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Piccolo omaggio nostalgico a quei minuscoli pantaloncini
a quegli stivali o stivaletti ed alle improbabili acconciature
... a quelle sensuali lunghe gambe affusolate degli anni '70
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Hotpants was very brief tight shorts worn by women as an outer garment .
They are worn above the knees around the thigh area .
Categorized as " short shorts ", hot pants commonly have an inseam length of
2 inches (50 mm) or less .
These are short, tight shorts, usually made of cotton, nylon, or some other common material .
They are meant to emphasize the butt○cks and the legs .
Hot-pants were launched by fashion designer Mary Quant during the " Swinging London "
scene of the mid-1960s , and they were very popular up to the early 1970s .
If a person cuts off the legs of a pair of jeans, that's known as a " cut-off " .
The character Daisy Duke from TV series " The Dukes of Hazzard " was known for wearing
low cut blue jeans .
Her popularity led to the term " Daisy Dukes " being used for short shorts .
Jorts ( from ' jean shorts ' ) is another name for denim shorts , typically
cut longer than Daisy Dukes ( mid-thigh for women and at the knee for men ).
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The term Hotpants was first used by Women's Wear Daily in 1970 to describe shorts made in luxury fabrics
such as velvet and satin for fashionable wear, rather than their more practical equivalents that had been worn for sports or leisure since the 1930s.
The term has since become a generic term for any pair of extremely short shorts.
While hotpants were briefly a very popular element of mainstream fashion in the early 1970s,
by the mid-1970s they had become associated with the s℮x industry, which contributed to their fall from fashion.
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Origins and terminology : Whilst the term "hotpants" is used generically to describe extremely short shorts, similar garments had been worn since the 1930s.
These garments, however, were designed mainly for sports, beachwear and leisure wear, while hotpants were innovative in that they were made from non-activewear fabrics such as velvet, silk, crochet, fur and leather, and styled explicitly to be worn on the street, for parties, or even as bridal wear.
Other alternative names included "les shorts", "short cuts", "cool pants", and "shortootsies", with "booty shorts" as an early 21st-century term.
Today, the term hotpants can be used for casual as well as fashion-wear short-shorts made in any fabric.
While hotpants were principally marketed to women, men were also targeted, and the term can describe very short men's shorts.
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Reception : At the end of the 1960s, the fashion industry had tried unsuccessfully to promote the mid-calf-length or midi skirt as a fashionable replacement for the miniskirt.
In contrast to the lukewarm response to the midi, shoppers enthusiastically embraced the idea of short shorts, which were made available at all price levels from haute couture to inexpensive ready-to-wear.
The fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert credits Mariuccia Mandelli of the Italian fashion label Krizia with designing the first "hot pants" in 1970.
Hotpants are also increasingly credited to Mary Quant, who offered brief shorts in the late 1960s, although these were intended as modesty knickers to wear with matching minidresses rather than standalone fashion garments.
Many designers from across the Western world produced their own versions of hotpants at all price levels, including Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Halston, and Betsey Johnson.
Mass-produced versions were also sold through the Sears mail-order catalogue.
Hotpants were available for women, men and children, although they were principally worn by women.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought a pair for wear while yachting, while other high-profile wearers included Elizabeth Taylor, Raquel Welch, and Jane Fonda.
Hotpants were also worn by particularly adventurous men such as David Bowie, Sammy Davis Jr. and Liberace.
Hotpants for men were slightly longer than the women's versions, although they were still shorter than usual.
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USA 1966 - Lori Williams ►
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Lori Williams is an american actress , best known for playing
the role of Billie in the cult movie " Faster , Pussycat ! Kill ! Kill ! ",
directed by Russ Meyer in 1965 .
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Lori Williams e' un'attrice cinematografica statunitense ,
nota principalmente per aver interpretato il ruolo di Billie
nel cult movie " Faster , Pussycat ! Kill ! Kill ! ", diretto
da Russ Meyer nel 1965 .
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Gli hot pants sono un tipo di short femminile particolarmente corti ed aderenti .
Nati all'inizio degli anni settanta , coprono dal bacino a qualche centimetro al
di sotto dell'inguine , mettendo particolarmente in evidenza c○sce e s℮dere .
I modelli piu' comuni sono realizzati in tela denim, ma esistono versioni in cotone ,
nylon , pelle e fibre sintetiche . La moda degli hot pants scemo' alla fine
degli anni '70 , per poi ritornare in auge sul finire degli anni novanta .
Grande successo ebbe in quegli anni Catherine Bach nel ruolo di Daisy Duke nella serie
di telefilm " Hazzard " , inguainata spesso in aderentissimi e cortissimi shorts , che
ne evidenziavano il corpo snello e le lunghe gambe .
Nel 1973 , in Italia , desto' particolare scandalo e fu accusata di blasfemia una
campagna pubblicitaria realizzata da Oliviero Toscani .
