A dazzling compilation of photographs from the outrageous and decadent 1970s, featuring the most iconic films, fashions, music, and art - from the brilliant curator of Hollywood in Kodachrome, Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis, and Audrey: The 60s.
The 1970s were an era when the age-old glitter of Hollywood was challenged by new forces from afar: an era when old-school stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minnelli rubbed elbows (and more) at Studio 54 with new stars from the world of punk rock, indie film, fashion, and art: David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Candy Darling, the Sex Pistols.
It was a decade whose style was about both glamour and hedonism, about fluid gender roles and experimentation rather than the carefully manicured portraits of an earlier time.
Photo curator and historian David Wills has made a name for himself as a chronicler of golden age Hollywood, with his richly luxurious portrait collections Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis, Audrey: The 60s, and Hollywood in Kodachrome.
Now, in his most diverse and surprising book yet, Wills showcases the great explosive parade of the 1970s - a time marked by an aesthetic of liberation and defiance, sexual freedom and decadent indulgence.
Gorgeously reproduced with Wills' expert touch, the photos in Seventies Glamour will be as varied as the decade's own dichotomous persona: Yves San Laurent models alongside Hugh Hefner and his Bunnies, transsexual Coccinelle beside Tom Jones, the Jackson Five in sequined suits and Alice Cooper wearing only a snake.
Seventies Glamour is a loud and vibrant gallery, unveiling a time when society was experimenting, stars were revealing everything, and style was all about defining oneself by defying expectations.
