The Glory of 1980s Staten Island
Christine Osinki
Staten Island- New York City's least populated borough. Oskinki documented 1980s life around her in black and white. Shooted images of children, adults, architecture, and other events in 1983 and 1984. Osinki childhood was in Chicago, she felt the images gave a sense of exotic effect.
*Research to gather the aesthetics of the brand. The images convey a vintage approach, as well as exploring 1980s culture of activities held in the 1980s. The clothes could explore themes of the circus as well as Denim materials.
Images collected on Pinterest
Vintage sport jackets, from brands such as Fila, Reebok, Nike.
Use the aspect of America Diners as inspirations, explore pattern, type and colour.
Classic style shoes: the brand could include a sport look buy selling really cool edgy socks.
Ferris Bueller day off
The company could explore vintage classic movies in the 1980s, the clothes could resemble these stories as well as exploring the fashion, the clothes could be a reinterpretation of the movie.
Classic 1980s clothing, the aesthetics of the clothes shop.
Olympics 1980s
The company could explore the sports aspect by creating jersey's of famous legends in the 1980s. The American aspect could be the feature of design by exploring stars and the colour red to resemble this.
Carl Lewis wins four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics.
African- American Culture 1980s
The African- American cultural movement of the 1960s and 1970s also fuelled growth of funk and later hip hop forms such as rap, hip house, new jack swing, and go-go House music was created in black communities in Chicago in the 1980s.
Political Aspect
A riot erupts in Liberty City in Miami, Fla. When police officers are acquitted in the murder of an African- American man who was unarmed. Lasting 24 hours an estimated 15 people were killed. The riot is considered the worst in U.S history since the Detroit Riots in 1967.
1982
A national campaign against environmental racism is launched when fevered Benjamin Chavis and his aggregation block a toxic waste dump in North Carolina.
1986- Martin Luther King, Jrs national holidays is celebrated across the United States.
1983
Recording artist Michael Jackson releases Thriller. The album will ultimately be considered the best selling album in music history when it sells 45 million copies worldwide.
Def Jams records established by Russell Simmons
Def Jams
In 1979, Adam MCA Each co-founded the Bestie boys with Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz. The Bestie and Run- DMC are in photo taken in 1980.
Afrika Banaat is a DJ from South Bronx. He is known as the Godfather of hip hop and electro funk. He also formed Hip Hop awareness group the Universal Zulu Nation.
Almighty Kay Gee began as a break-dancer before joining the Cold Crush Brothers in 1979. This is a Kay Gee performing with the group at Harlem World.
DJ Charlie Chase was a founding member of the Cold Crush Brothers. He is credited with making Latinos a force in the Bronx hip-hop scene. Here, he is performing at Norman Thomas High school in Manhattan.
EPMD is one of the longest-running groups in hip-hop, staying alive for the majority of their 29 years of existence. Made up of Erick Sermon and Parish Smith, the group halls from Brentwood New York.
Eric B & Rakim have been called "the most influential DJ/ MC combo in contemporary pop music, period," by Tom Terrell of NPR. They hail from Queens and Long Island, New York.
JDL and Grandmaster Caz, another member of the Cold Crush Brothers, perform at Club Negril, Grandmaster Caz now hosts Hush Hip-Hop Tours in New York City.
Photo credit:Stonediesel.com/vintage-pictures-hip-hop-legends/
The 1980s American Pop Culture History
http://www.retrowaste.com/1980s/
*Everything neon (bright), unexpected colour combination.
*Music was over digitised and commercialism consumed everyone.
*The Cold War ended, the Berlin Wall fell.
*The best thing was the movies.
1980s Fashion: Styles, trends and history
*1980s fashion adapted a creative aesthetically.
*Designers abandoned all convention and their creation were interesting
*The early 80s were subdued in colour, see a lot of browns and tans, and oranges, Blocky shapes were everywhere and dressing like a tennis player was the cool thing to do.
*Velour and velvet was in trend.
*Jeans were high wasted
*Bright colour accessories like sunglasses , bangles, and hoop earrings.
*Teased hair. loud make-up and neon was an important sector to style.
*Skin tight cotton pants with leggings and giant turtleneck sweater.
*Parachute pants with a small v-neck top and high-waist belt.
*Love for wearing Coco Cola brand clothing in 1987.
*MTV had a huge impact on fashion
*By the late 1980s, Nike had grown into one of the most profitable clothing companies in the world.
*Juxtoposed against Coke vs Pepsi and Reebox vs Nike- battle of athletic wear.
*With help from Michael Jordan, Nike was the battle.
*In 1988, every kid had to have a pair of Air Jordans and a Chicago Bulls baseball cap.
*Womans clothing have become considerably more baggy, influenced by styles which were more conservative.
The best examples of late 1980s for boys is Zack Morris from saved by the bell.
Nike Air Jordan Shoes
1980s Fashion: Women and Girls
*Fashion evolved dramatically during the 1980s.
*Catalogs from 1980 don't differ a whole lot from 1983, but 1985. More wild with big hair, introduces neon colour.
*In early 1980s- women preferred soft fabrics and neutral colours. The concept that colour was the enemy.
*Neon made the 1980s fashion famous.
*Most women owned a turtle neck, scarfs were a huge come-back.
*Silk blouses were all the rage throughout the decade.
*Pants were a popular option for all woman.
*Denim jeans with wild bleaching, dyeing, pre-made holes
*Mid late eighties- were a period of experimentations
*Neon colours were used for brand names
Images from 1980s magazines
1980s Fashion Idols
Willi Smith
Fashion Designer- fall fashion show March 30, 1987
Willi Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, studied commercial art at Mastbauru Technical high school, and attended Philadelphia college of art for fashion illustration.
Smith Freelanced with Arnold Scassi and Bobbi Brookes' sportswear company. In 1969 designed a label for Digits, a sportswear company.
In 1976 he went into business with Laurie Mallet and called the company 'Williwear'.
He designed the wedding dress worn by Mary Jane Watson when he married Peter Parker in the Spider-Man comic book and comic strip in 1987.
Smith was a costume designer for 'secret Pastures' which premiered at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival in 1984, one of Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance companies first Major works.
In 1983 he won an American Fashion critics Cory awards for Women's fashion.
Smith Won a Cutty Sark Awards for Men's Fashion in 1985.
Source: James, George (1987-04-19), Willi Smith, Clothes designers, Creator of vivid sportswear, New York Times, retrieved 2007-09-19.
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