everything was gold, big, loud, more and more is more is more. it was like they were at a costume party and we were all watching it. we weren t really invited to the costume party. i-van na trump wore those clothes as unflattering to her. also her hairdo which was like a drip castle and big julie and it was as if some very shrewd salesperson said, darling, you ve got to wear this. and she just looked absurd. trump is a pure 1980s figure. the mogul who goes far by just being brash and get iting his ne put on as many buildings as humanly possible. trump tower is an aes ccess the 80s. it s basically gold plated on the outside. and they have gold toilets. in the 80s people were
levels, they are looking for clothes to make them look like they could be the boss rather than the secretary. the power suit of the 80s was comprised of a strong shoulder jacket that was paired with a pencil skirt or a pair of pants. so it was basically what would a man wear if he was a woman. this was a time when woman were adopting masculine traits because masculinity is so inextrickically correlated to power there were no female role models in corporate america. when we think about the 80s power suit, it is melanie griffith in working girl. shoulders and rather masculine in a manner of speaking. donna karan was the antidote to that. women may wear high fashion but they are designers. now the the leader among american women fashion et designers with a $30 million a
there were even like, god help us, the headbands. the cut of the leotard just kept getting high er and higher and higher up on the hip as women tried to adhere to a new, fitter ideal. what s interesting about exercise is it used to be for centuries your clothes would create the shape. the corset would squeeze you into certain shapes. then as clothes showed off more of your body, you couldn t rely on the clothes to push the fat around. you had to do something to get rid of the fat. i consider us a team, tes. as such, we have a uniform. they noticed the dress. they notice the woman. as women are going into the workforce, at somewhat higher
of manufacture, and integrity of detail. in a time when people in this nation were less competent about how they were dressing, they really wanted to be led. i m head to toe ralph lauren. people will accept me. i must be okay. i asked my friend, who do you think is the most influential designer of the last 50 years. people came up with armani or a whole number of people. who do you think has more clothes being worn that s five or ten years old? if you ask that question, there s no other answer but ralph lauren. you want to know what becomes me and my calvins? nothing. the calvin klein brook shields ads were revolutionary in terms of making overt
dapper dan is a new york legend. our thought plan was probably around mid- 84, 85. i had had to come up with something that was unique and real. i said a print on leather, which nobody else was doing. i think that would be a fete thomasal thing to do. the fabric, shom of the shapes ask it was underground. none of it was approved. he started making clothes that the companies themselves hadn t thought of doing yet. and he made this incredibly powerful, really post modern look. eventually, the outfits and the look and the music all that