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In reply to the discussion: The Pretty Little Hippie Chicks Are Grandmas Now. [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)The Mod years were inspired by London; GoGo boots, mini skirts, British Rock Invasion, Shindig, Raving, etc. The Hippie years came from America inspired by Haight Asbury, love beads,(very)long hair, long dresses, California bands, protests against the War, drugs, Woodstock, etc. These are two totally separate times. You cannot lump them together.
Edit: 1967 was the transitional year. I had been out of HS for a year and went to London. Carnaby Street was dying out and the club scene in London was not what it had been I was told. In America the (my) younger generation was changing and SF was replacing London for both clothes, styles, music, and priorities. The people across the pond eventually adopted what was going on in America. While SF was the epicenter of the change, I lived in Greenwich Village and could see the changes there too very early on. GoGo Boots by 1967? No, way for young people. to
Apart from my 9 to 5 job office job during the week, I worked dancing in the coffee houses (Night Owl and Cafe Whaa) on weekends. I wore either mini skirts or jeans when I danced. No gogo boots, or long skirts or dresses. I couldn't dance in that, and mangement wouldn't have liked that either. The customers had no idea that we were PAID dancers. lol