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Boy, they really had some bangs back then, didn't they?
She rocked those bangs, her signature look for me and many.
She rocked those bangs, her signature look for me and many.
NOW...that's a Superstar!!!
NOW...that's a Superstar!!!
She rocked those bangs, her signature look for me and many.
For me their cheesy 1970/1971 haircuts are what make them look all the more square. Their worst, worst period clothes and hair wise in my book. I cringe whenever I see photos or footage of them from that era.
It's Karen's classic, I'm Karen Carpenter the drummer who sings.She rocked those bangs, her signature look for me and many.
Love the early Karen with the bangs. Richard's Prince Valiant haircut is out there, but hey, they were trying to establish some kind of identity. I cringe when I see a 1981 Karen with that permed-out lifeless dull hair singing TMWWD with sunken eyes and emaciated looks. Give me the early seventies girl with that magnificent mane of brown hair and those overalls any day of the week...
That early 80’s perm really aged Karen by about 50 years.Love the early Karen with the bangs. Richard's Prince Valiant haircut is out there, but hey, they were trying to establish some kind of identity. I cringe when I see a 1981 Karen with that permed-out lifeless dull hair singing TMWWD with sunken eyes and emaciated looks. Give me the early seventies girl with that magnificent mane of brown hair and those overalls any day of the week...
There's such a mix of opinions on Karen's and Richard's attire and hairstyle periods. The only complaint I had about Karen's bangs was when she let them grow over her eyebrows. I found them beautiful when she let her eyebrows show. Richard's Prince Valiant/pageboy haircut was kind of "of its time" ... but it started looking more like a helmet than his actual hair. When he began getting it cut short, in layers, it was a much more attractive look for him.
Someone commented about Cher being dressed "to the nines" in a Bob Mackie gown. We have to remember that Karen wasn't just a singer; she was an instrumentalist. Her clothing was meant to allow her to sit at an "unfeminine" instrument, the drums, and play comfortably. Also, it's easy to forget that many of her clothing choices mirrored what was popular fashion for young women at that time. It wasn't glamour, but it was a sort of "casual formal" that young women were experimenting with at the time. Granny dresses, much as they are disdained by many here, were part of that. It was a sort of harking back to the Victorian era, but updating it with vibrant '70s colors. Same with the outfit that Karen wears here; the lacy blouse, tunic vest and pants are a way of giving Karen a romantic look above the waist, while allowing her the freedom to play her drums.
It's easy to look back at most '70s fashion and say "Bleh!" Lord knows, I do. But I also see Karen and Richard being very much of their time, with Karen really being ahead of her time because she was rocking a functional look for women, and one that worked specifically for Karen at her drums. But, because it wasn't deemed fashionable, she wasn't celebrated for it. That's too bad, in my opinion.
Later on, Karen took the advice of others (Freda says she influenced Karen, and there were probably others, as well) and went for a much more conventional feminine image. At the time, I applauded it because I thought that's how women should dress. But since then, and especially given all we know about Karen's issues with self-esteem, I wish she'd held her ground and continued dressing and presenting herself in her own unique style. But it was not to be.
^^ And also, on that same special, check out Karen on this sequence beginning at 1:23 where Karen and Rich are walking into the studio and Karen takes that silly looking hat off and Jack Daugherty helps her take off her coat. OOH LA LA!!. As a matter of fact, she looks incredibly HOT (There, I said it!) during that whole recording session of Hurting Each Other IMHO. That is what I am talking about when I refer to the "early Karen". When it comes to this magnificent creature, To me, it was not all about her once-in-a-generation voice. The woman was a pleasure to look at during most of her career. By the way, I really hope I didn't offend anyone with this, we have some great female contributors in this forum, no disrespect intended at all. I tried to do it in a humorous way.
I'm pretty sure Maria started at the time we began seeing Karen's eyebrows tweezed within an inch of their lives . Sandy started after Maria and Richard broke up.So my question is, when did Maria work with them and when did Sandy start doing her hair? Who dressed her during these phases? Thanks.