Explaining 60s Dolly Style

Hello dolls, 🌼
and welcome to "Explainin 60s Dolly Style"!
Join me on a trip through time back to London in the 1960s were Dolly Girls started to be seen around town.
In the mid 1960s the Dolly Style emerged amongst the youth. Rooted in Mod fashion these girls wore frilly babydoll dresses and did their makeup to appear as doll like as possible.
The essence of Dolly Style lied in its commitment to creating an image of perfect femininity and girlish charm. Aiming for a doll like appearance this look was characterized by short, puffed skirts, Peter Pan collars, and delicate, pastel colors. Lace, frills, and bows were abundant, making every outfit look as if it was plucked straight from a doll's wardrobe. This ultra-feminine style was a form of escapism, allowing young women to indulge in a fantasy world of innocence and beauty.
Pattie Boyd, Britt Ekland and Brigitte Bardot were classic dolly girls while muses like Sharon Tate and Twiggy wore the style for a little while.
Bands like The Beatles and The Monkees made dreamy music for the Dolly girls to dance and aydream to.
Movies like "A Hard Days Night" or "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" were widely successfull while Syd Barret later sang about "A Dolly Rocker".
Despite its brief heyday, dolly fashion left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape. It significantly influenced fashion, music, and visual art, with its dreamy and feminine elements still visible in contemporary design. Modern designers, musicians, and artists continue to draw inspiration from its legacy, ensuring that the dolly style endures as a cherished and iconic part of fashion history.
Dolly fashion remains a nostalgic reference point for the 1960s, capturing the era's playful innocence.
Sending you dolls the biggest hug, thank you for watching! 💌
All my lovin,
xx Emma 💌
Always remember that you are beautiful with & without makeup and that you don't need a lot of clothes to dress vintage! ⭐️
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⭐️ Hello dear dolls and welcome to my channel! My name is Emma Rosa Katharina and I'm making videos all about 1960s & 1970s fashion, makeup, music and pop-culture. I had a baby last spring and I'm uploading vlogs regularly sharing our life as a young family with you.So if you fancy the spirit of these long lost days I wanna welcome you to my world! On this channel, I upload videos every week surrounding topics such as vintage fashion, thrifting and all about the people that made the 60s & 70s so wonderful. So if you're looking for a little time travel back to the days of The Beatles, The Doors and the Rolling Stones I am happy to welcome you to my world! ⭐️
If you made it this far though my description box comment "I know a sweet girl, she seen a Dolly Rocker" 💌
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[@totalpartykill999]

women should never feel bad about styling skirts and tights

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

No one should feel bad about wearing whatever they want 🌼

[@fairyfarms]

so scared i'll get yelled at to grow up-

[@Nonononono280]

I want to add that the twee fashion a subculture of the hispter style blew up between 2009-2013 in the tumblr era and was heavily inspired by the 1960s dolly aesthetic. I absolutely loved this video, i can see why im both attracted to dolly AND twee fashion style they're heavily intertwined.

[@a24-45]

Thanks so much Emma for this exploration of Dolly style. I turned 12 in 1964, and so I got to experience this massive shift in fashion firsthand. And I remember wearing my fringe long exactly like yours, the ends just brushing my eyelashes.(My mother couldn't stand it, LOL). Hope you don't mind me adding the following background info. The direction which women's fashion took in the mid-sixties became possible only because of new developments in textile and undergarment technology. My mother prepared me for adolescence by buying me the established bra style, which had hardly changed since the 1940s. It was a stiff white cotton construction with pointy cups, and was hideously uncomfortable. Along with that came the stiff white cotton suspender belt or girdle, with chunky clips to hold up your stockings, ( not to mention the sanitary belt holder with clips). These items had very little elastic in them, so they lacked give. They looked so utilitarian, too. Then in the '60s came nylon and synthetics, and the invention of stretch fabrics for undergarments. Girls could buy pretty and comfy stretch bras in a rainbow of colours - without all the old-school reinforcing. And wonder of wonders - pantyhose were invented, which meant that stockings, and those horrid suspender belts and girdles which our mothers and grandmas wore, could be thrown away. Pantyhose were 10 times more comfortable, plus we could now safely raise our hem heights without showing the world our suspenders -- win-win! and how we loved to show off our textured pantyhose (where I lived, we didn't call them tights, "tights" then meant thick ballet tights, not nylons for day wear). Pantyhose were available in every colour and every woven pattern you could think of, including my personal favorite, fishnet. We wore heels which were low, comfy and practical with wider toe-boxes, in contrast to our mothers who were still wearing bunion-causing pointy-toe stilettos from the 1950s (eww!); and we didn't need to wear girdles, because the new fashions weren't waist-hugging (again, unlike tight-waisted '50s fashion). By 1967 we weren't even using hairspray any more! But best of all, the Dolly look was not a look that older women could pull off. Our mothers would have looked odd if they started wearing bows on their heads, and “little girl” styles; so we teenagers had this fashion style all to ourselves. 60's fashion did indeed feel like stepping into a new world of youth freedom.

[@ritas5065]

Thank you for this very insightful comment ! ❤

[@piinkoon]

Never getting over how cute this style is~~ Can't believe I didn't know that much about it until now!

[@an-enby-panda7840]

Right? Me neither!

