By far one of my favourite periods of time in history! The sixties saw the arrival of the mini skirt followed by hot pants to the beehive hair style, you name it the sixties made it happen!
The Supremes!
Definetly one of my favourite motown groups! They came about during the sixties bringing sparkle and glamour to the music industry, showcasing their big hair and diamonds!
They were major rivals with the beatles through the sixties.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18
Members of the Supremes included, Diana Ross (lead singer), Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard when in 1967 the group was renamed 'Diana Ross and the Supremes' until the 1970 when Ross pursued a solo career and was replaced with Jean Terrell. There for the group's name reverted to 'The Supremes'. Some of the Supremes major hits during the 60's include: baby love, come see about me and stop in the name of love which to this day I believe are motown classics still played on the radio!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23UkIkwy5ZM
Woodstock festival was a big event in 1969 bringing hippies and Mod's together! Mods were seen wearing parkers or vespers were as hippies would be seen wearing peace sign necklaces or embellishments with big flower or tie dye prints. Jimi Hendrix was one of many acts who played at the 3 day festival; many thousands of people went to the festival. Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, there were two recorded fatalities: one from what was believed to be a heroin overdose and another caused in an accident when a tractor ran over an attendee sleeping in a nearby hayfield. There also were two births recorded at the event (one in a car caught in traffic and another in a hospital after an airlift by helicopter) and four miscarriages.
1964 saw an outbreak in the clash of two youth groups, Mods and Rockers which lead to major riots in the South of England. Mods as mentioned above being seen at Woodstock saw Rockers as oafish and grubby were as Rockers who were known for being centralised around motorcycling wore leather jackets and saw Mods as snobby and weedy. A great film I enjoyed watching is Quadrophenia which helped my knowledge between both youth groups and I liked seeing the individual fashions both groups wore!
Biba's first shop was opened in Kensington, London 1964.
Mary Quants first shop was called Bazar which she opened during the sixties.
Audrey Hepburn helped advertise Givenchy as she wore alot of the garments produced by Givenchy which helped expand the designer label. Another deisgner to include is Pierre Cardin who was a big tailor during the sixties.
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