PACO RABANNE

& "THE SWINGING 60'S"

2nd lecture: 1960's

So i decided to research into Paco Rabanne and find out why everyone in the 60's loved to wear plastic, paper, metal etc, basically everything which today's society is trying to recycle, to "be green".

Apparently the clothing was mainly popular for its limited use and so it was basically disposed of after a few wears, inspired by the work clothes at the time.

Rabanne used mainly metal disks to create his dresses, which, in most images, i felt reflected the idea of flowers chained together, as they too were common around the late 60's.

The thing that i admire the most about this era, apart from the fashion, was the natural beauty of which the women expressed, wearing little makeup and keeping their hair cropped and cute!

Its sometimes the simplest things in fashion that can be the most inspiring.

ANDROGYNOUS FASHION

Today, during my study of the late 1920's fashion movements, i came across the concept of androgynous.

I'd already researched the movement in 1927/8 where females began to burst out of their corsets and embrase the art of tailored suits.

I've always been aware of the more masculine inspired garments like "boyfriend jeans", "the boyfriend blazer" etc etc, but to be quite honest i'd never really actually thought about why and when this inspiration blossomed, until today.

So during my reaerch i decided to link both the past and the present together since they have so much in common. During this, i came across this visually asthetic photo of Agnes Dean.

I truely believe in the phrase "a picture says a thousand words", and i think this is a perfect example!

Although her clothes and persona portrays masculinity, her scowling expression and relaxed gaw gives a completely different sense of term, and instead has sex appeal written all over it! There's no doubt that cropped hair, skinny frame and oversized masculine garments are the one of the cutest looks in fashion! well in my opinion =/