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Hey! I'm Miss Moss. But you can call me Diana. This blog is a means of curating and sharing my love for visual treasures. Learn more about me here.

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  • Colleen says:

    Awesome! I would have rocked the mini dresses w/ patterned tights or the red corduroy pants + v-neck. Super cute!

  • Den says:

    woah! people should still dress like this

  • Giselle says:

    hair envy! everyone has such thick, shiny hair back then!

    • jj says:

      people today can too. just dont dump so many chemicals in it, then burn it with a straightener, hairdryer, or surling iron.

      • Kc says:

        that’s not entirely true. people ironed their hair (on ironing boards, even) and many of the beauty products were even more caustic then than now, kids just didn’t use them then. Yes high schoolers ARE kids. I just think it has to do with how long we have been exposed as a society,high schoolers growing up too fast and our nutrition (lack their of)….
        Far out fashions, regardless.

      • Scott says:

        Amem, with ask the hair dyes and creep girls put in there hair, it is surprising they still have hair

    • Vivi says:

      That’s not true.. I saw a whole lot of girls with really thin hair. And some with not-that-shiny hair.

    • Jennie Reid says:

      That’s because we didn’t shampoo all the goodness out of it every day and then destroy it with heat. I shampooed my hair twice a week at the most back then. Now I’m 61, and I STILL have thick, shiny hair.

  • Kate says:

    These are great! Loving those crazy tights and all the knee socks!

  • Anthea says:

    This post made me happy!

  • Feminine Touch says:

    This is my favourite old age!

  • Jacci says:

    those tights are awesome!

  • Gabija says:

    Unbelievable!! they all look stunning!

  • Siri says:

    Wow these are really incredible! Most schools back then seemed to have had such a strict dress code, I feel like it’s rare to see outfits like these in a school setting which makes it all the more interesting. Maybe this was like their version of a casual Friday or something?? So groovy heheh.

    • Sumshee says:

      I don’t recall very much in the way of a lot of strict dress codes in most public schools with which I was familiar. Are you of that era? What town did you live in?

      • Noël says:

        I think it was in the late 60s they said girls could wear pants instead of a dress. New Bedford Mass.

      • oldhag420 says:

        No strict dress codes when I was in high school in a small lil town on northern Cali. The shorter the minis, the better, and big ol’ bellbottoms, peace, love, and happiness, lol. I grew up a hundred or so miles north of San Francisco, in the 60’s and 70’s, had a whole lot of fun then, and was always “dressed to the nines”

  • Sam says:

    Oh wow, dream wardrobe all over this post. Man, you find the best stuff. <3

  • Siubhan says:

    These are fantastic. The clothes are so voluminous! They look so modern, apart from their expressions – they seem much less self aware than some of the lacklustre Coachella pictures I’ve seen.

  • Jehane says:

    This is brilliant. I love this!!

  • Lexie says:

    i looove the girl in the red bell bottom cords! and those wild, crazy patterned tights! this is awesome.

  • Curious Constellation says:

    Those leggings, my word. I definitely need to get searching the Life archives.

  • Sally says:

    These are perfect!

  • Jenna says:

    These pictures are beautiful. Ive looked at them at least ten times. I’m going to have to keep all my clothing for my children because fashion most def does come full circle. Thanks for sharing

  • Dana says:

    Yeah…

    Given the chance, I’d probably wear those tights.

  • andrea says:

    “more fashion snaps from coachella” lol!

    sigh… i’ve long wished i lived in the sixties…

  • Johanna says:

    Wow! It’s funny how so many of these trends are popping back up! I am glued to these pictures.

  • willa says:

    I was almost in high school in 1969 and I had those wacky tights and several of the shoes and sandals shown in the photos–thanks for the great trip!

  • Sarah Morgan @ Hemenway Street says:

    Wow, how wonderful! The Life Archives are such an amazing source of inspiration.

  • Emily Theobald says:

    wow! these are so great. i wish people still dressed with a bit more.. class. even those these are all dressed down kind of outfits, no one wears anything nice anymore! my mom has some really cool pics hanging outside her high school (and the one i went to) from almost a decade after this in 1978, still really cool people all hanging out on the grass.

