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Post by GoodOldDreams on Feb 26, 2008 15:55:59 GMT -5
Hey Rick, Now I know what Karen really meant when she sang: "So they sprinkled ... starlight in your eyes..." and why The Stylistics rhapsodized: "There's a spark of magic in your eyes..." Cool shades! The 1970's must be back. I know you can get replicas of Elton John's Gold Star glasses from www.fastfancydress.co.uk. Do you have photos of yourself all "duded" up during the disco era? Please share!
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Post by wisejester7 on Feb 26, 2008 21:42:37 GMT -5
Those groovy shades do have that 'California label' status about them, don't they?!
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Post by Rick Henry on Feb 26, 2008 23:42:50 GMT -5
I couldn't resist and had to post this pic of myself... I just love those crazy starsunglasses. They were part of the party favors at a child's birthday party a few years ago and thought it would make a fun and silly pictures. Dreams... Ironically there weren't many pictures of me taken from about 1976 up to around 1993 I was 16 in 1976 and 33 in 1993). I never owned a camera (until '93) and most of my friends usually didn't carry a camera around with them. I went through most of the 80's without my picture being taken... and that's a real shame because those were the years when I was a sort of slave to fashion. I went through a preppy stage, a goth stage, a new wave stage, then finally settled into the California casual stage. My hair was long and permed (what I call the So cal sufer look), I had my hair standing straight up on top... and it was tall... about 5 inches in height, another time period I wore my hair hanging down into my eyes, and then I cut my hair short somewhat like Bryan Adams in the early 80's. I didn't play around with my hair color much but at one point it was jet back at another time it was bright orange. I had two closets full of cloths, including about a dozen full suits, Jordache jeans, bell bottoms, angel's flight, overalls, parachute pants, sweat pants, you name it. I had way to many shoes... cowboy boots, contructor worker shoes, running shoes, Nikes, platform soes, earth shoes, penny loafers, wing tips, crocodile skin, balmorals... you name it. Okay, okay... so I was a bit long-winded... but what can I say I really enjoyed the late 70's throughout all the 80's... that was my crazy youth. Of course I'm much more wise now (NOT!). But today is also just as outstanding. I will dig up the few pictures I do have from that time period and share them with you. As it is here are a few I have available right now. 1978 1979 1989
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Feb 27, 2008 1:43:46 GMT -5
Cool pix, Rick. Those starry sunglasses and southern California vibes told me that you might have some flashier photos from your days of modeling and/or singing around the Disco Era! Ha ha ha!
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Post by Rick Henry on Feb 27, 2008 2:02:24 GMT -5
Hey Dreams... the modeling thing didn't happen until the late 80's and early 90's and it was a very brief thing. I did for a friend who was a photographer... it wasn't anything professional... she took pictures of me for about year... and they were mainly rock star type photos (which of course I was never a rock star). I also did a brief amount of runway modeling when I worked at a men's clothing store in 1979... again this was only for a few months and I did only a few shows... and any photos that were taken were by spectators so I never got any of them. I wish now that I would have had a photographer there. I will dig up a few more pics to share...although, i don't really have much. Hey... I love the gold star glasses in your post... really neat. Okay... here's another picture... mind you I was never really all that flashy... even in my craziest days in the 80's... but hey I did have a few moments. 1980
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