Sunday, April 20, 2008

1963 it is

This morning, Rachel commented that my jacket was very 1963...not '62, not '64, but 1963.  I decided to do some research to see if this was correct.  I must say that I am very impressed with Rachel's knowledge of fashion history after finding that both sites I checked out did in fact verify that 1963...not '62, not '64, but 1963...was the year of jackets like mine.  1962 was the end of "the Cleopatra era" and 1964 gave way to "softer" looks, leaving 1963 to be what I will deem "the year of the big-button jacket" and the beginning of the Jackie-o soft, but tailored look.

There you have it, folks.  If anyone needs reference to fashion history, ask Rachel.  Apparently she knows about it.

5 comments:

Rachel said...
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Rachel said...

I actually woke up this morning and thought I wonder if Leanne is going to blog about the 1963 jacket...well I'm happy you did!

And I can't believe you doubted me :-)

Rachel said...

I was having trouble commenting...between my crazy computer, page errors and that darn word verification thingamajig which I couldn't seem to get right, I'm not sure what actually went through. So you have mutliple comments from me...that's why.

Rick Bambrick said...

1962, 1963, 1964.. ahhh.. Good years!

The Lunaverse said...

I remember those days. Watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, going out with my friends to see a dead body, and watching the president get shot. I miss the early sixties! Except for the Kennedy getting shot. That was low on my part.