Vogue 1963

The 1960s was a period of huge change in the fashion world. Whereas fashion had previously been aimed at a wealthy, mature elite, the tastes and preferences of young people now became important. i feel this has an impact on the character Charley as the world of beauty changes around her and the glamour and womanly admired figure changes into the young skinny girl, she struggles to come to turns with getting older.


During the 1960s, Diana Vreeland was editor-in-chief and personality who tried to target the image of the magazine toward a younger crowd. This transition was developed because of the sexual revolution that was happening. The looks during this period were more contemporary and articles were directed more towards discussing sexuality. The 1960s were a great time when Vogue did most of its expanding, Vogue expanded coverage to include East Village boutiques in New York and started to feature downtown personalities, famous people, favorite places to go. Vogue had plenty of different models at this time and made them all house hold names during the 1960s


Vreeland enjoyed the sixties enormously because she felt that uniqueness was being celebrated. "If you had a bump on your nose, it made no difference so long as you had a marvelous body and good carriage"