Best 1960s Male Teenage Fashion Who Didn’t Know

Many people associate 1960s fashion with the hippie movement, which began late in the decade. Clothing styles were conservative for much of the 1960s, and most youngsters dressed like ladies and gentlemen. The latter few years of the decade saw a significant shift in fashion. Teenagers who began the decade with innocent appearances from the 1950s now dressed casually, preparing for the “anything goes” 1970s. 1960s male teenage fashion

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Best 1960s Male Teenage Fashion Who Didn’t Know

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Teenage guys of the 1960s dressed in ways comparable to those worn by today’s teenagers around the house. They started wearing dungarees, commonly known as dungarees, in the mid to late 1950s, along with corduroys and khakis. They wore them with T-shirts, sweatshirts, or cotton button-downs with short sleeves. For the most of the decade, casual clothing consisted of plain colors or simple patterns like plaids or stripes. Boys wore straight or even narrow-cut pants. Bell-bottom pants became popular around 1968, and designers created casual button-down shirts with psychedelic paisley or polka dots.

Boys’ Formal Outfits…

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For the most of the 1960s, boys did not wear their casual clothes to school. Boys wore dress slacks, frequently in wool or polyester, with a long-sleeved button-down shirt, a tie, and, in certain cases, a jacket for school, church, or social events. Boys were not allowed to wear pants that had seams sewed on the outside. This is an excellent example of how quickly fashion trends shifted. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the polyester leisure suit with its outside stitching became popular, and it was an appropriate uniform for both schools and the business world.

Casual Styles for Girls…

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Early in the decade, girls were seen wearing fashions that had been popular in the late 1950s about the house. They wore jeans occasionally, but they were considered incredibly casual for girls, akin to going out in sweats. Girls wore colorful cotton pedal pushers that ended midcalf to go shopping or to the movies. Later in the decade, girls’ pants waistlines were dropped and hip-huggers became fashionable. Girls wore brightly colored hip-huggers or bell bottoms with motifs like flowers and wide stripes. Sweaters, T-shirts, and sleeveless blouses were tucked into the girls’ pants.

Dressy Styles for Girls…

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Throughout much of the 1960s, teen females dressed as ladies for school. They wore modest white shirts with rounded Peter Pan-style collars and knee-length pleated wool skirts in dark hues or patterns like navy or plaid. Sweater sets featuring sleeveless wool or angora sweater and a matching cardigan were popular among girls. Teen females frequently wore sleeveless polyester or knit dresses with no defined waistlines and hemlines that grew shorter as miniskirts and dresses were popular throughout the decade.

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