Tuesday, December 25, 2007

when when i say i'm in love you better believe i'm in love L-U-V

how did these girls
shangri las conservative
turn into these?
shangri las give him a kiss
(note once again the pairing of tight pants and dude on bike)

shangri las

good girls from queens go bad.

kind of. good girls from queens get catapulted into the market espousing a gnarly bad girl image. "leader of the pack" caused a furor. the furor of course accompanied the transition from skirt to pant.

The Shangri-Las had a 'tough girls' persona that set them apart from other girl groups. Having grown up in a rough part of Queens, they were by nature feisty and outspoken, and far less demure than many of their contemporaries. Rumors about their supposed escapades have since become the stuff of rock and roll legend. Whatever degree of truthfulness these stories may have, they were firmly believed by many fans in the Sixties, and they helped cement the group's reputation. According to Weiss, that reputation helped fend off unwanted advances from various male musicians on tours.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangri_Las

interestingly here the tight pant isn't considered a 'come-hither' thing as much as a 'fuck off' thing. but in a read 'em and weep kind of way.

pedal pushing / draintree/drainpipe part II

another branch of the drainpipe tree:

they say the capri pant was emilio pucci's invention for the jetset on the isle of capri in the fifties... not to be confused necessarily with the pedal pusher, another crotch-riding invention that ostensibly augered some sort of ladies' sexual liberation.....

sandra dee pants 2
the lovely sandra dee with her leopard print capri pants

pedal pushers: supposedly if your pants are short and tight, they won't get tangled up in the bicycle chain. this got transferred into the world of the motorbike, here we have again sandra dee with dream lover bobby darin, i suppose early 60s --

sandra and bobby darin

but what really got the goat was mary tyler moore as laura petrie bouncing around the dick van dyke family stead with ass clingy capris

mary and dick in balls.j