1960s Fashion Research Paper

1960s Fashion

The 1960s fashion swung from one end of the spectrum to another as women’s fashion followed the trends worn by the iconic Jackie Kennedy in the early years. The introduction of miniskirts that was originally invented by Mary Quant and the pillbox hat introduced by fashion icon Jackie Kennedy made the biggest impacts on modern fashion in the 1960s. Jackie Kennedy’s style was well-fitted, simple, and clean. In comparison to the flapper look during the 1920s with short, bobbed hair, and false eyelashes with hairstyles that varied in lengths and styles. In the 1960s, people dressed in bizarre prints, highlighter colors, and mismatched pattern. During the late 1960s, the hippie movement also strongly influenced women’s

Social media has completely changed the experience of entertainment by allowing people to interact from all over the world, to create, share, or exchange information and content, interests, ideas, and pictures/videos. Social media, including, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter has rapidly increased in popularity. Another form of entertainment, especially for teenage boys are video games with different genres ranging from shooting games (Call of Duty: Black Ops), action games (GTA), sports games (FIFA 16), and many more. Film and Music in Canada are still mostly created or are from the United States film and music industry. Furthermore, movies have impacted the entertainment industry, on contrary to previous decades which focused around stage plays, and radios. With streaming sites like Netflix, all DVD can now be found with a simple web search. Essentially, technology plays a major role in bringing and developing a variety of entertainment now enjoyed by

After WW1, many industries were introduced, plastics and pesticides were developed out of inventions during the war as well as important new resources were discovered. In 1947, oil was discovered at Leduc, Alberta. Boom towns resulted from the new mines and wells that were developed in the wilderness. Manufacturing also grew, but it was focused almost exclusively in Ontario and Quebec. The government improved infrastructure, investing in building new sewers, roads, schools, power plants, and hospitals as well as the Trans-Canada Highway, the Saint Laurence Highway, and the Trans-Canada pipeline (3 megaprojects) from increased money from taxes. American’s began to invest in Canada’s oil industry, as they were running short of raw materials. By 1967, Americans owned 88% of Canada’s oil industry, which was both good and bad for Canada’s economy. The advantages where, the plants provided jobs for Canadians, Canada’s industries benefitted by the American’s technology, and this provided more tax revenues for the Canadian government. However, the profits from these branch plants and resource extractions went to the Americans, and this meant Canada was losing control of their own economy. The Canadians benefitted from the new wealth as Canadian workers had more money and leisure time. But behind all the wealth Canada was earning, not all benefitted from the wealth as unskilled