Swinging Sixties

The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, centered in Swinging London, emphasizing modernity, fun-loving hedonism and cultural experimentation. It was characterized by the flourishing of art, music and fashion, with notable figures such as the Beatles, Mary Quant, Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton, and iconic shopping areas like King's Road and Carnaby Street. The movement was also marked by music, including the "London sound" and pirate radio stations, as well as British cinema's surge in formal experimentation and countercultural themes. The phenomenon was caused by the large number of young people in the city and the postwar economic boom, and was shaped by the baby boom of the 1950s and the abolition of national service for men in 1960.learn more on wikipedia