GOING, GOING, AND GONE. THIS WOULD BE VINTAGE KENS LAST ENSEMBLE COLLECTION. HE WOULD OF COURSE REAPPEAR IN 1968 AS GOOD LOOKIN KEN, A VERY DIFFERENT LOOKING DOLL WITH A COMPLETE NEW WARDROBE.
1966: KENSWEAR ENSEMBLES
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1964: KENSWEAR ENSEMBLES
LITTLE THEATER, TRAVEL AND A MOVE TOWARD MOD
1963: KENSWEAR ENSEMBLES
1962: KENSWEAR ENSEMBLES
1961: KENSWEAR ENSEMBLES
THE FIRST NINE
HOME: THE FURNITURE / MID CENTURY MODERN
THE MAJORITY OF THESE PIECES WERE NOT NEW IN THE 1960’S, BUT THEY HAD TAKEN A BIT OF TIME TO BE NOTICED AND ACCEPTED.
MOST OF THESE PIECES ARE CONSIDERED VERY NEW TO TODAYS CONSUMER.
WE ON THE WHOLE ARE VERY SLOW TO CATCH UP, WE LIKE WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
THE ICONS
THE DESIGNERS
THEIR FURNITURE
THE CONVERSATION
ARCHITECTURE: THE SKYSCRAPER
TOWERING MONOLTHS, NO STEPPED LEVELS, NO INTRICATELY CARVED TERRACES, JUST CLEAN CUT GEOMETRY.
MENSWEAR: ACTIVE SPORTS WEAR
CLOTHING/ATTIRE USED FOR PLAY AND SPORT. THESE PIECES WERE SPORT SPECIFIC AND NOT WORN FOR EVERY DAY WEAR, YET!
MENSWEAR: THE HAT
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, BUT NOT FOR LONG.
HATS WOULD BECOME SUPERFLOUS BY THE EARLY 1960S, THEN PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS YOUNG AND POWERFUL AND MUCH ADMIRED. HIS NON HAT WEARING PUBLIC APPEARANCES WOULD QUICKLY LEAD OTHER YOUNG MEN TO FOLLOW,
MENSWEAR: THE TOP/OVER COAT
IT WENT ON TOP, OR OVER, IT PROTECTED THE UNDERLAYERS, AND THE WEARER FROM THE MORE EXTREME ELEMENTS. WOOL FOR WINTER, POPLIN OR A SYNTHETIC BLEND FOR SPRING
KEN AND ME 