La pubblicita' infatti abbinava all'immagine di un paio di hot-pants
( visti da dietro , quindi con il fondoschiena in evidenza ) la frase "
Chi mi ama mi segua ".
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Raquel Welch
Jo Raquel Tejada
American actress and model . In 1966 she won attention for her role
in the film "One Million Years B.C." . Although she had only three
lines of dialogue in the film , images of her in the famous
doe-skin bikini became
best-selling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol ...
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Attrice e modella statunitense . Nel 1966 balzo' all'attenzione
per il suo ruolo nel film "Un milione di anni fa" . Nonostante
pronunci solo 3 frasi di dialogo in tutto il film , le immagini di lei ,
coperta solo da un minuscolo
bikini di pelle , divennero i poster piu'
venduti per diverso tempo , trasformandola in un sex-symbol internazionale ...
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Nadia Cassini
Gianna Lou Muller
American actress , singer and showgirl .
She became famous in Italian expl○itation films of the 1970s and
early 1980s , particularly in the "Commedia sexy all'italiana" genre
in late 1970s ...
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Attrice , cantante e showgirl statunitense .
Nota per le sue interpretazioni in film er○tici ,
in particolare della "Commedia sexy all'italiana" tra
gli anni settanta ed ottanta ...
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USA 1975 - Smartie pants |
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Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
Scottish singer and actress .
Noted for her powerful singing voice .
She had major chart hits with "To Sir With Love"
from the 1967 film of the same name .
She id also widely known for the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
winning entry "Boom Bang-a-Bang" .
In 1969 she had married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees ...
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Attrice e cantante britannica .
Nota per la sua voce potente .
Nel 1967 partecipa al film "La scuola della violenza" con Sidney Poiter ,
dove canta la canzone "To Sir With Love" che ottiene grande successo .
Nel 1969 vince l'Eurovision Song Contest .
Tra la fine degli anni 60 ed i primi anni 70
e' stata sposata con Maurice Gibb dei Bee Gees ...
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Daisy Mae Duke is a fictional character , played by Catherine Bach ,
from the American television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" .
She was both the main female protagonist and the s℮x symbol on Dukes of Hazzard .
Bach appeared numerous times wearing tight and short denim shorts ,
which later became colloquially known as " Daisy Dukes " .
The network censors believed that Daisy's famous cut-off shorts alone
would be too revealing . The shorts were so short that the only way the
producers could get them on air was for Catherine Bach to wear flesh-colored
pantyhose with them to ensure that the shorts revealed no more of her than intended .
Bach herself had concerns about the shorts saying she could not wear them in the restaurant scene .
The producers' answer was for her to visit the restaurant across the street ;
Bach found the waitresses there were wearing "little miniskirts that matched the tablecloths !".
Bach made many of Daisy's costumes herself, especially the early ones , including the red bikini
in the first episode , seen during the show's opening credits .
At the suggestion of the show's producers , Bach posed as Daisy Duke for a poster ,
which sold 5 million copies .
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Jesus Jeans
In 1971 in Italy was founded the denim brand Jesus Jeans , who
entrusted his campaign to the photographer Oliviero Toscani ,
a well known provocateur , and Emanuele Pirella , authors of this
famous shot . The slogan says: " If you love me , follow me "
, so that it associates a feminine sensual backside to a phrase
told by Jesus Christ , regarding Christianity .
The campaign caused a scandal and the blue jeans went like hot cakes ...
Nel 1971 , in Italia , venne fondato il marchio Jesus Jeans , che
affido' la sua campagna pubblicitaria al fotografo Oliviero Toscani ,
noto provocatore , ed Emanuele Pirella , autori di questo famoso spot .
Lo slogan recita : " Chi mi ama mi segua " ,
associando quindi il sensuale e provocante posteriore di Donna Jordan ,
ad una nota frase di Gesu' Cristo .
Tutto questo creo' , in un paese all'epoca molto religioso ,
uno scandalo che destino' il marchio Jesus Jeans e la sua
campagna alla storia della pubblicita' ...
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Marsha Hunt
America singer , actress , novelist and model , who has lived mostly
in Britain and Ireland .
She achieved national fame when she appeared in London as Dionne
in the long-running rock musical " Hair ".
She enjoyed close relationships with John Mayall , Marc Bolan and Mick Jagger ,
who is the father of her only child Karis ...
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Cantante , attrice , scrittrice e modella statunitense .
Il debutto da cantante solista avviene nel musical " Hair " .
Grazie alla sua foltissima capigliatura , viene scelta per la
rappresentazione del poster dello spettacolo .
Collabora poi con i Rolling Stones e conosce Mick Jagger , che le
dedichera' la canzone " Brown Sugar ".
Da Jagger avra' il suo unico figlio , Karis ...
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