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As the fad progressed, manufacturers like Candie's stretched the envelope of what was considered too outrageous to wear, while others, like Famolare and Cherokee of California, introduced " comfort " platforms, designed to combine the added height of platforms with the support and comfort of sneakers, or even orthopedic shoes, and by the time the fad finally fizzled in the late 1980s, girls and women of all ages were wearing them.
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The conglomerate fad was subsequently replaced by newer ideas like focusing on a company's core competency.
Twister, much like its counterpart the hula hoop, was one of the many toy fad phenomena that came about in the second half of the 20th century.
Periodic fad names like Aoyun (" Olympics ") also appear.
His poems plunge from perhaps ironic piety to equally ironic blasphemy ; they reflect, more than anything else, his interest in mediæval Latin literature, and his works led to a fad for late Latin literature among authors like Joris-Karl Huysmans.
As great as " Break Dancin '" was, though, it highlighted the limited tonal range of scratching, which was in danger of becoming a short-lived fad like human beat-boxing until the emergence of Code Money's DJ Brethren from Philadelphia in the mid -' 80s.
Mood rings were a short-lived fad of the mid-1970s ( like the pet rock ) and were especially popular with young girls.
Increased awareness of the importance of hydration-and perhaps a fad of wilderness chic-has led to the appearance of some Nalgene containers in urban and suburban settings like gyms, offices, and campuses.
In the early to mid-1960s, slot car racing became a fad and like many other companies Revell attempted to enter the fray by using its plastic model car bodies with mechanicals underneath-fit for the track.
It is now regarded as a classic fad diet like the grapefruit diet or the cabbage soup diet.
After a few years of popularity, like other fad toys, the Billiken faded into obscurity.
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In 1990, 21 contemporary bands — including R. E. M., ZZ Top, Richard Lloyd, David Leonard, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Primal Scream — recorded covers of Elevators songs on Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson, one of the first tribute albums, in what would become a fad.
Once she appeared on The Mike Douglas Show in 1970, and Mike asked her what she thought about the new fad called " streaking ," where someone runs naked in public.
Bob had observed the growing popularity among young people of the new “ rock ‘ n roll ” music and in about 1954 convinced station management to allow him just 1 hour a day to this new “ fad .” “ The 5: 05 Show ” opened with what became a familiar theme song to thousands of KDTH listeners – “ The Buck Dance ” by David Carroll ’ s Orchestra, and then transitioned into 55 minutes of Bill Haley, Little Richard, Elvis and the other top favorites of the day.
According to Adam Goldfarb, the director of the Pets At Risk program for the Humane Society of the United States, " Potbellied pigs are really emblematic of what happens to an animal when it becomes a popular or fad pet.
As one later ethnographer pointed out, however, although " culture at a distance " had the " elaborate aura of a good academic fad, the method was not so different from what any good historian does: to make the most creative use possible of written documents.
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The disco fad was also picked up even by " non-pop " artists.
" Most of the other studios were unwilling to invest in the new sound technology, assuming it was a passing fad.
The exaggerated walk, with one hand on the small of his back and his torso bent almost 90 degrees at the waist was a parody of a fad from the 1880s and 1890s.
Groucho exaggerated this fad to a marked degree, and the comedy effect was enhanced by how out of date the fashion was by the 1940s and 1950s.
Originally, it was considered a somewhat expensive fad, as it lacked the live atmosphere of a real performance and 100 yen in the 1970s was the price of two typical lunches, but it caught on as a popular kind of entertainment.
Babcock's rules simplified the game to make it easier for Americans to take up, and his version was common through the mahjong fad of the 1920s.
Edison was said to have been influenced by a popular fad diet in his last few years ; " the only liquid he consumed was a pint of milk every three hours ".
Additional significant trends of the 1980s include Headbands, Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses ( popularized in the film " Top Gun "), Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses ( popularized in the films " Risky Business " and " The Blues Brothers "), Swatch watches, Slap bracelets ( popular fad among children, pre-teens and teenagers in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was available in a wide variety of patterns and colors ), and the Rubik's Cube ( became a popular fad throughout the decade ).
Reality shows with low ratings included The Amazing Race, Lost ( unrelated to the better-known serial drama of the same name ) and The Mole, leading some to speculate that reality television was a temporary fad that had run its course.
The original rotary machine was manufactured to print logos and team information on bowling garments but soon directed to the new fad of printing on t-shirts.
Critics asserted that advertising was co-opting elements of grunge and turning it into a fad.
In the early 1900s, the wristwatch, originally called a Wristlet, was reserved for women and considered more of a passing fad than a serious timepiece.
This Gascon " literary fad " was unpopular in Provence in the early 13th century, harming the reputation of the poets associated with it.
1929 ), an entrepreneur named Donald F. Duncan recognized the potential of this new fad and purchased the Flores Yo-yo Corporation and all its assets, including the Flores name, which was transferred to the new company in 1932-the same year that the name " Yo-yo " was first registered as a trademark and Harvey Lowe won the first World Yo-Yo Contest in London, England.
Leslie Alcock, 1971 may have started the recent fad of using " heaped together ", but he certainly was not the first to use this in commentary.
The shape was essentially an inverted triangle, with a wide-brimmed hat on top, a full upper body with puffed sleeves, no bustle, and a skirt that narrowed at the ankles ( the hobble skirt was a fad shortly after the end of the Victorian era ).
The Romantics had a minor hit with " What I Like About You " in early 1980, but, by then, power pop was seen as a passing fad by many critics.
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Once considered a passing fad, twin-tip skis have become a staple in the product line of all major ski-producing companies worldwide, with a few specializing in twin tips.
Television and rock ' n ' roll captured taste and fashion, including the new " short shorts " fad, since Bermuda shorts were considered old, dull, and " fuddy-duddy " although, as History of Costume author and FIT Professor Rachel Kemper noted, " Short shorts left a girl's ass hanging out.
While the punk dance is considered a fad dance, its origins also make it a street dance.
Programs often considered fad diets:
It may also be a by-product of this fad that Scandinavian clogs, which were considered rather outrageous in the late 1960s and early 1970s, had become classic by the 1980s.
The cakewalk, considered old fashioned by the cast, was almost cut from the show, but proved popular with audiences and became a fad in the United Kingdom.
In the wake of the crash, many American retailers considered video games a fad that had run its course, and had seriously cut back their sales of such products, or stopped them entirely.
When sour confectionery was first introduced it was not considered a serious product category, more of a children's fad.
During this time, hip hop was considered a fad outside of New York.
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