The sixties was revolutionized the period of freedom, while other the seen it like a period of collapse,
morality, respect for authority and discipline.
The change was caused by the youth;
they made influences more than ever before.
In the 1950 they grew up to become
rebellious, they rebelled against the church, state and parents.
Now, younger people, they were no lousier,
they started to have the desire of a better world, with greater honesty and
humanity. All this bring the young people together motivated and interested in
popular culture or simply dreaming of a life full of peace and love.
Is because of the society rules,
which provoked the youth to rebel, making theme do the opposite effect to the
one desired.
So the young people started to ask
theme self if they will stop doing what the people tell them what to do, if
they choose their own partners and choose their clothes.
No sooner this ideas that were
expressed they beginning to become true:
Everything was new like: music, fashion, lifestyle and the philosophy.
In the 1961 there was
experimentation of using the contraceptive pill, without it the sex revolution
would never have taken place.
The economic miracle was still in
full swing and young entrepreneurs with new businesses like clubs, sex shops,
boutique, clubs and underground boutique and in music business, they profited
from the boom.
Young were spending all their
money in: fashion, drugs, travel and rock’n’ roll.
Music was one of the elements that
united all the Western youth; Bill Haley and Elvis Presley had been the
forerunners, but now it was the moment of:
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the
BETLES
·
ROLLING
STONES
·
THE
WHO
·
THE
KINKS
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JIMI
HENDRIX
·
ERIC
BURDON.
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BOB
DYLAN
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DIANA
ROSS
·
BEACH
BOYS
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JOHNNY
CASH
In the 1967 when Beatles and Rolling Stones pronounced
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as their guru, they became the outriders of a movement.
And the Mods with their distinct hair styles and dresses followed new
recognizable fashion rules and were soon likened to the HIPPIES, at least by
the media, which like to lump together whoever was having long hair, use of
marijuana and LSD. They were anti-plastic, pro-natural materials.
Towards the end of
the decade when Mary Quant used a plastic flower on her little-girl fashions
had become a real flower symbolizing an appeal for peace.
In fact the flower was used like demonstration against
social class divisions, intolerance, war and racism.
Succeeding :
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Concerts
were married to alcohol, violence and drugs
·
Homosexual
became active in the gay movement.
Yves
Saint Lauren in the 1960 his shows featured black turtlenecks and leather
jacket, thus making the statement that it was important to dress young Bikers
and Beats in accordance with their standing.
The
manifestation of the new ideas of having huge eyes and long with fake eyelashes
and slim legs, was Twiggy! She was 16 when she became an icon, knowing her for her
long, false eyelashes, exaggerated eye makeup, and her cropped hairstyles.
She
had experiences in modelling business; she was the first model ever to have
mass appeal. After that she has embarked on the road as a
singer and actress and collected several awards.
Now
she works tightly with Marks & Spencer on their billboard campaigns
and television advertisements.
. Twiggy
frequently wore shift dresses in printed advertisements for women's magazines.
The
haute couture establish a new icon: JAQUELINE the fashionable wife of John
Kennedy that became president of the United State in the 1960. They universally
became POPULAR, because of bringing glamour and class to the White House; the
new couple bring a piece of hope .
In the
1966 Jacqueline wore a thigh-high for the first time in public, her style
brought a renewal in fashion.
Andre
Courreges was the first futurist designer , he did not introduced only the miniskirt
in the 1961, but in the 1964 he create an innovative space-age look; on the catwalk his model were dressed with
silver o white suits or pants( of a simple geometric cut) and flat white boots.
Pierre
Cardin him also was captivated by futuristic ideas; he designed outfit that
will be seen nice on robots, that mean : indentation, preformed curvatures and
geometric cuts.
He was
fascinated by black and withe patterns, using unusual colours combinations.
Paco Rabanne
his fashion was made of plastic and metal, and brought to mind astronautical
rigging. ( cerca Jane Fonda in
Barbarella – movie “who are u” polly
magoo”)( but he didn’t make women look like astronauts).
Yves
Saint Laurent he took his source from the street , he made bikers look elegant,
he introduced the tuxedos for women, he add element of Op Art and Pop Art,
hippie influences (most of it for the evening wear)and Eastern inspirations. He
introduced new elements to woman’s outfit like:
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Pants suits, transparent dresses, safari jackets
and the tuxedo that was an item of clothing which to the end of time it will be
connected to him .
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He was the only one who really know how to combine
colours.
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He was affected by the art of Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Matisse.
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1883/84 Yves was the first designer that exhibited
his work shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY.
Going
towards the end of the decade lack of restrictions ruled: futurist shapes and
patterns with folklore and psychedelia, minis coexisted with maxis and pants
with skirts.
In 1961
Yuri Garian was the first person that has been on the space .
1969
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin they wolked on the moon.