Street Trends and High Fashion Disco

Disco was known as a time for music and dancing during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Disco began in the clubs of New York City. It catered to African Americans of New York City and Philadelphia. While disco was a form of mostly black commercial pop music and popular with black gay men, the music didn't catch on until the predominately white gay clubs of New York. The disco sound, style and ethos has its roots in the late 1960's. "Psychedelic culture's overwhelming sound, trippy lighting and hallucinogens would influence the disco scene". (wikipedia: Disco). The fanous movie of this time was "Saturday Night Fever". This movie portrays the fashions of this era, the bell bottoms, jumpsuits, glittery tops and the paltform shoes. Women would also wear Go Go boots, white leather was a popular choice. (Photos: Woman dressed in typical attire of the disco era 1970, Men dressed in tailored shirts and bell bottoms, 1970's). Versace's Spring Summer 2010 collection shows us the influence of the Disco era. The psychedelic colors and patterns. The short skirts, glitter and bright colors.