FASHION IN THE 1960S
By: Emma, Sam, Tess
and Caroline
Samantha
HISTORICAL EVENTS
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Civil Rights Movement
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The Space Race
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It begun by the Soviets in 1957, and was
highlighted by Alan Shepard, the first
American in space in 1961. In 1963, John
Glenn was the first American to orbit the
earth. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in
Apollo XI, were the first men to walk on
the moon in 1969
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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Samantha
The movement began with Martin Luther
King Jr. and Stokely Carmicheal leading
sit-ins and peaceful protests. Malcolm X
preached about Black Nationalism. After
his assassination in 1965, riots broke out
in Los Angeles. The term “blacks” became
socially acceptable, replacing “Negros”
He was assassinated by Lee Harvey
Oswald in 1963. His Vice President
Landon B. Johnson became president and
was reelected the following year.
HISTORICAL EVENTS
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Woman’s Rights
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Cigarettes
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A surgeon general determined that
smoking was a health hazard, and in
1965 required cigarette manufacturers
to place warnings on all packages and
in all ads
Scientific Discoveries
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Samantha
The Presidential Commission of the
Status of Women presented disturbing
facts about women's place in our
society. The Nation Organization for
Women questioned the unequal
treatment of women and created
Women’s Lib. The Civil Rights Act of
1964 was amended to include gender.
The first clone of a vertebrate, a South
African tree frog, was produced in
1967
Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first
artificial heart in a human, and it kept
the patient alive for three days until a
human heart could be transplanted
Space
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Alan Shepard was the first American in space in 1961. In 1963,
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in Apollo XI, were the first men to walk
on the moon in 1969. This new frontier began to have an influence
on fashion in the 1960's. Space-age silver which was mixed with
primary colored prints taken from Pop and Op Art. Novel fashion
materials were introduced, including shiny, wet-look PVC, easy-care
acrylics and polyesters.
Emma
The Woodstock festival in 1969 was a protest
to pull soldiers from the Vietnam War, which
was happening at that time. However, the
main focus of the festival was aimed to
support love, peace and freedom so the
"hippies" objected to war and any
discrimination
 Hippies wore flare jeans, tie-dyed shirts, maxi
dresses, peasant tops, beads, sandals, and
ponchos
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EVERYDAY 60S FASHION
Caroline
Tess
STYLES
Mini skirts : He made
lots of mini skirts as a
trend and to save fabric
because it was
expensive.
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Mondrian dress: Dresses with a
variety of different colors and
geometric shapes. This dress was
inspired by the artist Piet
Mondrian.
Hats: He
designed
small hats
that hugged
the head,
they usually
had a bow or
a feather on
them to make
it look
feminine
Pea coats: button
down coats with
collars. Made in
a variety of
different colors.
Caroline Castino
FASHION TRENDS
Mini-Skirt
 Paint Box Make-up
 Shiny, Plastic
Raincoats
 Pinafore Dresses
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Samantha
Go-go boots are a women's
fashion boot worn since the
mid-sixties when fashion
silhouettes focused on
accentuating the leg. They first
appeared in the 1960s.
Emma
The late 1960′s counterculture
movement brought us bells and
flared pants that were tighter at
the knee and flared from there.
Rising hemlines and
the mini-skirt
The 1960s saw the appearance of the miniskirt. Up until that time, skirts and dresses
in finished sensibly at the knee. New
soaring hemlines created huge controversy
when they first appeared, exposing
centimetres of thigh never before seen in
public.
Mini-skirts represent more than just a
fashion landmark of the decade - they have
become an icon of the general culture of
rebellion that characterised the 1960s.
Emma
Dresses in the 1960s were A-line
and very geometrical in their shape.
They were a straight fit.
Emma
Hairstyles
Emma
The ’60s held some major changes for hairstyles. At
the beginning of the decade, beehives, bouffants,
and styles reminiscent of the ’50s were the
dominant styles. (Think the movie Hairspray!)
Towards the middle of the decade, the slick pixie cut
was popular
Fashions in the early years of the 60s
reflected elegance of the First Lady,
Jacqueline Kennedy. In addition to
pillbox hats which were designed by
Oleg Cassini and worn heavily by
Kennedy, women wore suits, usually in
pastel colors, with short boxy jackets,
and over-sized buttons.
Emma
Makeup
Mod makeup was a crucial
part of the Mod movement.
Lips were left bare, covered
over with foundation, or even
painted with nude lipstick in
order for the focus to be put
on the eyes. Mascara was vital
and each application was so
thich that the lashes clumped
together, appearing to be false
eyelashes, which were also in
style. Eye makeup was very
harsh as dark eyeliner was
applied all the way around the
eye, and eyeshadow on the
entire eyelid.
