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"So, we've mentioned a lot about ethnic prints and hippie influences and I wanted to talk a little bit more about that. Now this dress, is really an example of a bunch of different sorts of trends. First of all, it's cotton and it's handwoven, which goes with the authenticity which we had talked about earlier. Also, notice the patterns on it. There's a pattern on the skirt and there's a vertical pattern here on the bodice which refers to certain various ethnic prints. When I say ethnic, I'm talking about Native American prints, the indigenous tribes in South American or in Africa. Also, for the fit of this dress, notice that the waist is still emphasized, as it was with a lot of '70's clothing such as those high-waisted pants that we talked about in the disco fashion. However, as for the sleeve here, we have sort of balloon sleeves which were traditional in those indigenous cultures that we've been talking about to. So, you sort of have a mix of both of them. The length of the dress is very interesting too because it, sort of, shows what I talked about, where you could wear a miniskirt or you could wear a long skirt, or you could wear this. This is called a mid-length skirt. Also, the high neckline, that I am talking about here, was also popular. Even though, the low neckline was popular in disco, you could wear both. So, this is one example of an ethnic print. I have another one here that I can show to you. This is a caftan, which was very, very popular in the '70's. My mom now wears it as a bathing suit cover-up, but she let me take it, for this. The colors and the stripes are reminiscent of Mexican or Guatemalan colors and clothing. This would be worn as something to lounge around the house in or even as something to wear outside. Once again, it was supposed to be reminiscent of indigenous cultures from other continents. "
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