
The late '60s through your eyes —
Miami resident Craig Riegelhaupt recalls taking this "nerdy family" photo when they moved to the city in 1967. "The bows in my mother's and sister's hair, and my red bow tie and horn-rimmed glasses epitomize the look of the 1960s."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Kathi Cordsen's sister and three of her cousins are seen here posing in Cypress, California, in 1969, showing off the styles of the era.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Cordsen -- whose mother, aunt and grandmother are seen here on vacation in 1967 -- remembers how her mother wore hot pants but she was not allowed to wear them. It wasn't until 1970 that "we were finally allowed to wear slacks to school. Up until that time the only time we (students) could wear slacks was if it was raining."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Janie Lambert, left, said she could only dress as her "strict parents wanted me to" growing up in Tennessee in the 1960s. "I would hike my skirts up and safety pin them when I got to school. Once my dad picked me up and boy, was I busted."

The late '60s through your eyes —
The Hughesville, Maryland, resident posed with her high school sweetheart and future husband at Christmas in 1969. "I loved the British Mod look and models like Pattie Boyd and actress Jane Asher."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Lidija Gorinas loved getting these fashionable robes for her 21st birthday, along with her twin, Milda, in 1967. "Mod worked for me (I was no flower child). Those were the days, my friend."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Lisa Papworth-Buckland, bottom left, went to visit her grandfather's grave in Los Angeles in 1969 and recalls her mother's fashion sensibilities. Later, after her parents' divorce, she "moved into a dome house in Box Canyon and we lived the pure hippie life."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Lydia Gorinas, far right, her twin sister and her friends enjoy a Christmas Eve together in Chicago in 1967. "I loved the '60s very much," Gorinas says. "It was when 'mod' was a noun ... not an adjective as it is now."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Marjorie Zien, second from left, was 10 years old in 1967 when this photo was taken at her Aunt Fran's annual New Year's Eve party. She wore her "really cool mirrored vest" her uncle brought back from Pakistan and a handmade A-line skirt. Her sister, far right, sported a Nehru collar dress accessorized with a medallion necklace.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Josh Johnson's grandparents pose with their kids in Georgia in 1967. "I think the fashion of the 1960s had a different kind of character that is missing in today's style," Johnson says. "I think it was classier and much more respectable."

The late '60s through your eyes —
In 1967, Patricia Anne Alfano was a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. She says the style in the '60s was much more conservative than it is today.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Nikki C. Morris wore a yellow dress and white gloves for her prom in 1967, but she says '60s fashion was too colorful for her taste. "I remember thinking that most of the dresses and the girls wearing them looked like Easter eggs," Morris says. "I wasn't a fan."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Natalie Montanaro, right, and her sister took a photo before their first Holy Communion in 1967. She says many women in the 1960s copied Jackie Kennedy's look. "Really, my favorite look was the short, cropped jackets with A-line knee-length skirts and a pillbox hat with gloves for church," she says.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Milda Contoyannis and her friend show off their dance moves at a house party in 1967. She wore her favorite minidress, and her friend wore a jacket and an ascot tie. "Nothing compares to the '60s," Contoyannis says. "You had to be there when it was happening."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Julio Camerini shared a photo from 1969 of his ninth birthday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He says back then Brazil was influenced by the U.S. when it came to music and fashion. "Rock and Roll dominated the programming on radios, and so did mini skirts," he said.

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Miriam Cintron, right, used an iron and an ironing board to straighten her hair in 1968. "I preferred a more hippie look, but as I said, a clean hippie, not a shoeless one," she says.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Keith Long took this picture of his wife in 1969 on the running board of a steam engine in England. "Sixties fashion was a changing decade -- very dated in the early part and trendy and totally different at the end," Long says.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Rob Bernstein shared a photo of his mother in the late 1960s dressed for an evening event in Acton, Massachusetts. He says fashion back then was a lot more formal than today, but they also wore "crazy colors" too.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Michelle Jones stands with her sister and parents outside her grandparents' home in Newton, Massachusetts, in this 1968 photograph. "I loved the outfits my mom wore. Always the latest fashion. Big eyelashes and big makeup," she said.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Dianne Artley, in the spring of 1967, at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. "In spite of living in a fearful time because of the Vietnam war, there was a sense of hope as everything was changing at warp speed," she said.Click the double arrow to see more photos.

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At 5 years old, Julie West wore a matching coat and hat in 1967. "I fancied myself a movie star or model wearing them," she says. "My mom really liked to dress nicely. Once she settled into her life in Chicago, she loved to shop and always made sure we wore the latest fashions."

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Niena Sevilla's father attended a New Year's Eve party in the Philippines in 1968. Her dad, 18 years old at the time, danced with one of the partygoers he met at the event. "Women of the '60's were so natural," Sevilla says.

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Janie Lambert, pictured in 1968, says Patti Boyd was one of her favorite models, and she loved 1960s fashion -- particularly the "mod" look. "I much prefer the '60s fashion over that of today and am happy to see the style returning once again," she says. "Loud, groovy but tasteful."

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Raymond Johnson, right, poses with his friend on their high school graduation day in 1968. "There are no dress codes today, so young people are free to choose what they like and feel is most comfortable," he says. "That in itself is a giant leap from the '60s."

The late '60s through your eyes —
Dominica Lim's mom, far left, wears a tie and bell-bottom pants as she poses for a picture with her friends in South Korea in 1969. "I think the fashion of the 1960s was very classy with a touch of fun," Lim says.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Teri Coley Adams' parents enjoy an evening in Oahu, Hawaii, in 1969. Her dad is wearing a thin striped tie and a sports jacket. Her mom has on a red linen dress with a matching satin red peacock scarf. "As I recall, the dress was pretty short, well above Mom's knees, but she had the legs for it," Adams says.

The late '60s through your eyes —
Cynthia Carr Falardeau says this family photo from 1969 represents "a time of innocence."