1970s Flashcards
(36 cards)
____ was a Political Movement rooted in suburban SUN BELT celebrating free market - resented government (hippies)
The New Right
Environment takes off - ppl celebrate first ____
Earth Day
Face of the Feminist right movement
Gloria Steinem
Womens right expanded social/political
- congress passes _____
Equal rights amendment
Nixon becomes impeached due to ____
Watergate scandal
Fashion media at time
People and Essence Magazine
Model aesthetic was
Fresh faced Americans and blondes
Models now have
Personality/name for themselves
____ was known for her tooth gap
NYC modeling career , biggest contract in history with Revlon
Lauren Hutton
___ was discovered at a post office in Paris and was the OG covergirl
- modeled for sports illustrated
- photographed in six continents/ 30 countries
Christie Brinkley
First black model to be featured on US vogue of magazine & Cover of the French edition of ELLE
Beverly Johnson
First African American model to receive prominence on fashion runway
- friends with Andy Warhol
Pat Cleveland
First US supermodel (haute couture and commercial modeling)
- addicted to heroin dies at 26
Gia Carangi
Clothing becomes more ___
Unisex
Explain casual clothing for women
Tank tops, no bras, tube tops
Shorts equivalent to the miniskirt
Hot pants
- worn in 30s for sports/beachwear
- womenswear daily named them
Who designed first fashionable hot pants
Mary quant and Mariuccia Mandelli
- made nylon, velvet, satin, fur, cotton
_____Pants become popular
Trousers, wide-legged bell bottoms, knickers, gauchos, narrow cig cut, hot pants
70s sweater weather
Turtlenecks, huge knits, layering, more volume in tops
Biggest Denim brand
Calvin Klein
- jeans worn by young ppl
- unisex
- full body denim
Lingerie/loungewear
No bras
- diff cuts/styles undies
- goes back to 20s/30s
◦ Pastels, bias cut, lace trim, lace inserts
Initially ignored, exposed in DJ underground clubs, catered to black gay/Latinos but later transcends ethnic lines
Disco
____ boots became popular
FRYE
Legwear called ___
Leg warmers