did rock and roll kill grooming & style?

[mjoseph]

rock and roll meaning the supposed "golden age"

in the forties men wore suits, hats and handkerchiefs with short hair

women had skirts, red lipstick and marcel waves/curls

now women wear cargo pants and men wear beer slogans on their clothes

wtf happened?

[Jamie 3:26]

rock and roll meaning the supposed "golden age"

in the forties men wore suits, hats and handkerchiefs with short hair

women had skirts, red lipstick and marcel waves/curls

now women wear cargo pants and men wear beer slogans on their clothes

wtf happened?

Hippies...

[AMc]

rock and roll meaning the supposed "golden age"

in the forties men wore suits, hats and handkerchiefs with short hair

women had skirts, red lipstick and marcel waves/curls

now women wear cargo pants and men wear beer slogans on their clothes

wtf happened?

Sounds like this is coming from a disgruntled 80 year old......lol.

The only answer I can think of: Choice came along and introduced him/herself.

[mjoseph]

Hippies...

look at the 50's!

women started wearing poodles on their skirts and men went brylcreem crazy

even jazz artists started dressing funny and they were the benchmark of cool

[AD]

Hippies...

bingo! end the thread.

[mjoseph]

The only answer I can think of: Choice came along and introduced him/herself.

said dr. droolstain

[Jamie 3:26]

look at the 50's!

women started wearing poodles on their skirts and men went brylcreem crazy

even jazz artists started dressing funny and they were the benchmark of cool

Hell,jazz cats still wore suits..they were just sharkskin suits.

The whole anti establishment culture,associated with hippies and freedom of choice in the 60's is when it all changed.

[Groove Parlor]

Choice and free will

[richierich]

David Bowie was and still is the ultimate in style...

[AMc]

said dr. droolstain

Namecalling. So sad to resort to such childish behavoir.

Grooming & style is dead? Keep blaming rocK & roll, gramps.

[DOTSmusic]

NO!
people figured out that they weren't robots and or clones and decided to do what best suited them, not what was expected of them regardless if fit the status quo. nothing was killed.... it's called INDIVIDUALITY.

just as looking down on someone because they might not share the same thoughts on fashion (amongst other things) as you do is called PREJUDICE!!!!.

[mjoseph]

Hell,jazz cats still wore suits..they were just sharkskin suits.

The whole anti establishment culture,associated with hippies and freedom of choice in the 60's is when it all changed.

i'd say the 50's bohemian/beatniks had an earlier influence - the late 60's were more visually dramatic

[Jamie 3:26]

i'd say the 50's bohemian/beatniks had an earlier influence - the late 60's were more visually dramatic

You may have a point,but I still believe it was a much larger movement,than the beatnik culture.

[richierich]

Sharkskin suits are "the shit"...I had a brownish one back in the 80's..Now I want a dope ass blue one ..single breasted two button single vent in the back..notch lapels baby..Yeah!!

[mjoseph]

NO!
people figured out that they weren't robots and or clones and decided to do what best suited them, not what was expected of them regardless if fit the status quo. nothing was killed.... it's called INDIVIDUALITY.

maybe they are best suited to something more form fitting, lol

the only individuality in terms of expression would be nudity - unless you and the next gent share a similar penis bend and manscaping plot

[House]

Quadrophenia

[mjoseph]

Quadrophenia

whoa!

[AMc]

May as well blame hip hop while we're at it.

[Martin Red]

rock and roll meaning the supposed "golden age"

in the forties men wore suits, hats and handkerchiefs with short hair

women had skirts, red lipstick and marcel waves/curls

now women wear cargo pants and men wear beer slogans on their clothes

wtf happened?

Just some thoughts

war - post war - millenium

some things changed for the better, the better things got, the less dressy we got. Also, people who worked in manufacturing or docks etc (manual work) wanted to dress up at the end of the day, now so many more people are office based, they dress down after work.

[mjoseph]

fashion didn't change much from the 20's to 40's.
it hasn't changed much from the 90's to now either apart from gore-tex, polypropylene & other newer fabrics

fashion does change when new genres of music gain popularity

[Martin Red]

polypropylene

I remember when Polypropylene skateboard landed in the shops in the 70's, everyone wanted one

It seems the major benefit of space travel seems to be that a few new fabrics arrive, and are used in clothing a decade or two later, LOL

[Martin Red]

Quadrophenia

original Ben Sherman shirts (button down collar) etc

The rockers, just nasty dirty no style.

[Friday]

Quadrophenia

this was the shit!!! i miss those days of being a mod!!!

[dag]

original Ben Sherman shirts (button down collar) etc

The rockers, just nasty dirty no style.

no way, the hair bands went through a lot of work for everything to fall into the right place

[mjoseph]

just nasty dirty no style.

todays equivalent: the chav?