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Possibly the biggest changes in the shortest period appeared during these 25 years. The 1960s started the changes with fashion designers like Mary Quant becoming very famous. She produced short mini dresses that were about 6 ins (15cms) above the knee. Many older people found such fashion shocking. Such clothing, however, even became acceptable in the workplace, including offices in the City of London. Colour and texture was important. People were escaping the drab immediate post-war years. By the late sixties, in the hippie times, young women would have long, flowing, flowery skirts or dresses and many would walk around without shoes. Women were now regularly seen in trousers or jeans. Hair styles for women changed too. Loose, long hair, was one side of it, the back combed look another. Men also had longer hair and platform soled shoes were popular, Don't ask and I did and he did. Men, who had previously always worn a white shirt under their suit, branched out into bright coloured ones. Richard tells me he would regularly go to work in his London office in orange, bright red and even lilac shirts. Clothing became almost completely mass-produced. No one would now make their own clothes except for very special occasions
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