1966 style
Tom and Lorenzo have made the point recently in one of their Mad Style posts (which specifically dissect Mad Men's clothing choices and how they serve the story) that:
"It was a quirk of mid- late 1960s women’s styles - and you could have a field day postulating as to why; many others already have - that they were largely infantilized; like this schoolgirl dress, sporting naive detailing like bold sash details and big buttons. She could add some brightly colored hosiery and a pair of Mary Janes and be wearing something perfectly fashionable for an 8-year-old and a 25-year-old at the same time."
I was flipping through some of my images from a 1966 Spiegel catalog, and boy, ain't that the truth.
Check out the pink gingham with the white bow.
"It was a quirk of mid- late 1960s women’s styles - and you could have a field day postulating as to why; many others already have - that they were largely infantilized; like this schoolgirl dress, sporting naive detailing like bold sash details and big buttons. She could add some brightly colored hosiery and a pair of Mary Janes and be wearing something perfectly fashionable for an 8-year-old and a 25-year-old at the same time."
I was flipping through some of my images from a 1966 Spiegel catalog, and boy, ain't that the truth.
Check out the pink gingham with the white bow.