The swinging sixties... I'm pretty sure the same images pop up into people's minds when someone mentions the sixties. It's probably the best known decade of the last 100 years due to it's influence on present society.
Fashion took a new turn too with the popularization of the miniskirt by Mary Quant, and the influence of the space age on clothing which represented the idea of freedom and having no limits. The miniskirt is an outcome of this permissive society and it was much more than a fashion statement. It was a symbol of moving away from the conservative post-war society. Before the miniskirt it was rare to see a woman showing lots of skin in public so this was a new form of liberalism and showed that social norms were being relaxed.
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