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Youthquake (movement)
Youthquake
was a 1960s fashion, musical and cultural movement. The term was coined by
Vogue
's
editor-in-chief
Diana Vreeland
in 1965.
London
was the centre of the movement.
Teenagers
dominated the fashion and music scene. The fashion of youthquake was fun, spirited and youthful –
miniskirts
and
jumpsuits
. Poster girls of the youthquakers such as
Jean Shrimpton
,
Twiggy
,
Penelope Tree
,
Veruschka
, and
Edie Sedgwick
were often on the cover of fashion magazines such as
Vogue
.
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