Remembering Argentina’s 2-1 triumph against England in front of 115,000 spectators on June 22, 1986, is mostly focused on the two Maradona moments that would finally decide a battle boiling with political connotations. Four years previously, Britain and Argentina had engaged in a hostile confrontation in the South Atlantic for the Falkland Islands, which resulted in military junta loss for…
Photojournalist Ormond Gigli gathered forty-three ladies in 1960, outfit them in elegant, vibrant colors, and arrange them 41 windows across the front of the iconic New York City brownstones. Years later, his most well-known piece turned out to be this one. Gigli was working out of a studio on East 58th Street in the middle of Manhattan back then. Situated…
Regardless of gender, a clear pop culture look influenced youngsters’ bedroom decorations in the 1980s. Capturing the spirit of the age, these areas were a dynamic mix of cartoons, movies, and toys. Burst with colour and personality, the decor frequently reflected the thrills of a Saturday morning cartoon lineup. Teenagers in this decade saw their bedroom as an extension of…
For the Ku Klux Klan, the early 1920s were the golden age since many influential and successful people were either sympathetic to the cause or straight-forward Klansmen. The group claimed to have three million members across the country, including eminent leaders from coast to coast. The silent film Birth of a Nation, which presented members as heroes and aligned with…
A pillar of Western society, especially America, beauty pageants were outlawed in the Soviet Union since 1959 — no cheeky fashion, no celebration of beauty and elegance, no barely clothed girls. But in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev, the youngest General Secretary of the Communist Party, arrived and transformed the scene. His accession brought in a new era of social freedom for…
More than 100,000 women assembled in the streets of the Iranian capital on March 8, 1979, to oppose the mandatory hijab ruling of the new Islamic government, effectively mandating women to wear a headscarf whenever away from home. On International Women’s Day, the photographs show women from all walks of life — nurses, students, moms — marching, smiling, arms raised…
The flight attendant occupation assumed permanent form in the 1930s as “women’s work,” that is, job characterized as embodying white, middle-class ideals of femininity but also mostly performed by women. Together defining the new field of in-flight passenger service around the social ideal of the “hostess,” airline managers and stewardesses attempted to attract well-heeled travelers into the air. Like middle-class,…
These charming, elegant, and endlessly joyful images of roller-skating girls catch their carefree attitude. Re-discover the basic joys and ageless charm of these young skaters from bygone days. Roller skating originated in the 18th century, far earlier than one would think. Still, the early designs were far different from the sleek, sophisticated skates we know today. Possibly to replicate ice…
The sociopolitical climate of the 1960s and 1970s affected fashion in the Soviet Union. In a time of political rigidity, the women of the Soviet Union discovered a stunning means to imbue style with a special appeal, therefore producing a singular and shockingly gorgeous fashion. Fashion had not been a major focus for Soviet ideologists in past generations and was…
These catching pictures from 1948 capture daily life at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, therefore reflecting the experiences of female students at one of the most prominent liberal arts universities in the country. Photographs taken by LIFE magazine photographer Peter Stackpole capture a time when women’s access to higher education was still developing inside a fast changing society. Janet Trowbridge,…