Fifty years ago, British designer Mary Quant introduced the mini-skirt and women began hiking up their hemlines. And with shorter skirts came pantyhose and patterned tights, replacing…

Internet is truly a great telecommunication revolution to change the lives of people. It helps to connect us closer together, so of course it’s good for us,…

One of the most well-known fads of all time was the art of “telephone booth stuffing.” In taking part in this event, several students would squeeze themselves…

Snapshots of the 1980s are always fun to see. Big hair, tiny swimwear, and the public displays of indecency were committed freely and without the worry that…

The flight attendant occupation took permanent shape in the 1930s as “women’s work,” that is, work not only predominately performed by women but also defined as embodying…

The 1960s was one of decades that had much changing of fashion, especially for women. And the two most obvious things were big hairs and miniskirts. Here,…

The early 1970s fashion scene was very similar to 1969, just a bit more flamboyant. It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that a fashion revolution occurred in…

Born 1921 as Alfredo Arnold Cocozza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American tenor and actor Mario Lanza was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the…

Women’s 1960s fashion was an extreme style and attitude from the start of the decade to the end. In the early years the fashion idol was Jackie…