, 2011.
 <http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60sclothes.html>
 
     This website proved to be very helpful with research. It had a nice overview of the transition from the 1950s to the 1960s, it also included paragraphs on each of the most popular trends of that decade along with some designers. The website could give out useful information on the trends of the time, for instance, “The 1960s magnified all the fashion trends that were considered unorthodox or untraditional in the material world.” One thing wrong with the blog was credibility. The author gives no indication to their credentials on how they know the subject or to where they got the information. Also, on the 1960s page, I did notice a misspelling of a very popular designer of that time.

Site 2.
Gregoire, Christina. Womens Fashion. Suite101. September 4th, 2011. Website.   
September   30th, 2011. <http://christina-gregoire.suite101.com/60s-fashion-style---       1964-mod-dresses-go-go-boots-quant-beatles-a282273>
 
     This article was very informative, there are brief and concise overview of what fashion was like in the 1960s. The author gives explanations of trends and how they were created; mini skirts and mini dresses started popping up on hipsters in 1964. And, both Andre Courrèges, a French fashion designer, and Mary Quant, a Brit, claimed to have invented the mini.” The only problem I had with this source was there weren’t enough pictures to see what they were talking about. The credibility of the author shows that she has experience writing, along with university degrees, although non with too much relation to fashion.

Site 3.
History of the 1960s fashion and textiles. The Victoria and Albert Museum.
September 30th, 2011. < http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/h/history-of-1960s-    fashion-and- textiles/>
 
     This website was perhaps the most informative of the three. Not only was it the most credible, as it was published by a museum, it had a lot of good information. The website talked of designers, trends and influences of the time in good detail, “by the mid-sixties, the flared A-line was in style for dresses, skirts and coats. Slim fitting, brightly coloured garments were sold cheaply in boutiques all over 'Swinging London' and had tremendous influence throughout Europe and the US.” This website also by far went into more detail about all of the elements of fashion of that decade and had pictures to support their text.