Category: Women’s Fashion

Pinafore dresses needn’t always look eerily cutesy, as best displayed by Mary Quant and her ilk during the 1960s. The dress has now become a classic wardrobe staple, and affordable imitations are all over the high street and the net.

This La Redoute version is a great Winter version in a classic monochrome tartan check. The drop waist, high collar and mid thigh hemline make this the perfect 1960s pinafore shape that looks chic regardless of the fashion seasons.

Get it online from La Redoute for £26.43.

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EC Star‘s mod inspired designs continue to impress, and while their monochrome and block colour mod gear looks great, some of their prints are arguably even better. This Joceline jacket is available in both flower and leaf print to make a statement.

The double breasted cut, and colour matched buttons, are a great touch that gives this jacket a real sixties feel. Add to that the high funnel neck collar and simplistic a-line silhouette, this jacket is kept perfectly sleek to ensure the overall effect isn’t too busy.

Get yours from EC Star online now for $112.

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Monochrome florals have been a perennial favourite among sleek fashion designers for decades, and it’s a look that never seems to age. Elie Tahari has used one such print on both a coat and skirt this season to create great looking pieces with high end retro chic.

The Veronica coat has a versatile A-line shape, which is quintessentially sixties thanks to the collarless boat neck and cropped sleeves. The skirt, meanwhile, combines the classic pencil shape with a more updated 1960s cut, taking it from a wiggle shape to something more daywear.

Each piece is available online from Neiman Marcus.

Bettie Page Clothing have established themselves as a big hitter in retro reproduction clothes, making some of the most true to era, and showstopping forties and fifties clothing. Their Captain Dress is their bestseller, and new stock is coming soon in this white version (left).

Along with the restock is coming a brand new version, featuring a flared, circle style skirt. This flared style is quintessentially fifties, and is ideal for less of a sexy pin-up slant on the nautical style.

The new flared dress costs $160 and is available to reserve now.

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It’s not everyday you can get to meet a legend from the world of fashion, but that’s the case on Friday 23rd January 2009.

It;s the date of Mary Quant – Inspired By, a talk by Mary Quant at London’s V&A. According to the V&A, the event will be a discussion focusing on ‘the highpoints of her career’, which sounds like a must-attend night for anyone with an interest in 60s fashion, design and retailing  – or anyone with an interest in swinging London.

Tickets are on sale now, priced at £8, with the event taking place at the Lecture Theatre from 7pm until 8pm. Don’t forget your rarities for signing.

Find out more at the V&A website