Popular Culture – Fashion
Fashion has always mirrored people’s attitudes of different times which is definitely true for the 1960’s. This decade was marked by the change in the community and especially the youth culture. Kids grew up and demanded their preferred clothing style. Designers started to bring out more colour and bold designs of clothing. Reds, greens, and other colours attracted the public and soon everyone was wearing vibrant colours instead of the older grey, brown and dull colours.
The 1960’s was the decade in which people rejected the fashion styles from other eras. Clothes were separated in groups and that’s how they were different from everyone else. Attire had been divided in to 'formal' and 'casual' wear, and different separations …show more content…
British teenage supermodel Leslie Hornby, also known as Twiggy because of her stick-thin figure, was a fashion idol to young girls everywhere. Her short, “boyish” haircut and leggy frame embellished the covers of every famous fashion magazine. 1960s fashion was largely youth-driven. Throughout her career, movie star Audrey Hepburn wore simple, flat shoes, three-quarter length pants, and plain black shift dresses. Her clothing style and her beehive hairdo, was copied by millions of women worldwide. Jean Shrimpton made deadlines when she wore a thigh high white dress to the Melbourne Cup in 1965. n 1960s fashion probably the most noteworthy thing to come out of the French Design House was all the beautiful gowns and suits that Audrey Hepburn wore. Besides Audrey Givenchy also made clothes exclusively for Lauren Bacall, Babe Paley, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlène Dietrich, Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, and Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace …show more content…
Many young people were dissatisfied with the prevailing social values, considering them to be shallow and materialistic. Others strongly opposed Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. Many young people began embracing the values of peace, love and freedom and required a different way of life. Many people incorporated shared living and a wandering lifestyle, people also explored Eastern religions, experimented with drugs, and adopted a rebellious style of dress. Non-western cultures inspired clothing styles and fabrics, from countries such as India and Africa. Natural fabrics, tie-dyed and paisley prints were also popular. The people handcrafted their clothes and accessories and personal items were often decorated with beads and fringes. Bare feet or leather sandals were a typical hippie fashion style. The hippie movement also influenced other clothing styles. Denim jeans, which had remained a primary clothing item for many young people throughout the decade, were inspired by hippie fashion. New styles of denim jeans emerged, such as the bell-bottomed, tie-dyed, marbled, and painted
Fashion has always mirrored people’s attitudes of different times which is definitely true for the 1960’s. This decade was marked by the change in the community and especially the youth culture. Kids grew up and demanded their preferred clothing style. Designers started to bring out more colour and bold designs of clothing. Reds, greens, and other colours attracted the public and soon everyone was wearing vibrant colours instead of the older grey, brown and dull colours.
The 1960’s was the decade in which people rejected the fashion styles from other eras. Clothes were separated in groups and that’s how they were different from everyone else. Attire had been divided in to 'formal' and 'casual' wear, and different separations …show more content…
British teenage supermodel Leslie Hornby, also known as Twiggy because of her stick-thin figure, was a fashion idol to young girls everywhere. Her short, “boyish” haircut and leggy frame embellished the covers of every famous fashion magazine. 1960s fashion was largely youth-driven. Throughout her career, movie star Audrey Hepburn wore simple, flat shoes, three-quarter length pants, and plain black shift dresses. Her clothing style and her beehive hairdo, was copied by millions of women worldwide. Jean Shrimpton made deadlines when she wore a thigh high white dress to the Melbourne Cup in 1965. n 1960s fashion probably the most noteworthy thing to come out of the French Design House was all the beautiful gowns and suits that Audrey Hepburn wore. Besides Audrey Givenchy also made clothes exclusively for Lauren Bacall, Babe Paley, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlène Dietrich, Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, and Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace …show more content…
Many young people were dissatisfied with the prevailing social values, considering them to be shallow and materialistic. Others strongly opposed Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. Many young people began embracing the values of peace, love and freedom and required a different way of life. Many people incorporated shared living and a wandering lifestyle, people also explored Eastern religions, experimented with drugs, and adopted a rebellious style of dress. Non-western cultures inspired clothing styles and fabrics, from countries such as India and Africa. Natural fabrics, tie-dyed and paisley prints were also popular. The people handcrafted their clothes and accessories and personal items were often decorated with beads and fringes. Bare feet or leather sandals were a typical hippie fashion style. The hippie movement also influenced other clothing styles. Denim jeans, which had remained a primary clothing item for many young people throughout the decade, were inspired by hippie fashion. New styles of denim jeans emerged, such as the bell-bottomed, tie-dyed, marbled, and painted