Disco is a dance music that originated in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Loud music and the flashing lights,dance,fashion and a thriving drug culture describes disco club scene of the 70s.
Disco-goer generation created a venue for a new kind of clothing called disco wear which was based on stretch clothes and light reflecting fabrics that shone under disco lighting.There was so much going on - lots of metallics, glitter, skin tight pants and stretch halter jumpsuits.Polyester shirts for men with pointy collars, preferably open at the chest, often worn with double-knit suit jackets.
There was no more thrilling nightlife than the dance at the legendary Studio 54.It was favorite amongst many celebrities like Diana Ross,Gloria Estefan, Bianca and Mick Jagger,Liza Minelli,Andy Warhol and many more.Fabulous Liza Minnelli was a frequent Studio 54 Disco dancer! Liza’s sequins are styled by Halston.Australian Women’s Weekly, 5/9/1973.No designer symbolizes the 70’s Disco like Halston. Disco dresses, halter tops, beads, and sequins.
Films like Saturday Night Fever of 1977 as John Travolta illustrates in the header, emphasised how important it was to release all the pent up energy of the working week on the weekend. Posing clothes designed to show off the body and made in materials like figure moulding stretch Lycra were ideal.
Claudia Schiffer modeling sequin jumpsuit for Yves Saint Laurent's Advertising campaign,Spring Summer 2009.
Metallic top and high waist trouser combo just screams disco!Tibi Spring/Summer 2008
Fluid jersey dresses inspired by disco era at Versace spring 2009.
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