1960s Costumes
Welcome to 1960s Costumes! This is your source for this very exciting and rich era from which to draw for costume ideas whether for Halloween or a theme party. We would all agree this was a turbulent decade of much social change, iconic moments and a great deal of unforgettable pop culture and fashion. Click on any or all of the links below to start your browsing through all the great possibilities!
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If you are searching for the perfect outfit for yourself or your child, you have many options from the 60s hippie costumes.....be sure to pick up the fringed buck-skin vest for your outfit. Other items to choose include love beads and the flower child wardrobe of the psychedelic Woodstock Festival days. Or go glamorous with the trendsetting fashion of First Lady Jackie Kennedy and her famous pillbox hat.
There are countless outfit ideas such as The Beatles costumes distinguished with Mop Top hairstyles and clothing styles. Elvis Presley costumes are a good choice as the King of Rock and Roll was highly popular and even wore the famous white jumpsuit in the late 1960s. Fashion icons of the day included Twiggy and Cher of the Sonny and Cher Show. Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie. From shows like The Avengers and Batman we got catsuits and Catwoman herself.
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Yes, there are plenty of TV series from which to draw including Batman, The Avengers, Mission Impossible, Get Smart and Star Trek. Check out the miniskirts and mini-dress outfits and the essential fishnet tights and be sure to add the vinyl Go Go boots. As you see, you can step back in time in style! Other fashionable accessories included patent leather handbags.
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Elizabeth Taylor in the Cleopatra movie made a mark on the fashion world as well. Aubrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's was also influential in women's fashions of the era. The popular beach party series of movies gave rise to the bikini, from Beach Blanket Bingo to How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, the movies became part of early to mid-1960s pop culture.
The era of the hippie peace and love brings flower power' and bell bottom jeans and fringe suede jackets and love beads. Express yourself in a 1967 Summer of Love inspired vintage styles. Check out the hippie dresses which make great costumes. They are long or short, of favored fabrics like tie-dye, paisley, patchwork and batik. Along with the hip hugger blue jeans were halter tops and Mexican peasant blouses. The folk music revolution brought us the music icons Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Perhaps consider bringing along your acoustic guitar as a prop to the next theme party. Even better play some of the great iconic songs of the 60s like Blowing in the Wind.
Looking for 60s costume wigs? Try the popular beehive style or the pageboy or The Beatles' mop top. Makeup trends included false eyelashes and jewel-like eyeshadow.
Running out of ideas? There are many more to consider! Don't overlook the iconic beatnik with a black berets and dark glasses. And who can forget the British trends; in particular, The Mods know for their signature anoraks and tailored Italian suits; rent a motorcycle to make your stylish costume complete! How about a Baby Doll dress made of chiffon.
Mary Quant produced some innovative fashions, possibly the era-defining miniskirt and later hot pants. The 'Austin Powers' movies set in the 1960s provide further inspiration. The iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival all by defined the era, as the hippie and Flower Power scene were at their zenith.
There are lots of TV shows from which to draw inspiration for 1960s fashion styles, including Batman, Flintstones, Pink Panther, Star Trek, Addams Family, The Fugitive, and The Prisoner. Designer fashions of the era are also a source of inspiration for vintage costumes for theme parties as well as Halloween costumes.
Iconic movies included historical dramas such as Spartacus, with Kirk Douglas and Lawrence of Arabia with Peter O'Toole, classic musicals such as The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady and West Side Story. The latter part of the decade saw the rise of the spaghetti Western, A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, as examples. Also "B movie" classics like Barbarella with Jane Fonda and "One Million Years B.C." with Raquel Welch.
With Sixties costumes there are so many options....you can juxtapose clothing styles, Beatnik meets Woodstock meets Mod! Tall go-go boots, fishnet stockings, the A-line mini-dress; remember that haute couture was revolutionary, bringing in the shorter hemlines that were quite shocking after the rather conservative decade of the Fifties and its demure below-the-knee skirts and dresses.
Much success with your 1960s costumes adventures!
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