"There was a real youth-quake in the 1960s that had its own voice and set its own direction." "As areas of art, pop culture and design merged, fashion, too, came to be seen and experienced in totally different ways." (Whitfield 2005).
The Influence
There are a range of forces influencing the change and continuity in fashion during the 60s. Australian fashion during the 1960s were strongly influenced by the British especially from London. Britain has always had a strong and continual influence on Australia because of the settlement, however Australia’s influences were slowly drifting to America .This was introduced to Australia through movies, magazines, television, designer’s line, models visiting Australia or international popular models and advertisements. Although America was becoming more of an influence to Australia, 60s fashion was still majorly influenced by Britain.