“My mother was right: When you’ve got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.”
– Jane Birkin
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Who doesn’t look at icons of the ’60s for style inspiration? Their style is like a love child between seductive and chic and people till this day cannot get enough of it! Designers such as Temperley London, Valentino, Chloe, Louis Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent (just to name a few) has consistently shined the lime light on ’60s style clothing, one famed example is the famous peter pan collar and the ‘shift dress’. The casual simplicity of the ’60s style period redefined what sophistication meant.
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An era in which Anna Wintour emerged as a fashion devotee, why would ’60s style clothing ever go wrong? To put things into perspective, style icons like Jane Birkin and Brigette Bardot were famed to be sexually expressive in film and in personality. This disposition of character influenced women’s perspective in clothing. The effortless collaboration of chambray shirts and high waisted denim was one of many defining moments for women in fashion. There is no wonder why girls desire to be the body confident goddesses they were.
