HOTPANTS 1970/1976

A short image story about a garment I love during a era I love, the 70's.

1970 - United Kingdom

PERSONALITIES: 70'S ITALIAN SINGERS

If you know me just a little bit, you'll probably know why I am doing this post. The first reason is that I am truly in love with the 70's. The second is that i totally adore italian music (I suggest Lucio Battisti to you all). The third is that the three girl that I am going to introduce you are not known enough, not as much as they should, at least.

NADA

Her nickname was "Il Pulcino di Gabbro" (the Gabbro Chick) - ahahahahahahhahahahah (sorry). When she was only 15 she debuted at the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo with a song that, for the italians, is kind of an evergreen "Ma che freddo fa". Her greatest success still remains "Amore disperato", one of my favorite songs to dance some years ago.

ROMINA POWER

Romina is not a real italian. She is the eldest daughter of the american actor Tyrone Power. After the divorce, her mother took her to live in Mexico and the Italy, where Romina spent most of her childhood. From the age of 14 she started acting in italian films. In Italy she met her husband, Albano Carrisi, singer and actor from the south, very traditionalist. She had 4 daughters; one of them, Ylenia, went missing in New Orleans in 1994. However, in Italy, Al Bano and Romina Power were like THE couple, everybody loved their hit "Felicità".

DORI GHEZZI

Dori Ghezzi is most known as Fabrizio De Andrè's wife. During her career she worked mainly in couple with the american singer Wess. Her successful songs are "Vivere per Vivere" and "Casatschok". She was incredibly beautiful.

I WANNA BE WHERE THE BOYS ARE

I AM SURE YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE RUNAWAYS, AN ALL-GIRL ROCK BAND THAT PERFORMED IN THE 1970's. OR MAYBE, YOU JUST KNEW, AS A NEW FILM ABOUT THEM HAS BEEN RELEASED IN THE US ( GOD KNOWS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN ITALY...).

THEY WERE FORMED EXACTLY IN 1975, BY DRUMMER SANDY WEST AND GUITARIST JOAN JETT (MY FAVOURITE!). THEN THEY MET SINGER AND BASSIST JACKIE FOX, GUITARIST LITA FORD (AT THE TIME SHE WAS JUST 16 YEARS OLD) AND LEAD SINGER CHERRIE CURRIE AND STARTED TO PERFORM IN LOS ANGELES.

WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THEM IS THE TEENAGE ATTITUDE AND THAT AMAZING AND AUTHENTIC 70'S LOOK. THEY JUST LET ME THINK ABOUT SUPER GIANT PLATFORM SHOES, BELL-BOTTOM JEANS AND T SHIRTS.

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE NEW FILM COMING... I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT KRISTEN STEWART AS JOAN JETT. JOAN HAD A GREAT PERSONALITY AND WE ALL KNOW WE CANNOT SAY THE SAME FOR THE STARLETTE OF TWILIGHT SAGA... SHE IS THE CLASSIC ACTRESS WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PERSONAL STYLE AND BE ALTERNATIVE, BUT CAN ONLY WEAR A CHEAP DRESS WITH CONVERSE ALL STAR ON THE RED CARPET (OH MY GOD, NO.) SO A ZERO ++ TO KRISTEN. ON THE CONTRARY, DAKOTA FANNING SEAMS TO BE PERFECT FOR THE ROLE OF CHERIE.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FILM AND DO A PROPER COMMENT, BY THE WAY. ONE THING IS SURE, THE ORIGINAL ONES WERE THE BEST.