Disco style in clothes

The bright, sporty, fiery eighties of the twentieth century gave birth to a new lifestyle and clothing style called Disco. Its name already speaks for itself, that it was born on dance floors and in nightclubs.

Disco is truly colorful, colorful and active. It was formed as a result of imitation of stage idols - cult singers and music groups such as Diana Ross, ABBA, Boney M, Bee Gees and others.

And the movie "Saturday Night Fever", released in 1977, became a kind of cherry on the cake, or rather, the impetus for the development of the popularity of the disco style. Young John Travolta played the main role in it - a salesman in a small shop, Tony Manero, who was inconspicuous and inconspicuous during the day, and at night he transformed into a real star of the dance floor in the Odyssey club.

In addition, in the eighties of the twentieth century, more and more nightclubs began to appear, sports fit bodies and fitness became fashionable. The new time required other clothes: tight-fitting - to emphasize a slim figure and flexibility of the body, bright - to attract attention to oneself at a party, not holding down movement - for making intricate steps at a disco and playing sports.

At the same time, their ideals of male and female beauty, characteristic of the disco period, developed.The standard of male appearance was a tall, pumped good-boy, but with a thin physique. Women sought to approach the appearance of a long-legged slender blonde.

It is not surprising that it was Travolta's fashionable image that became one of the main role models. The most classic disco style for a man is a white suit with bell-bottom trousers from the knee, a dark shirt, high-heeled shoes. Everything is like that of Travolta and his hero. Often the shirt was replaced with various colored, tight-fitting turtlenecks made of fine knitwear.

Such a fashionable bow was so fond of that they began to use it in films that have absolutely nothing to do with the disco style. Let us recall the Troubadour from The Musicians of Bremen, who in one of the episodes appears in a white suit with a light flared trousers. Or the hero of Alexander Abdullov - Ivan Pukhov - from the film "Sorcerers", who appeared at the ball in the same way in a white suit and a black shirt. And it cannot be said that this image did not suit them. However, even such classics were very actively and shamelessly diluted with paints and bright accessories.

In general, the disco style greatly influenced the further development of men's fashion. Thanks to him, it became clear that a man could well behave freely and relatively relaxed, even in a seemingly strict suit. Changes have also taken place in the silhouettes themselves - flowing lines, a looser cut of clothes, and the visual creation of wide shoulders have become fashionable.

With the light hand of designer and fashion designer Giorgio Armani, the world saw a line of silver-gray suits, silk shirts and loose ties, which ensured him a huge and dizzying Hollywood success. The clothes did not at all strive for restraint: wide flared jeans, leggings, shorts, colored tights, and all this was decorated with sequins, lurex, and was often sewn from bright or shiny fabric.

In the wardrobe of every fashionista and every fashionista, there were necessarily jeans, mostly bell-bottoms, the waist of which was lowered. They were worn by both men and women. Jeans were decorated, often with their own hands, with printed designs, embroidery with the same sequins, and beads. The so-called banana trousers were fashionable. Of course, the name of such an interesting detail of the wardrobe gave an external resemblance to a banana.

Other options for a fashionable image for a woman are a combination of short shorts and bright tights or leggings, T-shirts and trousers in bright colors, denim sundresses.

In addition, do not forget that dancing, which at that time was an incredibly popular way of spending time and a form of leisure, is still one of the sports, because as already mentioned, there are a lot of borrowings from the sports style in the disco style. For example, leggings, short shorts, wide T-shirts, sports shoes were frequent attributes of girls not only in dancing or fitness classes, but also just on the streets of the city.

The disco style is characterized by acidic and even bright colors in almost everything - in clothes, and in makeup, and even in hairstyles. On the crest of the fashionable wave were light green, yellow, pink, orange, silver, metallic colors. Sprays for hair with a short-term dyeing effect, artificial multi-colored hair strands, hairpins and elastic bands came into fashion - and all this was full of all shades of the rainbow spectrum.

Purple, blue, blue eyeshadow combined with fuchsia lipstick, scarlet blush were the classic makeup for women of that time. Plus, the girls painted their nails in rich colors, to match their make-up, accessories and clothes.

Everything played on contrasts, especially in female characters. Mixed up different colors in clothes, accessories.For example, girls put on several hair ties of different colors at once on their ponytails, combined bright red leggings, a green tunic and an orange bolero, accessories were not necessarily matched to the color of any item of clothing.

For this style, not only clothes that attract attention are used, but also accessories with the same task. Basically, girls and girls were fond of accessories, of course. Mostly they wore a large number of bracelets and all at once, many chains, large earrings, either colored or imitating gold, glasses of irregular shape and colored glasses.

The shoes were also dazzled with colors. Women favored sandals, shoes and sandals that stood out with a high heel, stiletto heel or platform. Men also often wore platform boots.

Despite the fact that the time of the disco style is already in the past, many of its elements still remain and are being introduced into modern fashion, and even many modern designers leave hints of it in their new collections of clothes and accessories. Moreover, especially creative or nostalgic companies organize themed parties and events, including those in the style of the eighties.

Of course, in the 21st century it is difficult to repeat the disco style as it was then. It is important that such colorful clothes correspond to the place and time, because if we are talking about a themed party, there are no taboos and restrictions for you.

The modern attitude to the disco style in women's looks allows the presence of tight jeans paired with loose jackets, sweaters, tunics. They are complemented with platform sandals, plastic jewelry, bright clutches, correctly placing accents.

As in the last century, sparkling silvers and golds, lurex and sequins are welcome. Now materials for arts and crafts are full of their diversity, so if you wish, you can decorate your clothes for a suitable look yourself.

Pleated trapezoidal skirts can also be attributed to the modern disco style, which successfully hide the flaws in the hips. Another great option to attract attention is a jumpsuit, which can serve as a kind of transformer. During the day at the workplace, be strict and restrained, and in the evening, complemented by accessories, already sparkle with new colors.

It's much easier for men. They can complement their classic suit with a bright shirt or colored turtleneck and sparkle in disco style. Rock an iconic white suit and a black shirt for a disco classic.