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...straight up--of hari, "the handsomest man in rock and roll"; Carole King more than a decade ago, starched, prim, and complete with bouffant hair-do; and three grinning Marvelettes ("you can call me up and have a date, any old time"), spike-heeled and poured into satin and sequin sheaths--to mention just a few. The pictures are abundant, and cliched though it may sound, they capture the excitement, the innocence and the defiance of so much early rock with greater clarity than most writers could ever hope to achieve...
When the Custom Tailors Guild of America presented its 29th annual "best-dressed men" list last week, the winners included sequin-studded Rock Star Elton John, football's O.J. Simpson and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who was cited for "his impeccable choice of garments and his manner of wearing them." President Ford had to settle for a quick cuff from the tailors. Said the guild: "He simply hasn...
...single sequin," says Jobriath between shows, when asked to describe his act. He is applying makeup in a Clairol Perfect Light Mirror. Blue eyeshadow. Maybelline mascara. Vermillion lipstick. Jobriath claims he only wears make-up for shows. "I do all this because it amuses me--it amuses me to come back here and bust my ass getting into these costumes. It keeps me busy. It makes me much more myself...
GLITTER TRIPPERS. Glitter stars do not seem so much to have created their fandom as to have been created by it. The fastest-growing audience in rock dotes on the finery of such brocade, sequin, mascara-and rouge-wearing performers as Todd Rundgren, Suzi Quatro, Alice Cooper and the New York Dolls. Occasionally a glitter singer like England's bisexual David Bowie is actually good. Mostly, though, admits the Dolls' David Johansen, "the whole glitter trip is just jive." A concert can also be simply an excuse for youngsters to come out for a reasonably harmless masquerade party...
...Hoosier standards, turned out to watch Saturday's season opener for both squads. Assembly Hall was constatnly in bedlam as the Hoosier fans went wild whoever an Indians player scored a basket or brought in a rebound, At halftime, Indiana's brass hand played and a girl in a sequin costume twirled a baton at midcourt...