Are you looking for 60’s style fancy dress? Look no further we have all the ideas you need from the swinging sixties. It was very colourful and diverse decade so 60’s fancy dress clothes could vary from Hippie to Mod to The Beatles Sergeant Pepper style or a sixties movie star to go to the other extreme.
Films to concentrate on to get ideas for 60’s fancy dress costumes are Austin Powers, any original 60’s Teen Beach Movies such as Summer Holiday with Cliff Richard or American High School movies such as Hairspray or Peggy Sue Got Married. You could watch any of these films for inspiration and base your costume on one of the characters.
For men’s 60’s fancy dress there are lots of famous rock stars and musicians to base your outfit on, such as rock legend Jimi Hendrix or those Liverpool lads The Beatles by wearing a brightly coloured Nehru jacket with epaulettes over black straight leg trousers and accessorise with a Beatles wig and moustache and of course some round John Lennon glasses to finish the look.
For a Jimi Hendrix costume you could wear flared trousers, a military style cropped jacket and a big curly wig and moustache, complete with an inflatable rock guitar. You can even buy a complete Sergeant Pepper suit with gold brocade and gold tasselled epaulettes, which of course wouldn’t be complete without round shades, a Beatles wig and a moustache.
Ladies for your 60’s fancy dress outfits you could become a Go-Go girl in a geometric pattern black and white mini dress and cap complete with black 60’s flick wig and PVC knee boots. For extra accessories you can add white gloves and some dangly plastic earrings. Alternatively you can go for a sixties psychedelic look with a short mini dress or flares and a top in psychedelic colours. Or get groovy baby with a retro look including the peace symbol as a pendent or earrings or even a tambourine. There are loads of sexy, funky mini dresses available to buy in bright colours with swirling patterns and flower motifs. You can always add a wig to any fancy dress costume to really achieve an authentic look.
For more 60’s fancy dress ideas for boys or girls dress as a Woodstock Hippie in bell bottoms and a waistcoat with a long wig and a flower power style shirt and accessories. Girls get Hippy Chic in short skirts and knee length platform boots or go for a Mod look in a sixties style black mini-dress with white headband and coordinating sunglasses. Boys can look slick in a grey sixties style suit with shirt and black tie and a guitar to finish of the British Invasion look.