High street fashion: Mod
Fashion goes swinging again this season and the 60s comeback is a head-to-toe affair: sloping shoulders and bracelet sleeves, polonecks and mod pants, knee-high boots and bee-hives, clean-line tunics and retro knits. This trend is all about shape, shape, shape, so keep it simple and go for sharp lines, block colours and minimal detailing.
Sixties Colour Pop
Say Sixties stylishly with a simple structured shape in a striking block colour. A neat crayola-bright coat is the easiest way to tap into this trend. Shape is key so look for something in felt or wool that really holds structure like this one from ISME that curves in at the waist to create an hourglass silhouette. Belt it up for further emphasis.
Go for bold with a killer coat and shoe combo – team yours with a studded shoeboot, a snakeprint shoe or the season’s knee-high boot.
Trend and shape your body: Single breasted fastening will always flatter a fuller figure. Undo the top button to elongate the neck.
Shift Dress
The shift dress is the quintessential Sixties ingredient. Ditch the excess and keep the style recipe simple and pared back for an effortlessly chic look. Look for a dress with a ‘Mod-erne’ twist such as this one from Evans with flirty pleating detail. The relaxed, loose silhouette deftly covers lumps and bumps, while the pleats and chiffon sleeves add interest and depth.
The way to work the modern shirt is with heels and minimal jewellery such as a sleek, bold cuff.
Trend and shape your body: Dresses that flare from the bust work brilliantly for pear shapes and will balance the lower body.
Cocoon Shape
Get cocooned in classic 60s couture in a line up of voluminous padded dresses, coats and skirts. Lines are softer and curving with rounded sleeves, puffy shoulders and bell-shaped skirts. Choose a ballooned shape to exaggerate your shape to beautiful effect – puffy shoulders will enhance narrow, sloping shoulders; round bracelet sleeves flatter arms and bell-shapes skirts cover hips and thigh and show off waists.
Don’t blow up the balloon to burst though – a more deflated option is more flattering. Wear heels to lift the look further.
Trend and shape your body: Colour blocking is easier than it looks just make sure you don’t create a hard horizontal line across the widest part of your body – higher or lower and you will be fine.
The Simple Knit
The 60s trend is fashion’s workhorse – full of practical, versatile separates such as the must-have simple retro knit which has come into its own this season. Team a fitted poloneck with slim trousers or a structured skirt like here at Hobbs for a touch of beat chic.
Echo clean Sixties lines with sleek, no-fuss hair and minimal jewellery with just a pair of outsize earrings.
Trend and shape your body: A classic poloneck will work well for slender angular bodies to add height and volume at the chest. Curvaceous types should wear v-necklines.