Are you ready to disco? If you have the proper amount of
funk & soul, you may be ready. Disco pants are now available in 23 colors
from American Apparel.
Disco fashion was the rage in the late 1970s.
Discothèque-goers often wore expensive and extravagant fashions for nights out
at their local disco, such as sheer, flowing Halston dresses for women and shiny
polyester Qiana shirts for men with pointy collars, preferably open at the
chest, often worn with double-knit polyester shirt jackets with matching
trousers known as the leisure suit. Necklaces and medallions were a common
fashion accessory. If you don’t believe me, rent the movie Saturday Night Fever and see for
yourself.
Disco is a genre of music containing elements of funk, soul,
pop, salsa and psychedelic that was most popular in the 1970s, though it has
since enjoyed brief resurgences. The term is derived from discotheque. Its
initial audiences were club-goers from the African American, Italian American,
Latino, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the
late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco also was a reaction against both the
domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the
counterculture during this period.
The first article about disco was written in September 1973
by Vince Lettie for Rolling Stone magazine. In 1974 New York City's WPIX-FM
premiered the first disco radio show.
Well-known late 1970s disco performers included ABBA, Giorgio
Moroder, Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Trammps,
Gloria Gaynor and Chic.
In the 1980’s many jokes were made about disco music, disco
fashion, and the lifestyle in general. Possible the movie Xanadu marked the end of the
era. The world appeared ready to move on and never look back as chants rang out
that “disco is dead”. Never say “never”. Apparently, disco pants are now back
at retail. The real question, is how much are disco pants being
embraced.
Do you like disco pants? Do you think disco pants are in style now?
Learn more about 1970's fashion in the Apparel Search fashion terms section. You can also educate yourself on the subject by reading the 1970's history of fashion definition.
Learn more about 1970's fashion in the Apparel Search fashion terms section. You can also educate yourself on the subject by reading the 1970's history of fashion definition.