70s disco fashion. Later in the '70s, disco burst onto the scene. Shiny and dedicated to excess, it was basically the opposite of the hippie movement. ... would influence the looks of the '80s.

Archival footage blends with B-roll to evoke the '70s-'80s New York fashion scene in documentary "Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco." ...

Check out Saturday Night Fever (1977) and 54 (1998) for live-action examples of disco fashion. Punk icon Richard Hell jump-started the punk movement with Blank Generation.

Say what you will about disco, the 1970s were a good time for American fashion. It’s when New York really carved its niche as the sportswear capital of the world.

While the '70s are constantly hanging on the fashion periphery, ... And it's not some demure 1970s working girl — the term "disco fashion" has jumped 270 percent since January 2011.

In times as fractious as the post-Watergate ’70s, fashion is drawing inspiration from the flashy, escapist distraction of disco.