  • lauren says:

    1969 was the year my mom graduated high school and her photos look JUST like this. i sent this post to her and she said it was spot on, of course!

  • Banana Meet-Cute says:

    These are awesome! So colourful, and, er, is it just me or does it look like the girl in the black and white gingham is being hit on by a pervy older teacher?

  • Sweet Harvest Moon says:

    Dream post!
    I would have loved to be a teenager back then … the clothes, the music, the atmosphere, the festivals ….

  • Teresa says:

    Groovy……….I graduated in 1969 and these photos brought back good memories of things we used to wear………the clothes were just more fun and wholesome looking (asisde from mico minis) and the hair…………..not dyed and not chopped off………left long and thick and parted down the middle, note too, the lips on the girls…….there appears to be no lipstick, but indeed there was, it was specifically flesh colored, I remember it well, we tried to make out lips NOT stand out! What a funny thing to do LOL. They should post some pictures of the early 70’s too, in 1970 “hot pants” came out………I remember walking around EMU campus in knee high patent boots, long dark hair and the ridiculous tiny little boxer short looking things called hot pants! Not a care in the world! Bring out Inagoddadavida baby, it’s time to be cool. From Lauren’s Mom

  • Pistachio says:

    Wow, these photos are just fantastic. I love being able to look back on the world and see what it use to look like, as if time stands still right in those photos. Love it!

  • tara-lynn says:

    just amazing!
    i love vintage colour film.

  • Lauren Lionheart says:

    These are the most beautiful fashion photos I’ve seen all month. That was many years before my birth, but I have a distinct feeling that 1969 was straight up MAGIC.

  • Em says:

    This is the most inspiring thing I’ve seen all day. Way. Too. Cool. In the drama department at my school we’re performing “Up the Down Staircase,” also set in the late 60’s. I’d love to do crazy fashion like these!

    xoxo
    Em

  • tschitschi says:

    I love the colours!

  • Megan C says:

    These are amazing, kinda wish I lived then.

  • Nicole says:

    if only me and the kids in my grade were so cool!
    these are great

  • diarte says:

    OMG!! thanks for sharing this!!!!!
    those mini dresses are to die for!

  • mosey says:

    super cool post! thanks for sharing this!

  • Anette says:

    Wow. Great post! I’d love to see more if you can find it!

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  • Leona says:

    WOW loved them all – really wish we still dressed like this now :) the hair, the flow, the colours… love it all. x

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  • rebecca says:

    crazy that we are, of course, still wearing some of these styles today.

  • georgia says:

    Look at the colour! No black to be seen! Makes me want to go home and make kermit green flares and candy pink minidresses. Sigh…I was born in the wrong era…

  • Desi says:

    My Mom graduated in 1970. I had the good fortune to inherit a few pairs of unopened tights like the ones pictured above.

    I loved them to death. My friends didn’t know what hit them.

  • elena @chaira_fashion says:

    Love it!
    Coachella look’s is not so amazing like that.

  • kay says:

    Wow! I remember those fashions! But we were not allowed to wear them to school. I lived in a conservative area. In 1971 I was a member of the committee that petitioned the school board to allow us girls to wear pants to school. That is right: girls could only wear skirts. And we had a teacher who would measure the hemlines to insure that they were only two inches above the knee. We had a major victory. We could wear dressy pants suits but absolutely no jeans.

  • diane says:

    i graduated in 1972 i remember in the winter walking to school with leggings on under my dress because it was so cold out and then having to take them off when getting to school because we were not allowed to wear pants to school until things changed and then we could and also one day i wore a jumper and it was measured it was more than the allowed 2 inches above the knee and i was sent home and i remember my mother having to bring the hem down a little. i had these green bell bottoms that were soo big i think they were called them elephant pants. i am glad i grew up in that era.

  • jazzy says:

    I LOVE the first two! i would totally rock those looks

  • Bakeca Udine says:

    Cool! Love the colored socks :)

  • Shapewear says:

    I still cant imagine myself wearing one of these.