Emma
FASHION
DESIGNERS OF
THE 1960S
“IT HAD BEGUN TO DAWN ON US THAT
BY LUCK… BY CHANCE… PERHAPS
EVEN BY MISTAKE … WE WERE ON TO A
HUGE THING. WE WERE IN AT THE
BEGINNING OF A TREMENDOUS FASHION
RENAISSANCE.
MARY QUANT, 1967
Tess
MARY QUANT
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Samantha
Mary Quant was born on February
11, 1934 in London. Quant achieved a
diploma in Art Education from
Goldsmiths and went on to become an
apprentice couture milliner, where
she started designing and
manufacturing clothes. Convinced
that fashion needed to be affordable
to be accessible to the young, she
opened her own retail boutique,
'Bazaar', in 1955. In her quest for
new and interesting clothes for
'Bazaar', she was not satisfied with
the range of clothes available and
decided that the shop would have to
be stocked with clothes that she
made. Knee-high, white, patent
plastic, lace up boots, and tight,
skinny rib sweaters in stripes and
bold checks that she designed came to
symbolize the 'London Look‘.
Samantha
CLAIM TO FAME
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Tess
Mary Quant will forever be acclaimed as an icon
of the Fashion World as the originator of the
mini. Despite no formal training, she became a
leading influence of style during the 1960’s. As
her popularity grew, she created the micro mini,
shiny boots, shift dresses and then cosmetics.
Her designs were youthful, playful and
trendsetting. She started out as a boutique
owner In Great Britian and when she tired of
what was available to sell, she began creating her
own designs. In 1967 she received the OBE
Award from the Queen. She wore a mini to the
Palace to accept. She cemented her place in
history.
PUCCI
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Emma
Emilio Pucci was born in 1914 of one of Florence’s oldest noble
families, and would live and work in the Pucci Palace in Florence for
much of his life. He was a keen sportsman, who swam, skied,
fenced, played tennis and raced cars
Emilio Pucci’s namesake label started in the forties, on the slopes in
Switzerland, when the designer’s work was discovered by a Harper’s
Bazaar photographer. But what began with ski garb has expanded
into an empire that includes ready-to-wear, swimwear, shoes, and
home décor, with almost everything carrying the iconic,
kaleidoscope-like prints that have become instantly recognizable.
Pucci fans included some of the sixties’ most photographed women—
Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—
bringing the brand into the public eye
PUCCI PRINT
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Emma
Italian designer Emilio Pucci’s prints were some of the most mimicked in the .
Known for geometric shapes in a kaleidoscope of colors on top quality stretch fabrics
and silks, the “Pucci print” exploded stateside in the ‘60s because it was so
appropriate for the bright, bold and psychedelic styling of the marvelously mod era.
The jet setting crowd loved to wear a Pucci print when on vacation, especially to
Pucci’s Mediterranean stomping grounds a la Italy, Greece and the Island of Capri.
Emilio Pucci’s innovative and bold use of patterns pushed textile design,
color chemistry and pattern/textile engineering in demanding steps forward in the
1960s and 1970s. The results of Pucci overseeing every detail of production are still
influential in 21st century fashion. Famous for his innovative, colorful, and complex
patterns, Pucci revolutionized textile design and how it is used to enhance, emphasize,
and flatter the female body.
Emma
Emma
Emma
EMILIO PUCCI
Emma
BIOGRAPHY
Yves Saint Laurent was born on August 1, 1936, in Oran, Algeria. Saint
Laurent set the stage for style during much of the 1960s. Growing up he
lived with his mother Lucienne and his father Charles. He grew up in a villa
by the Mediterranean with his two sisters Michelle and Brigitte. Saint
Laurent had a rough childhood he was bullied in school for appearing to be
homosexual. As the years went on he became very interested in fashion he
dressed his sisters dolls and then started making simple dresses for his
sisters and then they became more complex. At 17 he traveled to Paris
where he got to see all different types of fashion this trip really inspired him
to become a designer.
Soon after he became a designer, he really wanted to be known as a
person and to show all his schoolmates back home that he turned out to
really be somebody in the world. He designed many original ideas like the
mini skirt. He liked to play around with shapes, lines and lots of color in his
60s designs.
In the 1980s Yves saint Laurent was a fashion icon. He was known
all over the world. He organized many fashions shows all over. By 1990 he
was ready to retire, he left the fashion world with a fashion show in 2007.
He died a year later June 1st 2008 after a brief illness. He will
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be
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known for what he brought to the fashion world.
Yves saint Laurent’s experimented with color and
shapes he brought more of a happiness to fashion. He
worked a lot with splashes of color and a lot with
geometric shapes like shown in the Mondrian dress.
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Yves Saint Laurant
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