[Fiction question] A character wants to dress for the opera (now) in a really retro outfit and wear her hair in a 1969-1970 bouffant. What does her dress look like?

[Fiction question] A character wants to dress for the opera (now) in a really retro outfit and wear her hair in a 1969-1970 bouffant. What does her dress look like?
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answer:To match the hair-do, perhaps a Chanel suit with the chains and a matching pillbox hat. In 1969–1970, I wore minis up to what my grandmother used to call my “pupik.” (It means “belly button” but you see the point she was trying to make.)
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