  • Pierre says:

    AGHH Life: to think all of these beautiful ladies are either old as fuck or dead
    at least they got immortalized in these pictures,cool…

  • lisa says:

    i wold still wear most of these outfits… they are awesome!!!! :)

  • Becky says:

    …i have many of these outfits…and i actually wear them…scary…

  • Ceil says:

    As you, too, will be one day, and you’ll find its better than being a teenager!

  • shirley says:

    everyone has such thick, shiny hair back then!, i love this

  • Adnovitam says:

    The big difference? Very few heavy people. Not to criticise, just to observe.

  • judijo says:

    Um, I was in high school during that time and we were not allowed to wear skirts that short. The vice principal would line us up while we stood upright on our knees, and line up a ruler. Any girl wearing a skirt >4″ above the ground was sent home to change. Public school Anaheim, CA.

    These may be college. They look older, too.

  • A.C. says:

    I’m pretty sure white people weren’t the only ones who went to high school. -________________-

    • Reaper says:

      actually in the 60’s there was still some segregation, so it is plausible to say that this school was still segregated. It is also possible that even though it technically wasn’t segregated, the area they lived in was. You have to remember racism was a long lasting issue for the majority and still butts its ugly head into lives today-from both sides.

  • treillea says:

    the 60’s 70’s …fashion is just inspirational for me .! the dash ..!

  • Horst Engels says:

    Notice how much better people look before they all became obese?

  • Julia says:

    The third to last picture is at my current high school. Hasn’t changed a bit.

  • Comoncur says:

    Some of this is actually stylish but mostly it’s I’ll fitting ugly clothing with tassels

  • Onyx Stubbs says:

    looks like what the kids in my highschool are starting to wear :P

  • Max says:

    Wonderful shots. One thing I noticed is the complete absence of logos, brand names and labeling. Everything looks so pure and simple.

  • Paige says:

    It’s funny, when you think about it. 90% Of these so-called “hipsters” wear things exactly like this today. It’s quite awesome how styles like these are coming back, and are extremely popular, especially among high school students of today. And, it’s even funnier to think about how three, or so years ago, kids in high school would thing clothes like those are boring. Hmm. Shows what we know!

  • Sukhvir Singh says:

    amazing stuff people wear

  • dorela says:

    super cool post! thanks for sharing this!

  • Meg says:

    I have a bunch of my mom’s amazing clothes that she wore in the late 60’s in high school that I wore again in high school and college. I also have a huge collection of amazing patterned tights and thigh highs that a friend bought for me in London a few years ago. A lot of this stuff is coming back around-definitely check out Etsy!

  • cindy says:

    miss my high school

  • Sara Marquez says:

    These are beautiful…I want to turn back time and live in the 60s and 70s, where people seemed to live and breathe fashion.

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    Great pictures!

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  • baju batik says:

    cool fantastic old fashion!

  • Gini says:

    These outfits are so pretty. I wouldn’t definitely wear some of them.

  • Gavin says:

    Also notice the lack of overweight and obese kids in these pictures.

  • Mr. Notice says:

    I notice that the girls back then had much smaller chests than today. What is this a product of? Steroids in our food? Love the outfits though!

  • kathy says:

    I luv this! Oh yeah, I was so cool , my hair half way to my waist, straight and parted down the middle. I strutted around school in fashion preppy clothes. I did’nt see my fav things of all, a villager purse, villager belt or weejuns!

  • Semoob says:

    fantastic old fashion

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  • Tiffany says:

    I see Vans! I think…

  • Ron Stephens says:

    1969 was a great time to be young and I was fortunate enough to take part in the first Camp America programme for UK students and graduates to become camp counsellors at American Summer Camps. I ended up at Camp Sequoia in the Catskills. It was an amazing experience. To visit New York, and later Washington and also to go into small town America in upstate New York (Monticello) was a pleasure and quite extraordinary. I met many super people and experienced American hospitality at its best. My only reget was to return to the UK and find that I had been so close to Woodstock and missed it

  • LondonFog says:

    Thanks for sharing. I just graduated from high school, and it makes me green with envy that I couldn’t have lived in this groovy period of time. Everyone looks so natural, colorful, and unafraid. I’ve always wondered if the photo quality is what people actually saw… it being more faded and smoggy looking. The times seem so much more bland now.

