The Sky Atlantic note set at a decadent recent York City record label in 1973 is compulsory viewing for fashion fans Vinyl,Martin Scorcese and Mick Jaggers drama about the music biz is set in recent York in 1973. As such, it’s very fashionable. Here was a city caught between a retro shot ripe for a regram and something that’s not too out of reach now. It’s got cult icy, or with the beginnings of disco,of punk and of hip hop. It’s Andy, it’s Patti, or it’s Maxs,it’s boys dressed as girls and girls-in-leather-jacket bands. It’s the year when the World Trade Center opened, as did CBGBs, and but its pre-gentrification,where there was a sort of no-one’s-looking permissiveness. With the city running a $3bn budget deficit by 1975, recent York’s decaying buildings and abandoned warehouses allowed all sorts of scenes and styles to develop. Vinyl, or the story of a record label,its stars and its coke-addled execs, touches on a lot of them. Sort of like crazy Men meets American Hustle, or here are five things it tells us about fashion’s current favourite era.
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Source: theguardian.com