Peacock Revolution
ピーコック・レボリューション / mid-1960s–early 1970s / Style / Fashion History
The Peacock Revolution released postwar menswear from the dark suit, spreading close tailoring, vivid color, velvet, frills and flowers into young men's street and stage dress while modern dandyism unsettled gender and class rules.
Close-fitting jackets and high waists / Bold velvet, satin, floral print and vivid color / Frilled shirts, scarves, wide collars and cuffs / Long hair and heels within a delicate decorated male silhouette
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Returning color, pattern and soft material to tailored menswear · Questioning conventional masculinity through a flamboyant outline in music and advertising
- Type
- Place a narrow serif or 1960s display face away from collars and frills.
- Composition
- Tailor shoulder and torso closely, concentrating detail at collar, cuff and scarf.
- Material
- Use velvet, satin, floral print and bright wool, keeping black only to sharpen edges.
- Caution
- A bright suit alone does not explain the revolution. Align tailoring, material, hair and jewelry as a reversal of menswear norms.
- Further study
- Peacock Revolution menswear / Carnaby Street tailoring / Modern dandyism
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