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Childrens 1970's denim

1970’s Childrens denim

The 70’s was a decade with many changes that most people won’t forget, this was a time when making a fashion statement had reached it’s peak.

By the end of the 1960’s denim was well established in the youth market, this paved the way, and the 70’s saw the golden age for denim.
During the early seventies fashions in hair styles, colours, materials, lines of clothes and footwear designs applied more to both men, women and children.
The term unisex had been used since the mid sixties and by 1970; fashion was nearer to unisex than at any other time.
Adults and children often had the same hairstyle cut by the same hairdresser – fashionably cut hair made a tremendous difference to many children.
Designs and shapes of contemporary garments were very suitable for children, and many styles were scaled down to children’s sizes. Adults’ clothes were beginning to influence childrens clothes in the 60’s but jeans were not made available in small...

Posted by: Jason Pinsky

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