Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Chapter 6


70's



A decade which is influenced by the music and movements of youth having the adoption of many different options. The folklore is mixed with the retro, kitsch, the glitter and the punk. The hippies who protest about love and peace make famous the Meditation. In 1974 the famous Studio 54' is becoming the most popular event of the decade in New York. This decade is the era of disco, stretch and lycra. Gloria Vanderbilt makes popular the tight stretch jeans. In 1977 the punk movement in Britain brings leather, studs, safety pins and clothes made by vinyl. 

LOOKS
The dresses are loose, with psychedelic and floral prints. Gypsy skirts which are very short or very long. Very short shorts (hot-shorts) and the famous bellbottoms pants. Jeans with t-shirts, jumpsuitsstrapless dresses in straight-line (tubedresses). 


ACCESSORIES
Belts with huge buckles, necklaces made by beads, sequins, saten leggings, huge silver rings in the ear. The shoes have exaggerated soles. Bandanas, scarfs and poncho. 

BEAUTY
MAKE-UP. The fake eyelashes are still in fashion while the blue and green eye shadows are women's favourite colours. The lip-gloss is becoming the best for lips. Towards the end of the decade, the punk brings the intense eye-liner while the nails are painted in black colour. 

HAIR
The hair is long and most of the women adopt Farrah Fawsett hairstyle.

DESIGNERS
Ossie Clark, Biba, Roy Halston, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Claude Montana, Kenzo, Ralph Lauren, Fiorucci, Ασλάνης, Πολατώφ, Billy Bo. 

ICONS
Bianca Jagger, Catherine Deneuve, Patti Smith, Lauren Hutton, Jane Birkin, Jerry Hall, Farah Fawcett, Liza Minelli, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Olivia Newton-John, Μιμή Ντενίση, Κατερίνα Παπαδημητρίου, Υβέτ, Μαίρη Δρακοπούλου.



Farah Fawcett
(1947-2009)
Actress

Bianca Jagger
(born Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias, May 2, 1945)
Former actress/model.
Human Rights Advocate

Patti Smith
(born in December 30th, 1946)
Singer-songwriter, poet, artist



Monday, February 6, 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012

Chapter 5


60's




The fashion is renewed and new designers come to light who want to make their own revolution.  The rock music, the drugs and the sexual liberation does make the fashion more weirdie. Mary Quant and André Courrèges have a controversy because of their discovery for the famous "mini" skirt. The mini became the symbol of the decade.  Yves Saint Laurent launches the "look Mondriane", inspired by the geometric paintings of the Dutch painter. Courrèges makes his own real revolution with his plastic spacial clothes. Paco Rabanne presents clothes made of medal. The tiny bikinis are became adorable by both men and women. Models, such as Twiggy and Berouska are the idols of beauty. In Greece, Yiannis Vouros, the designer of the unique dresses that we see in the Greek cinema opens his first atelier. In addition, in this decade Greek designers become famous worldwide. 

LOOKS
Mini dresses, mini skirts, turtleneck sweaters and small tight sweaters. Tight pants, capri pants, hot shorts, jupe-culottes. Suits like Jackie's Kennedy, velvet blazers and coats up to the knee. 

ACCESSORIES
Coloured tights and socks until the knee. Huge sunglasses, berets and caps, plastic jewelry, scarves. Flat ballet pumps, plastic boots and sandals.

BEAUTY
MAKE-UP. The make-up is bright, with huge fake eyelashes and mascara, eye shadows are coloured (blue, green, purple). The lips are in nude shades like pink and light orange.

HAIR
Long and short hair. Vidal Sassoon launches a new version of the bob with symmetry and volume. 

DESIGNERS
Mary Quant, Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, Emanuel Ungaro, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Bohan, Guy Laroche, Sonia Rykiel, André Courrèges, Γιάννης Τσεκλένης, Χρήστος Μαϊλης, Γιάννης Γαλάτης, Γιάννης Τσοπανέλης, Γιάννης Βούρος.

IDOLS
Jane Fonda, Twiggy, Julie Christie, Françoise Hardy, Jean Seberg, Nancy Sinatra, Mia Farrow, Edie Sedgwick, Diana Rigg, Brigitte Bardot, Jacqueline Kennedy, Αλίκη Βουγιουκλάκη, Νόρα Βαλσάμη, Ζωή Λάσκαρη.




Twiggy
(real name Lesley Lawson)
model, actress, singer

Jackie Kennedy
(1929-1994)
For me, a super stylish woman.

Aliki Vougiouklaki
(1934-1996)
One of the most famous actress in Greece with the most melancholic eyes. A beautiful woman with an amazing soul.

Zwi Laskari
Another famous and very beautiful actress in Greece. Also, a very good dancer.  



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