By 1960, as John and Jacqueline Kennedy - whose personal style was often drawn from French influences - floated into the White House with an aura of American youth, the idea of truly American fashion was not so far-fetched.Īs the rate of changing trends accelerated throughout the 1960s, women who cared about clothes threw off old norms about what was proper - just as much of American society broke loose from restrictions of the past. But during World War II, when trade and communication with Paris grew more difficult, French designers’ counterparts in New York City stepped up. High fashion, after all, was synonymous with France. Courtesy of The Monacelli Press & Museum of the City of New YorkĪs the book notes, for a long time before this period, American fashion hadn’t actually been all that American.
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