Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #924530 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Use Fashion - Real Time in the Fashion Business, Brazil, November 1, 2006
... Amid so many style revivals from the past, a book arrives to
remember what didn't survive the passage of time...

From the Author
Maureen Valdes Marsh takes an informative, yet humorous, look
at the fashions and fads that created 1970s pop culture and those 70s
Fashion Fiascos, including:

* How the simple pantsuit fueled the women's lib movement.

* How men made the leap from plain buttondown shirts to over-the-top,
flamboyant prints.

* The war of the mini skirt versus the midi and maxi dress.

* Why everyone was looking through plaid colored glasses.

* How Emilio Pucci pushed op art into the mainstream clothing world.

* Those skyscraper platform shoes. Would our feet ever be the same
again?!

* Polyester! It was everywhere -- and it was inescapable.

* And the butt of all 1970s jokes: the lovable leisure suit.

From the Inside Flap
Remember the days of mood rings, mini-skirts and macho, macho
men? Take a trip back to the 1970s - a time when disco, flower power, and
flamboyancy were the ultimate fashion statement. From platforms to
polyester, corduroy to caftans, 70s Fashion Fiacos is a kitsch compendium
to the "me decade" of groovy fashion, hip home decor, and outrageous fads.
If you had a Pet Rock, Farrah Fawcett poster, Mork's rainbow suspenders, or
the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, you'll love this collectible volume
packed with full-color photographs of the wildest ensembles, tripped-out
hairdos, smokin' jewelry and accessories, plus a handy resource buying
guide to help you recreate your own far-out 70s fashion statement. Can you
dig it?