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Which ten 60s fashion trends are cool again? The swinging ‘60s are known as the time when traditions were broken and individuality and self-expression flourished. This new ethos resulted in major shifts in politics, culture, music and social rules. Fashion became progressively casual, moving away from the prim and proper style that prevailed in the ‘40s and ‘50s. The second …

The Swinging Sixties were an era defined by innovation and social liberation — and naturally, the epoch’s fashion reflected those cultural sentiments. Women hellbent on breaking free from the cult of domesticity (i.e. the conservative expectations of the 1950s) found power in skin-revealing cut-outs and tailored skirt suit sets. There was the space race, too, which spawned an innovative class …