1960s Decade
The Amazing Decade of the 1960s
“Ask not what your country can do for you,; but what you can do for your country-John F. Kennedy”(“John F. Kennedy”). The 1960s was full of excitement, but also filled with shock and disappointment. The people and events of the 1960s impacted the later decades to come. The 1960s also had a lot of improved technology. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the Supercomputer, and unisex fashions were all a big part of the 1960s throughout America.
“I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom-Martin Luther King Jr”(“Martin Luther King Jr.”). Martin Luther King Jr. was a very important person of the 1960s in the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. was a priest, and a Civil Rights leader throughout his life. He had many career accomplishments that made him famous, such …show more content…
The unisex fashion was suitable for both men and women. The public reacted to it surprisingly because it was considered a “revolutionary influence” (“Fashion”). It was also known as the “Peacock Revolutionary” because men started wearing bright colors, and flamboyant styles. Unisex fashions changed American styles. Younger men started to wear it, and as the trend began to grow, older men also started wearing the style. The fashion is still worn today, and is used the same with both men and women wearing it. Men also started wearing necklaces, fur coats, and print trousers, which were borrowed from women’s fashion. Fashions in the 1960s reflected obsessions of money(“Dress”). Fashion was less formal, rigid, and expensive. The people who wore the fashion were considered as “anti-fashion ists” because of the new looks, and both men and women being able to wear the same kind of clothes. Unisex fashions brought an entirely different style, not to just America, but around the world too during the
“Ask not what your country can do for you,; but what you can do for your country-John F. Kennedy”(“John F. Kennedy”). The 1960s was full of excitement, but also filled with shock and disappointment. The people and events of the 1960s impacted the later decades to come. The 1960s also had a lot of improved technology. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the Supercomputer, and unisex fashions were all a big part of the 1960s throughout America.
“I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom-Martin Luther King Jr”(“Martin Luther King Jr.”). Martin Luther King Jr. was a very important person of the 1960s in the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. was a priest, and a Civil Rights leader throughout his life. He had many career accomplishments that made him famous, such …show more content…
The unisex fashion was suitable for both men and women. The public reacted to it surprisingly because it was considered a “revolutionary influence” (“Fashion”). It was also known as the “Peacock Revolutionary” because men started wearing bright colors, and flamboyant styles. Unisex fashions changed American styles. Younger men started to wear it, and as the trend began to grow, older men also started wearing the style. The fashion is still worn today, and is used the same with both men and women wearing it. Men also started wearing necklaces, fur coats, and print trousers, which were borrowed from women’s fashion. Fashions in the 1960s reflected obsessions of money(“Dress”). Fashion was less formal, rigid, and expensive. The people who wore the fashion were considered as “anti-fashion ists” because of the new looks, and both men and women being able to wear the same kind of clothes. Unisex fashions brought an entirely different style, not to just America, but around the world too during the