The Point Of Fashion Mary Quants Eyes And The Huge...

â€Å"The point of fashion is to not get bored of looking at somebody, I think the point of clothes for women should be, one, the one you notice, two, that you look sexy and three, that you feel good† (CBC, 2014). My essay is an insight to the relationship between what 1960s fashion was in Mary Quants eyes and the huge influence she had on youth’s attitudes, thoughts and their sense of identity. After the baby-boom – teenagers were coming into youth, they didn’t want to dress like their mothers, they didn’t want to wear makeup like them either, they were excited and obsessed with trying out new things that would rebel against the norms, creating their own identity and replacing their interest with what the 60s had to offer. The 1960s offered and permitted the young full identification and high spirit. Rock ‘n’ Roll music fitted in perfectly in young youth mood, â€Å"they had discovered that clothing and image were a means of non-verbal communication† and it was a great way of publicising an identity that was in opposition to adult standards and norms. Hence, dominant fashion designers like Mary Quant and John Stephen, designed and fashioned clothes for the young for them to express independence and empathy. Similarly influence from America came to England. Food, clothes and pop music, celebrities, were all an outlook to our obsessio ns with the trends in the 60s. Likewise, The Mods also came a part of the ‘Swinging 60s’ who were â€Å"dedicated followers of fashion and were totally