60's Fashion Saigon Style

I LOVE these photos of the classy ladies of Saigon from what I am assuming is about the late 60's?  We've all see photos of our mums with the big hair and eyeliner (or perhaps it was YOU dressing to impress) but I have never considered how it would translate overseas. I should have known that the fashion conscious young Vietnamese women of today had fashion conscious mums.

Crescent Mall Fashion???

Is it just me?  I know sometimes the stylings of some Vietnamese fashion houses are not quite what we are used to but when did Big Bird become a fashion icon?