Peace and love mannnn......
Teenagers were gaining power.
Many of them taking up part time jobs.
Affluent adolescents of the 50's were to
become the source of a budding youth culture. Which was to blossom into full flower power in the coming decade.............
Youth was in the forefront of society
The generation gap was growing
Youngsters were becoming more confident
Determined to create their own style...........................
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| Grease Lightening! |
Grease Lightening!!!
Pop artists embraced commercial and particularly American Culture.
Every teenager began to follow American
Fashion cults.
The Teds version was more extravagant
Jackets became brightly coloured
Trousers were narrowed so much that they
became know as “DrainPipes”
The Juke ... had just been released into the pubs for people to choose their own music choices! Celebrities- Actors/ actresses and musicians were also creating a massive hype in the public eye, in a completely different from how they were. Glamour and eccentricity was definitely on it's way back.
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| Elvis Presley |
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| Marilyn Monroe |
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| Jane Russell |
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| Marlon Brando |
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| Jayne Mansfield |
Thick crepe soled shoes were added to the fashionable society.
“Brothel Creepers” which have recently been trending recently.
Hairstyles were greased with Bryll Cream (Elvis inspired)
Long Quiff at the front and a D.A. at the
back.
Pop art..
A new art movement was fast approaching. Andy Warhol's pop art was emerging. Fashion rejected wartime values of quality and permanence.
Another fashion revolution was happening
inside the textile mill.........
Science
had arrived in textiles.
Synthetic
materials such as Acrilian and Orlon, Dacron and Poplin were developed.
Together
with nylon (invented during the 1930s) these new fabrics took over from wool
and cotton.
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