People were dressing in psychedelic prints, highlighter colors, and mismatched patterns. The hippie movement later in the decade also exerted a strong influence on ladies’ clothing styles, including bell-bottom jeans, tie-dye, and batik fabrics, as well as paisley prints.

Ponchos, moccasins, love beads, peace signs, medallion necklaces, chain belts, polka dot-printed fabrics, and long, puffed “bubble” sleeves were popular fashions in the late 1960s. Both men and women wore frayed bell-bottomed jeans, tie-dyed shirts, work shirts, Jesus sandals, and headbands.

• Jackie Kennedy, Brigitte Bardot, Mary Quant were fashion icons.
• The Youthquake movement created “Babydoll” clothing.
• Short, shapeless shift dresses in pastels or bright colors.
• Button down shirts, turtlenecks, chunky knit sweaters.
• Mini skirts or pencil skirts in plaid.
• Jax pants, stirrup pants, bell bottoms, pantsuits.

Our Ten Favorite Trends From The 60’s

• Afros. Everyone, young and old, had an afro or at least aspired to grow one.
• Barbie Dolls. The sixties witnessed the birth of the Barbie sensation.
• Bell-bottoms.
• Beatlemania.
• Go-go boots.
• Lava lamps.
• Miniskirts.
• Smiley faces.

In 1960, color phones cost extra per month – the equivalent of $100 per year allowing for inflation – so most people stuck to black. At your grandmother’s house, where she’d had the same phone a while, the phone would not say 378–3298. It would say DR8–3298, where DR meant the “Drexel” exchange or similar name.

The price seems quite high as a children’s toys as $39.88 in 1960 is equivalent to $300.00 today.

1960: $1 per gallon.

1964 – G.I. Little plastic green army men were already a hit with the boy crowd when Hasbro broke record sales with the launch of G.I.

According to NPD, L.O.L surprise dolls were the best-selling toy of the year for four years running from 2017-2019.