Maybe it was the fascination with the 1975 summer thriller Jaws, but whatever the reason, shark’s teeth necklaces became a popular fashion accessory of the 70s.…
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The Sharpie movement was a short-lived youth subculture that seemed to explode out of nowhere, in Melbourne, Australia, in late ’72. It was a time…
Back in the 1980s women not only wanted to be powerful – they wanted to look powerful also. So they bolstered their feminine frames with American Football-style shoulder pads.…
Skidz were baggy pants with some of the most putrid designs in history (exactly like a clown might wear). High schools across America looked like…
Skinheads first started at the end of the 1960s as a working-class offshoot of Mod. Like mods, skinheads put a lot of emphasis on fashion,…
The skinny tie – usually no more than two inches – was introduced in the 1950s to complement more fitted clothes. It became popular in…
Manhattan button manufacturer NG Slater brought out his new line of yellow “smiley face” buttons in 1969, but nobody seemed to want them. Perhaps it…
Don’t talk to me about Snake Belts! I had two; a red and a blue one. I didn’t like the look of them from the…
The original snorkel parka (USAF N-3B parka) was developed in the United States during the early 1950s for military use, mainly for flight crews stationed…
Wrinkle-resistant Sta-Prest trousers (a stylised rendering of “stay pressed”) were originally produced by Levi Strauss & Co. in 1964. Marketed as being wearable straight out…
As worn by Starsky on the TV cop show Starsky and Hutch. A hand knitted cardigan in a cream colour with a brown horizontal pattern banded…
While the 1970’s saw surface embellishments in painting, gem studding (exhibit 1: The Bedazzler), and fabric reconstruction, chemical distressing was an 80’s invention that changed…
The term “supermodel” came to prominence in the popular culture of the 1980s and 90s with models like “The Big Five” – Naomi Campbell, Cindy…
Swiss watch company Asuag-SSH scored a hit in March 1983 with its low-priced ‘Swatch’ range of brightly coloured watches. Ernst Thomke and Nicolas Hayek developed…
More than a number one song from Olivia Newton-John, her tribute to the aerobics craze extended into the workout arena. Olivia’s high-profile role in the…
The soft fuzzy feeling of a sweater comforted many a lady and her beau in the backseat of Dad’s car in the 1950s. Female sex symbols…
“Swinging London” is a generic term coined by Time magazine in April 1966 and used to describe the fashion, music, cinema and cultural scene which flourished…
A sleeveless top or pullover, usually with a low round or v neck, worn over a body-hugging shirt with long pointed collar or sometimes alone…
The original teen fashion rebel of the post-war era, the “Teddy Boy” paved the path of rebellion for all hooligans to come. During the war…
Tie-dye is one of the oldest forms of fabric manipulation and design. The concept is simple: dye can only penetrate loose fabric, and when portions…