Women dress code: The Mini dress
Photo from Audrey Hepburn Museo salvatore Ferragamo book
These are the years in which fashion and cinema started celebrating each other, cinema and fashion live through each other through their stars who promoted the most important fashion designer by wearing their creations on and off screen. For a sixties themed party I was inspired by the movie Two for the Road ( 1967), and its beautiful Mini Evening dresses, just perfect to dance the night away.
Unforgettable Audrey Hepburn dancing wildly wearing a futuristic creation by Paco Rabanne, a mini evening dress with metal disks, or wearing a multi-colored psychedelic print mini-dress by Emilio Pucci, in some of the most famous scenes of the movie.
To recall the atmosphere of the movie, original haute couture vintage dresses and high jewelry:
A circa 1966 Pierre Cardin haute couture cocktail dress in purple, silver and pink ombre lame with beading at the collar and the classic Cardin keyhole opening at the back below the neck.
Dress – photo and caption courtesy of 1stdibs
Jewelry-dress matching - photo courtesy of Ansuini High jewelry
Late 1960's Valentino yellow silk chiffon baby doll dress with pale yellow satin trim.
Dress – photo and caption courtesy of 1stdibs
Jewelry-dress matching - photo courtesy of Ansuini High jewelry
1968 Pierre Cardin Haute Couture trapeze evening dress embroidered black and gold sequins different size, some of them in rhodium.
Dress – photo and caption courtesy of 1stdibs
Jewelry-dress matching - photo courtesy of Ansuini High jewelry
A circa 1967 Pierre Cardin haute couture green sequined silk cre^pe cocktail dress that features a keyhole opening at the back. The main draw of this slinky silk cocktail dress are the shades of yellow, green and light violet appliqued and embroidered opalescent sequins and beads in spiky, curved shapes by Jean-Guy Vermont.
Dress – photo and caption courtesy of 1stdibs
Jewelry-dress matching - photo courtesy of Ansuini High jewelry
Mid 1960's Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Chiffon Cocktail Dress Ostrich Feather Trim. Constructed from chocolate brown bias-cut silk chiffon, this simple but supremely elegant cocktail dress features a wrap-around bow at the neck, a body-hugging silhouette and used to spectacular effect - Ostrich feathers at the hem.
Dress – photo and caption courtesy of 1stdibs
Jewelry-dress matching - photo courtesy of Ansuini High jewelry since 1860
If you want to dance the night away, for a late sixties themed party the perfect choice is a playlist with the best hits of the period. These are the years of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but not only, R&B and Beach music. One of my favorite song Can’t Help Falling of Love of Elvis Presley, and my favorite version of it the one sung by Bono unplugged at the end of U2 concerts in 1993 …
Discover our playlist for a late sixties themed wedding on spotify:
Have fun to your sixties themed party and keep in the loop with us...
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