1960's Fashion Trends

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Becoming sick with the old rules and a conservative society, the young people of the 60’s sought out to find something new, and this was the decade of optimism. During the post-war period, people had time to re-build, both financially and socially. People had more money and the young people often earned money on their own as well as allowance from their parents. Therefore, the young people could create their own identity, separate from those of their parents. For the first time ever in any fashion era, the young became the leaders of fashion. This, along with sexual revolution, the space race, curiosity for other cultures, The Vietnam War and Woman’s Liberation Movement was some of the happenings, ideas and thoughts that changed fashion forever. …show more content…

Men often let their hair grow long (especially hippies), and for the African American, the afro became the hairstyle of choice. This was very controversial at that time. Boys were supposed to have a neat hairstyle, but the young generation wanted to make changes, and so they did. These fashion trends took off because they were so different from what have been and to wear them, you had to be young, to be able to get away with such a controversial outfit (Whitley …show more content…

The slogan was invented in opposition to the Vietnam War. People who were in opposition to the Vietnam War were called hippies. They used flowers as a symbol for life, love and peace and they created a hippie culture. Their culture reflected the way they dressed. They dressed in flowery clothes and wore flowers in their hair and around their necks. Both men and women grew long hair, and women wore little or no make-up. The clothes were often wide and large, symbolizing the freedom the hippies represented and the colors were very natural, which was symbolic for nature. The style also included bell-bottom jeans, tie-dye and batik fabrics and paisley prints (Powe-Temperley

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