The New Christy Minstrels (1966)

I came across this New Christy Minstrels album cover in the Retro Records Flickr Group. Clothes of the paleo-future are often impractical but I really don't mind what this woman is wearing. The bug-eyed helmet is the only thing that seems absurdly unnecessary. Otherwise, it seems like pretty standard 1960's mod fashion.

Comments

[Elspeth]

Hey, I own that album! I love their '60s covers!

[Steve Muhlberger]

Probably that was some woman hanging around the studio or the photog's office.

Still doesn't explain the helmet.

[Cipher]

The ensemble was designed by Rudi Gernreich, who's probably most famous for designing the "Monokini."

[Devi B.-Luna]

How do you know for a fact that Rudi Gernreich designed that dress?