Curated category
1970s fashion
- Nike, Inc.Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman established Blue Ribbon Sports on the 25th of January 1964. The pair operated out of Eugene, Oregon as a distributor for…
- AdidasAdolf Dassler began making sports shoes in his mother's scullery or laundry room in Herzogenaurach, Germany after returning from World War I.
- HippieThe word hippie emerged from the jazz slang of 1940s Harlem, where musicians used terms like hip and hep to describe someone who was sophisticated or…
- DiscoIn the late 1960s, a new sound emerged from the urban nightlife of New York City and Philadelphia. This music grew from African-American, Latino…
- PetticoatThe word petticoat emerged from Middle English in the 14th century as a term for a small coat or cote. Both men and women wore these undercoats during that…