What We Wore During the Summer of Love

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, peace and love, and...paisley prints. I've been saving fashion related images from summer 1967 for a while now, and with the temps in the 90s or higher throughout most of the U.S. right now, this just seems like an appropriate time to post them. Something about this year seemed like a turning point in fashion: Mary Quant's miniskirt took off, color combos got brighter and more daring (lime green with orange) and space age clothing ruled. A new fad - dresses made out of paper - were also all the rage. I'm saving those for their own future post.

Here's a smattering of photos from catalogs, magazines, and the good ol' Web from the Summer of Love:

At one time you could buy Mary Quant's colorful miniskirts and minidress collections in Sears, of all places.



Pattie Boyd modeling a Mary Quant dress:



Pattie Boyd and another model, showing off some mean looking space inspired "helmets"!



A "Star Trek" looking line from Pierre Cardin, 1967. Love the dresses but the hats look like cervical caps!

















From Vogue Knitting, spring/summer 1967...I plan on making the dress on the right eventually. It requires patience stringing palettes onto the yarn you're using (which is why I haven't made it yet!)



This stylin' young lady was captured in time on the streets of NYC in 1967:





1967 fashion would not be complete without Twiggy. Whether you think she was beautiful or borderline anorexic, she was this period's it girl. I do like the way she dances in this video - she looks like she's having fun!