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I never knew that some slob looking guy who didn't fit in on the disco dance floor decided to fight it in the US.
As I've already said - in Europe disco didn't have distinctly "Black" sound to it, ( speaking in American terms,) and although the LGBT community was making the inroads into the mainstream culture in the 80ies, it was much more subtle, and it was in no way attached specifically to the disco.
For example Boy George from the "Culture club" was gay, but his genre was not exactly disco.
With other words, in Europe during the 80ies the line between the "New Wave" and Euro Disco was much blurrier, because of all the artsy stuff, that dramatic, "being on stage" feel to it.
And that was reflected in the street fashions too, ( both for men and women,) that's why European look was somewhat different comparably to American 80ies.
I definitely liked it.
Isn't that crazy?!
You gotta be a real hater to pull a stunt like that!
To me, I just see it as a huge divide between people who love to dance vs people who don't or can't. lol
...I don't see a point why/how disco was so *potentially destructive.*
I think that dance floor overall makes people to be more fit, to be more presentable, more sociable and so on.
Plus it's a fun place just to sit and watch the party going, if you are not willing to participate yourself.
Unless, of course, you are a hateful slob that feels threatened by it all for whatever reason.
In my opinion, the 80s had the worst fashion style but the other side of that was that the styles were fun, loud, and definitively self-expressive. You could wear anything, style your hair like anything, and still be "in" in some form or capacity. Matronly wear was in, juvenile looks were in, the rocker/emo looks were in, latin style was in, everything, every group, every culture, seemed to have a place in popular culture. It was not only expressed in the style but in the music. I don't think that's happened in any decade before or since.
In my opinion, the 80s had the worst fashion style but the other side of that was that the styles were fun, loud, and definitively self-expressive. You could wear anything, style your hair like anything, and still be "in" in some form or capacity. Matronly wear was in, juvenile looks were in, the rocker/emo looks were in, latin style was in, everything, every group, every culture, seemed to have a place in popular culture. It was not only expressed in the style but in the music. I don't think that's happened in any decade before or since.
Wow, it sounds like I missed out on a major party! So tell me, by comparison, what was 70's fashion like?
I've never lived in any of these decades. It's just my opinion from observation.
The ‘70s: I recall flares, sideburns, and an explosion of polyester. Thin turtlenecks and vests, platform shoes, denim jackets and cut-offs. Hair seemed to be left uncut since the close trims of the mid-sixties. Then, silk shirts with big collars, baseball tees, and terry cloth. Horrid colonial patterns everywhere, too.
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