Smart Attire

Dustin Hoffman dressed in a flannel, three-piece suit on a streetwalk in 1972. Hot on the heels of the rebellious 1960s, the 1970s brought about an era of relaxed tailoring and laid-back confidence that has been wisely revived in a number of men’s collections today. The days of loose-legged, slightly high-waisted trousers and wide-lapeled jackets have returned. Deeper V-necks have also made a comeback, as have blazer cardigans and tailored vests. As always, style is more about how you wear it than what you’re wearing.

The Swinging 1960s responded to the cowed blondes of the 1950s (like, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe) with Raquel Welch. This brazen force with cascading auburn locks was curvaceous and empowered. She was a sex goddess, despite refusing to be photographed nude—even for Playboy, causing Hugh Hefner to call her “boring.” (She shared on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: “I am my father’s daughter and that’s just not the way you behave. You don’t do that if you are a certain kind of a woman and that’s the kind of woman I was raised to be […] There were times when I disliked him quite a lot but at the same time I had enormous respect for him. I really did want to please him.”)

Raquel Welch was born Jo-Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, to Armand Carlos Tejada (who was Bolivian) and Josephine Sarah Hall (whose roots could be traced to John Quincy Adams and the Mayflower). In 1942, The Tejadas relocated from Chicago to San Diego, California, where the Tejadas soon welcomed Raquel’s siblings: James (in 1942) and Gayle (in 1946).