Fashions That Came…And Stayed

CAPRIS!

Capri pants were introduced by European fashion designer Sonja de Lennart in 1948. The pants’ name derives from the Italian isle of Capri, where they rose to popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s.The actress Grace Kelley was among the first movie stars who wore capris on the island. Wikipedia

Fashion That Came…And Stayed

BANDANAS!

A bandanna or bandana (from Hindi: बन्धन bandhana, “to tie”) is a type of large, usually colorful, kerchief, usually worn on the head.

Fashions That Came…And Stayed

Pull them on and look…cool.

Fashions That Came…And Stayed

Jean Jackets—originally work jackets made by Levi Straus and Wrangler in the early 20th century— have been a fashion statement since the 1950′s.  They look great  dressed up or down… I like them worn over a long slinky dress.

Vintage Levi Jacket

Wrangler Jean Jacket

Bow Wow in Levi Jean Jacket

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

Fahions That Came…And Stayed

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