THE 1960s was a decade that broke barriers in terms of fashion, especially for women.

When purchasing vintage clothes, you are automatically buying into a piece of fashion history, but when buying vintage clothes from the swinging sixties, you really are buying a piece of history that moulded the fashion industry.

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So many fashion trends began in the era that it’s hard to choose a piece.

When the decade first began, Jackie Kennedy was still wearing the famous Chanel suits and pillbox hats, a trend that withstood nearly seven years of season changes, so style was somewhat conservative.

However, all that changed when Mary Quant developed the mini skirt and encouraged women to hike up their hemlines.

The majority of miniskirts or mini dresses had geometric patterns, some often with bell sleeves and/or polo necks.

The ‘space’ look was also an integral part of fashion culture and whether you believe it or not, people donned goggles paired with go-go boots and clothes made from PVC or sequins.

All these looks were paired with big hair, false eyelashes and pale lipstick.

As the era moved on so did the culture and the fashion, with the hippy trend becoming huge psychedelic patterns were everywhere.

Bandanas were paired with bell bottom jeans and paisley prints and the emphasis on having hair as high as the sky wasn’t as important as in previous years.

However, probably one of the most significant trends to ever emerge into fashion, mainly for men, was the mod style.

The mod style personified British fashion of the era and moulded a new lifestyle as well as dress code.

Consisting of tight trousers, anoraks, shirts and ties, the key to pulling it off was combining a smart, gentlemanly look with a small amount of grunge to give an edge.

The look was ultimately unisex and the women would wear similar clothes and had short cropped hair style.

This style has become something of a timeless classic, which in turn creates a need for vintage originals.