The 1960s
The Baby Boomers
• 70 million post-war babies became teenagers
• Movement away from the conservative fifties
• Result: real change in the cultural fabric of American life.
• No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, WANTED CHANGE
• Changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment.
Youth Toys
• Surfers wanting to stay in shape turned to Skateboarding
• Barbie introduced in 1959, followed by G.I Joe
• Trolls
• “Slot Cars” – Toy cars
Music• 1960, Elvis returned to the music and other 1950s
artists
• America, however, was ready for a change.
• More Rock specializing in rhythm and blues– The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, The Temptations
• Bob Dylan helped bring about folk music revival
• The Beach Boys appealed to high schoolers
• The Beatles, from England, burst into US
• 1960's began with crew cuts on men and bouffant hairstyles on women.
• Casual plaid/button down shirts on men, knee length dresses for women
•Mid-decade: •miniskirts or hot pants, often worn with go-go boots•women's hair was either very short or long and lanky.
•Men's hair became longer and wider
•Jeans became a staple in fashion
Fashion
• 1960's began with Crew Cuts on men and bouffant hairstyles on women.
• Casual plaid/button down shirts on men, knee length dresses for women
Fashion – Early Sixties
Fastion – Mid/Late Sixties
• Mid-decade: • ________________ or
________________, often worn with ___________________
• women's hair was either very _____________ or _____________________________.
• Men's hair became _____________ and ___________
• _________________ became a staple in fashion
The Art
• Rise of Pop Art – bring art into the mainstream
• Famous Artist – Andy Warhol
The Counter Culture
• A Rebellion from Conventionalism
• Generally white middle class college youths
• Known as “Hippies”
• Goal: create a setting of “Peace, love, and harmony”– Sometimes called “age of Aquarius”
• Eventual collapse – drug use/lack of organization, a couple of violent events
Hippie chic
• Long hair for men and women
• Clothing became part of self-expression
• Loose, “ethnic” styles
• Hand made, embellished items
• Sexual, colorful, nonconformist