Monday, February 21, 2011

What Grease did for the leather jacket

By Krissy Malone


The film Grease was released in the seventies and is still a popular film today. Men across the world wanted to look like John Travolta, who played the main male character Danny, and women wanted to look like Oivia Newton-John, Grease's leading lady who played the character of Sandy. The film has been loved for decades by people of all ages.

Fans love the songs and dances in Grease, which people still listen to today. The soundtrack to Grease was just as popular as the actual film, and popular songs such as 'Summer Loving' and hip-shaking 'You're the One that I Want' are karaoke favourites. The voice of Olivia Newton-John vocal talent became so popular that after the film was released she began to sing her own songs.

As well as the musical talent in the film, Grease was famous for the clothes the characters wore. The fashion that featured in the film introduced leather jackets to both male and female fashion shops, and took the world by storm. The well-known song 'Grease Lightning' that features in the film made leather jackets popular.

In the film Grease, the group of male characters were called T-Birds. Their signature look, which was copied by Grease fans, was a leather jacket with 'T-Bird' written on the back of them. Fans everywhere were eager to get their hands on a leather jacket when the film was released, so that they too could look like a 'T Bird'.

Olivia Newton-John's character Sandy dresses in girly, sensible clothes throughout the film up until the very end. She then enters the scene wearing skin-tight black trousers and a leather jacket similar to John Travolta's. Sandy's total transformation was a huge hit with Grease, and they were eager to get their hands on a similar jacket. After Grease was released, people everywhere wanted a leather jacket and the shops on the high street began making their own renditions of leather jackets.




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