A Forties Flop And Halloween Chic
Let me tell you — unless it’s an integral part of your lifestyle, or you’re going to a Mardi Gras, there is just NO WAY that people can get dressed up in campy costumes anymore and attempt to make something An Event without appearing damned foolish.
ELEGANZA
A Forties Flop And Halloween Chic
by
Lisa Robinson
Let me tell you — unless it’s an integral part of your lifestyle, or you’re going to a Mardi Gras, there is just NO WAY that people can get dressed up in campy costumes anymore and attempt to make something An Event without appearing damned foolish. It doesn’t work anymore — (it hasn’t worked since way back in 1971 at the Kinks’ Party the week the Cockettes were chic) — and The Pointer Sisters’ recent auspicious New York debut will do just fine as a perfect example.»
The ads for the general public as well as the press invites urged “Elegant ’40’s Dress-Optional.” After all, the performance was held at the elegant, fortyish Roseland Dance Ballroom. So. .C there was this line, all the way down the block to Ninth Avenue, and every department store window trimmer and New York City hairdresser who wasn’t in on the beginning of Bette Midler’s career was determined to show up for this one. You know — much in the same spirit as people who go to see Baba Ram Dass or Guru Mahara-ji. To Be There.