text: Pants were an old story , and they were no longer strictly male ; but the 1960s short-tunic-and-tights costume , especially when worn with high boots , cropped hair , and a hip-level belt , seemed to put girls into the clothes of Renaissance youths , so they looked like Carpaccio dandies or Ghirlandaio toughs .
  
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  The 1960s short-tunic-and-tights costume was strictly male .