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Music tecnology fashion and feminism (Music ((Although rock and roll began…
Music tecnology fashion and feminism
Music
Although rock and roll began having
an effect on Britain in the 1950s, it wasn’t until the early Sixties and the emergence of ‘British
Invasion’ groups like The Beatles, that music truly began its revolutionary changes.
tecnology
Technological advancements of the 1960s drastically changed how people spent their leisure time.
The increase in employment in factories and increase in money allowed people to spend more on
leisure activities. Colour television and pocket transistor radios allowed people to spend their free
time listening to music and watching TV. Every teenager owned a transistor radio allowing them to
listen to pop music on the move. The microwave oven shortened the amount of time women spent
in the kitchen, further allowing them more freedom and time to enjoy themselves. By the end of the
decade, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin achieved the impossible by becoming the first men on the
moon in 1969. It ended the decade on a note of optimism and the ability to dream for something
bigger and better.
feminism
Feminism began to become a more influential ideology as more jobs became available to young
women in the Sixties. This allowed them to move away from home and become more independent.
fashion
in the decade mirrored many of the social changes of the Sixties. Mary Quant became
famous for popularising the mini skirt which became the epitome of 1960s fashion. The mini was
designed to be free and liberating for women, allowing them to “run and jump”. Her fashion designs
used simple geometric shapes and colours which gave women a new kind of femininity. Women
were free to wear more playful, youthful clothes that would have seemed outrageous ten years
before. By the late Sixties, psychedelic prints and vibrant colours began appearing on clothes as the
hippie movement gathered pace.
bigger and better.