Sixties wedding fashion style
Few weeks ago, I was wandering among the stalls of a vintage fair, when I was so lucky to find original bridal sewing patterns of the sixties, what a treat and what a step back in time. The 1960s saw the effects of Mary Quant's miniskirts and the dramatic 60s fashions worn by Twiggy that highlighted the bust, reflecting on bridal style too.
The first iconic wedding gowns of this era which pop up to my mind were short, late in the sixties, Audrey Hepburn, Yoko Ono, Sharon Tate, Cilla Black to name a few.
Audrey Hepburn for her marriage to Andrea Dotti in 1969, worn a simple yet stunning, wedding ensemble created for her by Givenchy, a light pink mohair and cashmere jersey mini dress, high collar, tight long sleeves with ruffle cuffs. A coat of pale pink wool twill, double breasted, above-knee length and a matching kerchief in the same color and material.
Stylish, unconventional.
On the left: Cilla Black in 1969 worn a white mini dress with ostrich trim to wed Bobby Willis.
On the right: Yoko Ono married John Lennon in 1969, wearing a crepe mini-dress over high-knee socks and white tennis shoes and a big white hat.
The shift dresses.
with the women's movement happening, Brides opted for the popular shift dress silhouette.
On the left: An original bridal sewing pattern of the sixties.
On the right: 1960s Ivory Off White Raw Silk Shift Dress – Photo courtesy 1stdibs.
Jane Fonda married her first husband, French film director Roger Vadim, on August 14, 1965 in Las vegas wearing a shift dress. As metallic wedding dress are a popular 2019 trend and most definetly and eye-catching option within the 2019 wedding style, who is in in for an originale 1960s gold shift dress to be worn in perfect Barbarella Style.
On the left: Jane Fonda on her wedding day to Roger Vadim in 1965;
On the right: 1stidbs 1960s Gold Shift dress.
The Baby Doll style.
On the left: 1964 Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton ( for the first time ) in a canary yellow babydoll dress with a stunning floral bridal hairdo.
On the right: 1969 Britt Ekland on her wedding to Peter Sellers wearing a babydoll style wedding gown.
The Little lace dresses.
On the left: Raquel Welch wearing a crochet little dress on her wedding to Patrick Curtis 1967.
On the right: 1960s Pink and Ivory little Lace wedding dress - Photo courtesy 1stdibs.
The 50s style tea gown continued with shorter hemlines.
On the left: An original bridal sewing pattern of the sixty.
On the left: Jackie Collins in 1960 wearing a tea length white satin wedding dress.
Slimmer long A-line wedding dress and the empire waistline.
On the left: An original bridal sewing pattern of the sixties.
On the right: Frances Shea wearing a neat ivory satin bridal gown on her wedding day to the infamous Reggie Kray in 1965. Only few months ago I saw the movie Legend on the rise and all of the criminal Kray Twins, who terrorized London during the 1960s, I immediately recall the actress Emily Browning wearing simply-chic wedding dress on the movie, curios as I am, I had to find the photo of the real wedding of Frances and Reggie.
On the left: An original bridal sewing pattern of the sixties.
On the right: 1960's Maggy Rouff Crisp wedding gown – Photo courtesy 1stdibs.
On the left: An original bridal sewing pattern of the sixties.
On the right: A real wedding from the early seventies, the sullen little girl is me, my first wedding.
Romantic lace, satin and taffeta gowns.
On the left: An original bridal sewing pattern of the sixties.
On the right: Sandra Dee on her wedding day to Bobby Darin.
Thank you all for joining me in this leap into the explosion of sixties fashion and get a bit of taste of it, I wish I could talk about two of my favorite weddings of the sixties, keep in the loop.
Marcella Lavarini
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