Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Day or night, casual clothes were always in order on Fire Island. But artist David Hockney stuck with the suit and tie for this event in the summer of 1976.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD The fashion crowd has always flocked to Fire Island. On the far left, designer DD Dominick joined in a round of applause.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Sarongs were a staple for men and women on the island in the Seventies.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Artists and designers showed off their individualistic style.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD André Leon Talley kept things cool in the pool, wearing a mesh shirt and relaxing on a raft.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Bethann Hardison unwound with friends including designer Ronald Kolodzie wearing tinted glasses.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Accustomed to cutting his own hair, Stephen Burrows said that cutting other people’s hair was just something that he did.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Stephen Burrows played barber, wearing leopard-printed drawstring pants that he designed.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Stephen Burrows said, “I just got into cutting people’s hair. I didn’t like the way they looked.”
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD While Stephen Burrows trimmed a friend’s hair, designer Angelo Colon sketched on a picnic table nearby.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Wearing leopard-printed drawstring pants designed by Stephen Burrows, Bethann Hardison strikes a pose with model Karen Bjornson.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Designer Victor Hugo (left) and model Karen Bjornson in the arms of John McDonald.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD The peasant finale look with the bride wearing Frank Masandrea at the second annual Pines Conservation Society fashion show in August 1976.
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Andre Leon Talley: Fire Island in the Seventies
Image Credit: Pierre Schermann/WWD Weekenders liked to keep the dress code casual as proven by these bare-chested men at the pool.