[@abundantlyinspired]

Love this🌸💝As a child of the late 60's I sooo remember being dressed like this. I still adore a lot of the elements of this style.😊

[@andreapardo8441]

“I know a sweet girl, she seen a Dolly Rocker” 💄 Super informative, as always! 🩷 Thanks for these videos. Definitely getting excited about the upcoming wedding content in June 🥰

[@agnesclienrytter2192]

It would be nice to see a video of you explaining Biba fashion, silhouette and philosophy, I love these videos🕊

[@foreveragox]

This video is brilliant! I've such an interest in the history of fashion and its origin within the era it sparked from. Thanks for taking the time to create this - it was so easy to follow and really enjoyable ❤

[@maramma4780]

My fav 60s style!

[@them3lster]

Looking forward to the videos on lesser known styles! So sad the dolly girls grew up😢, but great to see you bringing it back to life for your viewers. ❤

[@triplehearts914]

Ive always loved this look so much!

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Me too! Such a dreamy style 💌

[@sagewowomg]

This is my absolute favorite style trend of the 60s! I just discovered your channel, this video is great 💗💗💗💗

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Oh thank you so much! And welcome to my channel - I’m so happy to have you around! 💌

[@TheMissDebyluv]

Love your videos

[@susanbuckley4153]

Fun and sweet style! 🍓

[@judis6224]

You still wear it em,let's all still wear it,bring it back😊

[@Steven_H_Blackmore]

Excellent presentation! This is my favorite era of women's fashion.

[@babiegirl526]

i love the dolly its kind of coquette a little! i hope your wedding is amazing!

[@jamesnock5572]

Bardot❤. Thank you for another interesting video. She's a dolly rocker🎵🎵🙋‍♂️

[@maya-gur695]

I didn't know about this style until now! Thank you for this video!

[@Elponine]

I love this style . You did such a great job explaining it

[@kirstynhume7666]

Loved this video, love this style, love this series 🥰 Best wishes for your wedding, hope you have a really lovely day Xx 😁

[@elisamcgowan4774]

Great video, thank you for uploading.

[@purpleonmymind]

Very well presented, really enjoyed this,😊

[@hollybolly7073]

that's me✨ danke für das tolle Video! liebe auch die Bradley Dolls

[@leozav9718]

🌸

[@rilian8299]

I love this style one of my many inspirations!! Congratulations on getting married ❤️

[@shwoorp]

Lovely video!! I loved how educational and aesthetically pleasing this was ❤

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Thank you so much doll!! 💌

[@spacebar9733]

Congratulations on your wedding !! I’m excited to watch the videos, going to watch the makeup video now!!

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Thank you so much doll! Hope you enjoy the makeup vid xx 💌

[@mistygrassmyer9565]

You did a great job on this video ✌️❤

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Thank you so much dear! It means a lot 💌

[@karenjoannawarwick]

Great Video as always ,looking forward to the June ones ,you must be getting really excited now . Sending Love from England xxxxx

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Thank you so much dear! I truly can’t wait 💌

[@judis6224]

Your so right em,dolly look,never heard that,if you just saw it,you would say,yes I know that look,but never heard the name for it.😊

[@ginaferracini9375]

Love Brigitte Bardot she was so adorable and beautiful so was Britt Eckland! 🥰

[@zemuuuuu]

awesome video

[@user-fb6of2kc7o]

❤

[@d011p4rtz]

not me literally looking for vintage little girls dresses for my own closet 🥴 but dolly rock girls growing up kinda reminds me of the 90's Kind3rwh0r3 era and the more modern era of this would be lolita and dollcore or morute (morbid cute) fashion, I think

[@megnorman4260]

I love it

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Thank you so much 💌

[@mckennalynn1916]

Great video very informative! Also wouldn't Mia Farrow also be considered someone who wore the dolly style?

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

I’d say so! She definitely wore some Dolly looks. Especially while doing press for Rosmaries baby she wore so many dreamy Dolly looks 💌

[@viworia]

it makes me very happy when youtube's algorithm gets it right! yr channel was a wonderful find ⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧

[@spacebar9733]

Me too I’m so happy 🤗

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Your comment just put the biggest smile on my face! Thank you so much for being here and welcome to my channel 💌

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

And I am so happy that you are here 💌

[@collapsiblechair9112]

A good overview of a short lived fashion. but there is a little mistake. opposition to the vietnam war amongst the young only happened during the late sixties, 1967, well after the dolly look and mod fashion, so it had no relation to the vietnam war.

[@Naturel1622]

Love this🩷🌸🎀

[@cakemeat8321]

i feel like dolly to bohemian is the natural cycle of girls. i always seem to rotate between the two every few years. it also seems to be that way for pop culture too with the most recent example being coquette to more of a western style.

[@garycollingwood4002]

" MERCY GIRL MERCY "

[@ChlariePeace]

Love the doll look Carefree kid not me I had too much worry on from 6 years 😢❤

[@spaghettiking7312]

Way too cute.

[@megnorman4260]

Hello

[@EmmaRosaKatharina]

Hi doll 🌼

[@carolinejohnson22]

They were actually called Dolly Birds 😀

[@syreetadukes4428]

😮 ohh you should do the sex kitten next

[@adariesa]

you talk like shane dawson