DALLAS — Certain fashion trends, we would love to relive. Others we would like to forget.
But the everchanging world of style has always been a newsworthy topic and old WFAA stories archived at SMU’s Jones Film Library remind us trendsetters must be willing to take a chance.
Like the 1975 story which examined how older and more mature adults were raising eyebrows with the daring decision to wear blue jeans. Donning denim was traditionally considered a wardrobe choice for the younger, rural crowd so wearing jeans to work as an adult was quite the leap.
Of course, not all clothing risks yield such lasting results.
A 1971 story covering a Sanger-Harris fashion show witnesses the unveiling of the “panty boot,” a pair of leggings connected to a shoe offering women a new option for footwear and pants alike.
Even the mannequins modeling the clothes in department store windows stepped into the new era. A 1973 WFAA story showed how mannequin producers were keeping up with clothing designers by making the mannequins appear more life-like and representative of a range of class structures.
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