Inexpensive costume jewellery made it possible for all to enjoy the cosmetic display of adornment, and girls loved the jangly, collector-friendly charm bracelet. The concept…
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The quintessentially British Chelsea boots are a mid-height boot with elastic gussets on either side, named after their popularity on the Kings Road in Chelsea…
The United States Army utilised the beige cotton twill material for its uniforms, which were made in China. The shipping boxes were stamped “China” but…
No 1950s girl’s afternoon would have been complete without hours of sitting on the floor, her skirt pooling around her in a big circle, dreamily…
Converse All-Stars began life as specialised basketball shoes in 1917 and evolved into one of the most recognisable cultural icons in the world. Designed by…
Originally known as the “poor man’s velvet” when invented in the 18th century, Corduroy enjoyed enormous popularity in 1970s men’s clothes and was made into…
Soft, squishy and ugly . . . nothing was as comfortable as the crepe-soled shoe. Like walking on a cloud, crepe soles had that unattractive…
The gentlemanly fad of Crombie overcoats – complete with a pure silk handkerchief tucked into the top pocket – started in London, swaggering out from…
Danskin dance apparel got its big break after movies like Fame and Flashdance made their big-screen debut in the early 80s. Danskin offered legwarmers, tights, swimsuits, dance…
Thanks to Walt Disney and his Disneyland TV series, the pioneer spirit of frontiersman Davy Crockett came into the family rooms across America in 1954,…
While there are no deserts in England, there was a group of style-conscious youngsters who adopted Clarks’ desert boot for their mod uniform. Clarks of…
The first models (circa 1972) were very expensive and featured a flat black screen. One needed to press a small button on the side to…
About 1977 these were the craze, usually worn with Gaucho pants (these were just below the knee and usually corduroy). Most of the boots had…
Synthetics (satin, polyester, velour) Gold lamé Designer clothes and shoes (Gucci, YSL, Charles Jourdan) French Cut Jeans Gaudy polyester shirts High-waisted super-wide pantsuits Short bomber…
After a certain Dr Klaus Märtens injured his foot in a skiing accident in 1949, he and partner Dr Funck created a revolutionary sole that…
The Dollies range of shoes for girls was made in the 1960s by George Ward Ltd of Barwell in Leicestershire. Advertised as “Pop shoes at…
Reportedly first designed in 1888 by British draper George Key in Staffordshire for labourers building the Manchester Ship Canal, the iconic Donkey Jacket was likely…
John Partridge, a British purveyor of outerwear, began to design and offer the duffle coat for sale in 1887. The look back then was quite…
Everyone slipped into a pair of Anne Kals Minus Heel Shoes in the 70s, but nobody called them that. Making their American debut in 1970,…
1960s eclecticism created and revitalised many different styles of dress, and the age-old empire line became the freshest look of the adolescent revival. The empire…