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Funny how fashion doesn't just keep truckin' on. At the moment, it's truckin' backward ... to the 1960s. Here's a look at some of the latest fashions of Summer 2007; they look an awful lot like the Summer of Love. At left, a model wears a brightly-patterned minidress from the Summer 2007/2008 collection by Finnish designer Marimekko, who last hit it big in the 1960s.
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Actress Maggie Q may have raided Goldie Hawn's closet for this '60s go-go dress, but it looks great on her at the premiere of "Live Free Or Die Hard" at New York's Radio City Music Hall on June 22, 2007.
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Even the pale lipstick of the '60s is making a return to fashion. Here, Lauren Jones of the television series "Anchorwoman" meets the media at the Fox Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 23, 2007.
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Bell bottoms have their uses. For instance, you can get them on even when you have a big fat bandage on your injured foot. Mini Anden accessorized hers with a hippy-dippy peasant blouse and a pair of crutches at the season premiere of HBO's "Entourage" in New York on June 14, 2007.
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Kiera Chaplin pairs torn bell bottoms with a tie-dyed shirt at the New York premiere of "Rescue Dawn" on June 25, 2007.
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Always a fashion leader, Garcelle Beauvais shows flower power with her white granny dress at the premiere of "Transformers" in Westwood, Calif., on June 27, 2007.
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Nelly Furtado goes sleek in an early '60s-style tight knit dress for a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden on June 7, 2007.
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Carmen Electra wears a mini with a hip-hugging sequined belt to pose with Mini Kisss at the opening of the Ripley's Believe it or Not Odditorium in New York's Times Square on June 21, 2007.
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Kim Kardashian wears a print inspired by modern art at a screening of "Sicko" in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 26, 2007.
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Eva Longoria naturally goes for the classiest of '60s references, the Chanel knit. The "Desperate Housewives" star wears pink for her wedding to Tony Parker at Paris City Hall on July 6, 2007.
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Tanika Ray lets her hair go natural for the 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 26, 2007.
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This summer's Lollapalooza music festival is a time-traveler' acid-colored dream. Ben Harper of Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals performs in Chicago' Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2007.
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Looking like he dropped in from Woodstock, ?uestlove of The Roots performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug. 4, 2007.
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Hey, buddy: the head scarf works, but checked pants were a bummer then and still are now. A fan cools off at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park on Aug. 5, 2007.