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1960s, The Youthquake
1960s · the decade in beauty

The Youthquake

The look goes young and graphic. A new mass beauty arrives for a younger buyer, the last analog decade before the mirror turns digital.

4Houses in the record
MaidenformLeading house40% share
5Placements measured
40%Earned vs paidwritten about
FashionLeading category
1961The defining firstCover Girl launches
Signature moments
Easy, breezy, beautiful
1961

Easy, breezy, beautiful

Noxzema launches Cover Girl with clean, girl-next-door faces and a medicated make-up.

The impactMass beauty goes young and wholesome for the Youthquake.

Cover Girl ›
The graphic eye
1960s

The graphic eye

The mod look makes the eye the face's focus, lashes and liner over lip, as a younger, bolder beauty takes the page.

The impactBeauty's center of gravity shifts decisively to a youth market.

Maybelline ›
The decade by category
Beauty, fragrance, and fashion in the 1960s
Beauty

The look goes young and graphic. Noxzema launches Cover Girl with clean, girl-next-door faces, and a new mass beauty arrives for a younger buyer in the last analog decade.

Beauty in the 1960s
Pond's advertisement, 1961
Pond's · 1961 Photoplay View at the Archive ›
Fragrance

Youth reaches scent too, with lighter, single-note fragrances for the young buyer, though the decade's free-archive record thins as the corpus nears its edge.

No measured houses in this vertical for the decade.

Fragrance in the 1960s
Fashion

The mod line, the mini, and graphic pattern. Swimwear and foundation brands chase a younger, more athletic silhouette.

Fashion in the 1960s
Maidenform advertisement, 1961
Maidenform · 1961 Photoplay View at the Archive ›
From the record · real pages of the decade
Maidenform, 1961
Maidenform1961 Photoplay · view at the Archive ›
Jantzen, 1960
Jantzen1960 Photoplay · view at the Archive ›
Pond's, 1961
Pond's1961 Photoplay · view at the Archive ›
Maybelline, 1960
Maybelline1960 Photoplay · view at the Archive ›

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What the record shows

The houses that owned the 1960s page, by quality-weighted share of voice, measured from the magazines.

YearHouseOutletWhat appeared
1960JantzenPhotoplayBrand name 'Jantzen' appears twice in the undergarme
1960MaidenformModern ScreenMaidenform Co. plant
1960MaybellinePhotoplayMaybelline
1961MaidenformPhotoplayMaidenform—a full-of-promise under-study with firmin
1961Pond'sPhotoplayFrom Pond's, a new delicacy: "Luminous Angel," a tra
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