  • David says:

    I’m from portland. This is how half my high school dressed and I love it.

  • alex says:

    They look a little older than high schoolers

  • Jack says:

    These people try way to hard to look hip.

  • Claudette says:

    Love all the outfits. Seems so out there but in a good way.

  • Mike says:

    Aren’t these just hipsters?

  • Ashley says:

    I seriously feel like I was born in the wrong era, I’d love to have been a teenager/young adult in the 60s.

  • Sarah Jackson says:

    Great history… miss my hight school life so much :(

  • Bruno says:

    The girl in the second picture looks just like Lindsay Lohan!

  • Virginia says:

    I ironed my hair, used Prell, used oil of olay, (on the hair to smooth it down) and rocked these outfits with the best of em. I graduated high school in 1969

  • Tommi says:

    It’s so cute how all the styles are coming back! I’m in love with the beaded vest and the skirt with the gladiator sandals!

    beyond cuteee

  • michey says:

    such beautiful pictures!!! and some of the girls hair looks”now”. wow-wish id lived back then

  • Rosochka Crotton says:

    Kids of flowers!! Great times in the world history, and not very much differs of todays fashion, we just should add more colores

  • Mithu Hassan says:

    That was really great and perfect !!

  • Andy says:

    Where i can buy those clothes???

  • Jen says:

    Wow, what amazing fashion, and all from the year I was born. Loving those patterned tights.

  • Kathy says:

    I graduated in 1969 and these pictures are amazing!! Thanks many times over for sharing.

  • Orikinla Osinachi says:

    From the pictures, nothing has really changed compared to today.
    Fashion is often recycled.

  • prerana says:

    makes me happy and want to live that time…

  • admission times says:

    Retro style loving its………OLD is Gold ANY WHERE ANY TIME….

  • closeshot says:

    Nice pictures…… great collection

  • Nitish Kapoor Bureau Newdelhi says:

    mind blowing pic collection

  • gauri says:

    it looks so great ! makes me want to live in that era ! so hot!

  • gauri says:

    beautiful! makes me want to live in that era just to dress up like that

  • Erica says:

    these photos are wonderful! They are soft and happy…..at ease….. The clothing is beautiful and makes me feel automatically comfortable.

  • Jane says:

    Blimey! They DO look healthier! Wonder if we could get a similar craze started again! Whats more – they people actually look happier and seem to be having a lot of fun!

  • sonal says:

    Old is gold i liked the photos , girls are looking beautiful.

  • Brianna says:

    The third to last photo in this collection was taken in front of Denver East High School! I attended East and graduated in 2008! Absolutely amazing to see something like this! Very cool!

  • Miss Kathy says:

    Some of the clothes they wore back in that time era were co cute compared to some of the clothes we wear in this day. I always thought the bell bottom jeans and vest were neat.

  • clare says:

    indeed very nice and remarkable pictures…some clothes they wore back in that time era were co cute compared to some of the clothes we wear in our really crazy days…

  • alicia says:

    these are some super cool pictures! i swear I am such a hippie baby http://everywherenigeria.com

  • thoral says:

    Thank you for this. PRICELESS. I wish I was a teenager in the 60s. I completely feel I belong here.

  • linden Frank says:

    BRING THEM BACK….GIRLS LOOKED GREAT!

  • samara says:

    wow! it’s amazing. when i look at these people i think: colourful happiness

  • Intimates says:

    Very colourful! awesome. Wish i was there

  • style doctors says:

    Just shows that fashions always come back around.

  • Rosemary says:

    This is my favourite era for fashion.

  • baju bdg says:

    like this ;) …

  • Paromita says:

    Very Nice Collection of Pictures from 40s . Retro Looks are rare now a days and its interesting to see those looks and think about past ages. lovely posting and would love to see more of it .

