■ You are doing a project on fashion. Your teacher gives you an article and an interview to read. Read the article and the interview.
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FASHION THROUGH THE DECADES
We all know what is fashionable today, but what were the fashions in the past?
1960s »››
1980s »››
In the early 1960s,
In the 1980s, women wanted to show they were equal to men. They wore clothes with large shoulder pads to look
many women wore 5 high boots and
miniskirts. A lot of people followed the Mod trend, which is short for ‘modernism’.
30 powerful. The men wore ‘power suits’. The fashion for teenagers was more relaxed and sporty. It
included sweatshirts
10 The Mods wanted to look neat, and Mod men often wore Italian suits.
and headbands.
35 Leather jackets and
In the second half of the decade, the hippie trend was popular. The hippies wore bright clothes in unusual styles,
tight jeans were also in style.
15 such as bell-bottom jeans. 1970s »››
1990s »››