the most popular being the flower power era.
probably the most famous hippy is the character Austin powers.
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The character of Austin powers is so ingrained into the minds of the general public, there are replica costumes and there seems to always be someone dressed as him at any 60s themes party, even though he him self is a fictional character based on the era.
But how much is real and how much is just rose tinted nostalgia.
to get a good idea of this, i trawled though many books and movies of the era, and started to find that maybe some liberties might have been taken the costumes were actually on par, but mainly with the women, i found it incredibly hard to find examples of Mr Powers style.
there where very few examples of mens fashion in this style, yes there where examples of brighty coloured fashions for men, but nothing in austin powers style.
a fashion shoot from the 1960s.
what i did find was the mod fashions of the 60s where more subdued in colour.
colourful clothing didnt really come into fashion until later in the 60s adn the first of the austin powers movies was based in 1963.
there is something lovable and and almost iconic about Austin powers, he is a reminder of a simpler time, when new freedoms where beginning to surface and the baby boomers where beginning to mature.
the youth of the time wanted to distance themselves from the constraints and rigid rules their parents had followed, it was a time of innocence but also sexual freedom, thanks in part to inventions like the pill.
people where looking to the future with excitement, with the promise of space travel and moon landings.
perhaps this transcended into the movies, the colours and styles of the movie, the infectious joy of this decade helped to create a movie showing a happier time when things in the present where beginning to fail and the promises of that era never materised.
kerri copeland
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