    Best Regards
    Paromita
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  • Linda says:

    The only thing different for me was we DID NOT get to wear shorts, or slacks to school. Our hemlines had to be longer than mini too, ours had to touch the floor if we were kneeling. Or no shorter than the tips of our fingers when standing.

    1969 was my graduating class. I saw baby doll dresses, Roman sandals, hip hugger bell bottom pants …lots of memories….I was transported!

  • Linda says:

    Another thing that makes these smack of being taken much later on….the hair is all wrong. Where are all the big fat lacquered hair do’s??? Girls rarely wore jeans and they were not allowed at school. Boys didn’t were many jeans either….it was wheat pants and cords.

  • Willie says:

    Waaaaay cool!

    just look how happy and carefree they seem….unlike me with my caps-lock stuck on!

  • kimberly says:

    man I wish that it was like this now days but no there is nothing but hoochy women nowdays

  • ChicTrends says:

    Interesting. Loved the small lookbook.

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  • Sandi Shackelford says:

    I graduated high school in 1969 in SC. These fashions didn’t reach us until the next year, but the short skirts were so daring. Thank goodness pantyhose had recently become available!

  • carly tati says:

    I love this post! The tights the girls are wearing in the first photo are so cool! thanks for sharing
    cheers
    Carly
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  • max says:

    I love these pics. Congratulations ;)

  • Lesummer says:

    fashion never gets too old! Amazing!

  • Boxer's Adventures says:

    What a blast from the past! Thanks for those.

  • Katharin Sparks says:

    old is always gold
    nice clothing

  • Web Designers says:

    O Wow! Chics were hot in the 69s.

  • Liliana Ferreira says:

    Great photos ! So inspiring ! Loved !
    xo

  • HannahLynn says:

    Clearly i was born in the wrong era… I’d wear everything! & I wear most of it now anyways

  • Ashley says:

    Simply amazing, I just love the colors, the flowy pant and loose top.

  • BollywoodDhamaka says:

    MUAAH – Super sexy

  • Beatriz says:

    Me encanta! Son geniales estas fotos. Este tipo de look me gusta mucho, adaptándolo a nuestros días pueden estar muy actuales.

  • Kellie The Shoe Diva says:

    I love the way styles keep repeating themselves. The colorful wide legged pants also called Palazzo are popular again, hats are always in style in my opinion and how much fun are those colorful tights!? Love! That’s the year I was born so its fun to see what was trending back then. Thanks for sharing :-)

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  • mariana says:

    beautiful collection that should appear that look again, I love the colors

  • Mabel and Zora says:

    Love this retro take on fashion from the 60’s, we carry very retro clothes!!
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  • Marie flair says:

    These old fashion design are still live at some places.

  • DjiGsBoutique says:

    This is so cool! I occasionally rummage through my mothers clothes from the 70’s to find some unique pieces

  • Wairimu says:

    Loving the knee socks and all the printed tights,unique fashion!!!

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  • Seher Khan says:

    Love 70s and 80s life :’)

  • Jane says:

    Nice pictures and beautiful girls!

  • Alyson says:

    My era – but how we would have loved to dress like this at school! In my english (girls only!) High School it was school uniform right to the age of 18 and yes, we too had to kneel on the floor to have our skirts measured. Modern women seem to have lost the ability to wear colours, my daughters wear nothing but black and neutrals which makes me despair. I protest and persist with my colourful ways – if I can’t find it I make it myself – and above all I never buy grey which is not a colour but a manifestation of depression! I am much encouraged by the comments this post has provoked – maybe oneday I’ll have colourful granddaughters?

  • deepika Arodhiya says:

    nice…loving these

  • Rebeca says:

    I totally love the two first pic look. These remind me of my mom’s old photographs & she had the long black hair as well.

  • Kam says:

    I love the first one! Cute cute cute! :)

  • David Adriaanse says:

    Vintage ♥_♥ Hahahaha I’m so happy it all comes back eventually!

  • Mary s says:

    i started high school in 1969. Fantastic time. Note no backpacks. We carried books in our arms! First year we were able to wear pants to school but my parents did not allow for another year. Skirts and knee socks w loafers!