Fashions That Came…And Stayed

Pantyhose/Tights!   I’m old enough to remember garter belts and my stocking always falling down!

In 1953, Allen Gant, Sr., of Glen Raven Knitting Mills developed  hose that he named “Panti-Legs”, but these were not brought to the open market until about 1959.  Just in time for the MINI SKIRT!

Fashions That Came…And Stayed

SNEAK-ERS      In the 1800s, a London police officer developed a rubber-soled shoe in order to catch criminals in the act quietly. He called his invention “sneakers”. The name derived from the fact that the rubber soles of the shoes made them noiseless.  WIKIPEDIA

Fashions That Came and Stayed…

The NY Giants win the Super Bowl.

The first Super Bowl Game was played in 1966.  The Super Bowl trophy is named after  Vince Lombardi, famed coach of the Green Bay Packers. The Packers won the first two Super Bowl Games.

What started as a simple championship game has become a mega day of entertainment, advertising and parties.

It is driven by $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

Lamar Hunt, owner of the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, first used the term “Super Bowl” Hunt would later say the name was likely in his head because his children had been playing with a Super Ball toy (a vintage example of the ball is on display at the Pro Football Hall of  Fame  in Canton, Ohio). Wikipedia

Fashions That Came…And Stayed

Fashions That Came…And Stayed

1963--created by Harvey Ball

A smiley, smiley face, or happy face, (☺/☻) is a stylized representation of a smiling human face, commonly occurring in popular culture. It is commonly represented as a yellow (many other colors are also used) circle (or sphere) with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth. “Smiley” is also sometimes used as a generic term for any emoticon

Invention of Smiley Face—Harvey Ross Ball

1953

2012

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THE MINI SKIRT     

Mary Quant---Mother of the Mini Skirt

When a young upstart British designer named Mary Quant opened her boutique Bazaarin 1955 on King’s Road (a mod and rocker hangout), she was poised to spearhead a fashion revolution. Without any real training in fashion, but with a finger on the pulse of everyday fashion of the street, she represented a distinctive breakaway in fashion. She began to sell clothes that reflected the ideas of the day’s youth and that had nothing to do with established Paris fashion houses (Lehnert 2000).

When she raised the hemline of her skirts in 1965 to several inches above the knee, the iconic miniskirt was born. Named after her favorite car, the Mini, the miniskirt was an instant success and epitomized the spirit of London in the mid-60s: free, energetic, youthful, revolutionary, and unconventional (Diamond and Diamond 2006).

Twiggy

Corporate Mini Skirt of 1980's and 90's

2012 Mini

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THE BIKINI!

Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

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Baseball Caps —-”The Evergreen Trend”

EEK!!

Fashions That Came…And Stayed

JEANS! JEANS! JEANS!  In 1853 blue jeans were being manufactured and sold for work clothes and to cowboys.  In the 1950′s teenagers picked them up as a fashion statement and that’s what they’ve been ever since.  Skinny, baggy, tapered, straight, boot cut, mommy-cut, maternity, bell bottom, low slung and even lower slung.

The word “jeans” comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue of Genoa. Jeans fabric, or denim, originated in the French town of Nimes, from which ‘denim’ (deNimes) gets its name. (Wikipedia)

Fashions That Came….And Stayed

                                                                               Leggings! were originally worn only by dancers, they crossed over into main stream fashion in the 1970′s and their popularity shows no signs of stopping.  I loved my purple Willi Wear wool legging and matching cropped sweater—they still look good, thirty years later.  Email wenke@thedailywhatever your “came and stayed” fashion suggestions.