Fashion, Fads, and Pop Culture
1960’s Fashion
Channel Suits and Pillbox Hats Worn by chic, wealthy women like Jackie Kennedy
The Go-Go Boot
Platform Boots
The Miniskirt Hemlines had been creeping up since the early 60s, but miniskirts showed more leg than ever before
Hair and Makeup
Bold, Colorful, Knee-high Stocking Socks
And for the Guys………
Groovy Pants
Far Out Jacket
Groovy Shirt!
Counterculture Young people challenged and rejected the values and beliefs of mainstream America and the older generation and older people considered the lifestyles of the young unacceptable. This created a “Generation Gap.”
Hippies a non-conformist group characterized by an emphasis on universal love and world peace rejected society’s rules, especially regarding dress, personal appearance, and living habits
Hippie Fashion Long hair, beads, bell bottom jeans, bare feet or sandals, head bands, loose-fitting or ethnic clothing.
Summer of Love and Flower Power Hippies urged peace, love, and “flower power” They handed out flowers to people they felt were symbols of oppression, such as police officers “Make Love Not War” was their slogan
Love and Peace Van
Woodstock Music and Art Fair Nearly 500,000 people, 3 days in August 1969 Musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Who and The Grateful Dead played. They danced and sang to the music, no one seemed to mind the rain and the mud Reinforced the idea that it was possible for people to come together without anger and violence. “The Woodstock Generation”
The Presidential Election Televised debates between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy were considered a turning point. The handsome, youthful Kennedy looked tan and fit on TV and won the election
The Vietnam War For the first time in history, Americans were able to watch nightly broadcasts detailing progress of the war. They saw first hand how many people were being killed each day This helped change the minds of Americans about the war in Vietnam.
Early 1960’s Entertainment
Late 1960’s Entertainment
First Man on the Moon
Works Cited rollingstone com widipedia com Bradley Library portal: American History Woodstock69.com History in Focus: 1960-1969. United Learning. 1998. unitedstreaming. 27 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>