Thursday 14 May 2015

1960-1970

Mary QuantMary quant was a Welsh fashion designer in the 60's-70's. She became a new fashion icon after creating the fashion 'mini skirt' and hot pants. These both became so popular and was a new statement fashion trend that they are still in fashion to this day!





Jacqueline KennedyJacqueline Kennedy was J.F Kennedy's wife and was a style icon to the world with her pillbox hats, oversized buttons, low heeled shoes, pearled necklaces and pretty but plain dresses, She had the well groomed and sophisticated appeal about her.



Fashions Througout 60-70'sThere are so many different types of fashions that want through this era, Hemlines were getting shorter until they were name as 'micro mini's' there was a space theme and futuristic theme running through it using shiny and metallic materials, white boots and goggles, geometric print on dresses, big flares on trousers and sleeves, high plat formed pvu knee length boots, bell bottom trousers, hippy theme where everything was to be cool and peace, the mods who wore parkers and the rockers that wore leather jackets, jeans and rode on their motorbikes.
There was so many fashion revolution in the seventies I think it was the most diverse period of time for fashion. There was so many different types or garments which you could express your self in and be unique.









MusicMusic was a very big thing between the 1960-1970 as there was major pop bands such as the beetles, rolling stones, beach boys and jimmy Hendrix, there were so many different types of music that everyone could appeal to something. Music was so meaningful then that in the 1960 in new York at the 'Woodstock' festival,  over half a million people joined together to portray a peace message that a generation can be united and heard.

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