
Visions
of John Travolta in a white
suit spinning around a dance floor fill our heads when Disco is
discussed.
Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, the Village People took over from the
Rolling
Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The Vietnam "Police
Action"
was finally over. Richard Nixon had done his worst. Gerald
Ford was falling down steps for the world to see, and the Disco fad had
taken over. Glamour and hedonsim took center stage in a
glory
of polyester and bare chests. Women left the often shapeless
styles
of the mid-seventies behind for the clingier, sexier looks of
Disco.
Like the flapper fads of the 20's, changes in music helped along
changes
in fashion. Women opted for sparkly and slinky fashions which
looked
good on the dance floor and men dressed for the part in bell bottomed
suits
and polyester shirts, unbottoned almost to the waist. Leaving
behind
the unbecoming casualness of the mid-sixties and early-seventies,
people
embraced a sort of glamour which is now dismissed as tacky.
Following
the disappointments of the previous decade, people--especially young
people--sought
out ways to indulge themselves. Sensuality and greed drove the
movement
into the power hungry power suited eighties.