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8 Ways Hollywood Changed Fashion

Before there was Sarah Jessica Parker, there was Jennifer Beals

Posted Aug 16, 2009 7:08 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Fashionistas rejoice: Mad Men returns tonight! To celebrate the show's influence on fashion—yes, thin-lapelled suits and Peter Pan collars are back—CNN remembers other Hollywood offerings that dominated the fashion zeitgeist:

  • Some say Clarke Gable's bare chest in It Happened One Night caused undershirt sales to plummet by 75% in 1934. Either way, skin was in.
  • The 1970s look for men was crotch-hugging pants, spread-collar shirts, and brash jewelry—and thanks to Saturday Night Fever, we knew how to show it.

  • Jennifer Beals cut the collar off a sweatshirt only to get it over her head, but her accidental off-the-shoulder look in Flashdance made active wear look sexy.
  • What’s a list about Hollywood fashion without Sex and the City goddess Carrie Bradshaw? Simply put: She shopped, and a nation swooned.
Read the complete list—including the influence of Regis Philbin—by clicking the link below.

John Travolta is shown in a scene from Saturday Night Fever in 1977.
John Travolta is shown in a scene from "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977.   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)
Jon Hamm portrays Don Draper in the AMC series Mad Men.
Jon Hamm portrays Don Draper in the AMC series "Mad Men."   (AP Photo/AMC)
John Slattery, as Roger Sterling, poses next to Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men.
John Slattery, as Roger Sterling, poses next to Jon Hamm as Don Draper in "Mad Men."   (AP Photo/AMC Frank Ockenfels)
The cast of Mad Men strikes a pose (from left): Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Karteiser, Elisabeth Moss and John Slattery.
The cast of "Mad Men" strikes a pose (from left): Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Karteiser, Elisabeth Moss and John Slattery.   (AP Photo/AMC Frank Ockenfels)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper gives that Madison Avenue look in Mad Men.
Jon Hamm as Don Draper gives that Madison Avenue look in "Mad Men."   (AP Photo/AMC Frank Ockenfels)
January Jones as Betty Draper bucks up Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men.
January Jones as Betty Draper bucks up Jon Hamm as Don Draper in "Mad Men."   (AP Photo/AMC Frank Ockenfels)
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cochiserocks
Aug 16, 2009 12:51 PM CDT
er.....this is news?
iamacidangel
Aug 16, 2009 6:43 AM CDT
I agree to both cochise and 2-bits. But I'm sitting here bored at work for 12 hours with nothing better to do so I look at nearly every story. Because yes, my job is that boring lol.
2-bits
Aug 16, 2009 3:12 AM CDT
This isn't clever. It wasn't clever the first 8000 times someone said it in response to one of these stories. Just move your slider to hard news or shut up.

 
Hollywood • fashion • John Travolta • Sex and the City • Regis Philbin • Saturday Night Fever • Carrie Bradshaw • Mad Men • Clark Gable

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