"If you can remember the '60s, then you weren't there."
Hippy is an establishment label for a profound, invisible, underground, evolutionary process.
For every visible hippy, barefoot, beflowered, beaded, there are a thousand invisible members of the turned-on underground.
Persons whose lives are tuned in to their inner vision, who are dropping out of the TV comedy of American Life.
~Timothy Leary 1967~
The post World War II Baby Boom had created 70 million teenagers for the sixties, and we swayed the fashion, the fads and the politics of the decade.
"How does it feel to be on your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?"
~
Bob Dylan~
California surfers took to skateboards as a way to stay fit out of season, and by 1963, the fad had spread across the country.
Barbie dolls, introduced by Mattel in 1959, became a huge success in the sixties, so much so that rival toy manufacturer Hasbro came up with G.I. Joe, 12 inches tall and the first action figure for boys.
Another doll, the troll was a good luck symbol for all ages. Slot cars overtook toy trains in popularity.
"The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us."
~George Harrison~
The 1960's began with crew cuts on men and bouffant hairstyles on women.
By mid-decade, miniskirts or hot pants, often worn with go-go boots, were revealing legs, bodywear was revealing curves, and women's hair was either very short or long and lanky.
"If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."
Men's hair became longer and wider, with beards and moustaches. Men's wear had a renaissance. 
Bright colors, double-breasted sports jackets, polyester pants suits with Nehru jackets, and turtlenecks were in vogue. By the end of the decade, ties, when worn, were up to 5" wide, patterned even when worn with stripes.
"It's better to burn out than fade away."
~
Neil Young~
Women wore peasant skirts or granny dresses and chunky shoes. Unisex dressing was popular, featuring bell bottomed jeans, love beads, and embellished t-shirts. Clothing was as likely to be purchased at surplus stores as boutiques. Blacks of both genders wore their hair in an afro.
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