New exhibit showcases 60s women’s fashion at JOCO museum

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Flare pants, mini skirts and go-go boots. They called it a fashion revolution.

A new exhibit at the Johnson County Museum in Overland Park showcases all the groovy threads women wore in the 1960s.

They break it up into four distinct styles. You can see what the rich socialites wore to lunch and fundraisers.

What working women wore to the office. The edgy styles of modernists who based fashion off the space race and pop culture.

And the hippies, who made a lot of their own clothes. It’s a step back in time to when women started showing their personalities through clothing.

The curator of the Johnson County Museum, Andrew Gustafson, said he could already see the joy the exhibit is bringing to others.

“Groups coming in, small groups, I can hear it in my office upstairs, the laughter and the memories being shared as people remember their childhood, remember their parents wearing clothes similar to what’s on display, so lots of nostalgia, I think, and good memories around this clothing,” Gustafson said.

You can see this exhibit now through the end of the year.

The Arts and Heritage Center is at 88th and Metcalf in Overland Park. The exhibit is free at the cost of admission to the Johnson County Museum.

Click here to learn more about the exhibit.