But his legions of fans, called “Parrotheads,” regularly turned up for his concerts wearing toy parrots, cheeseburgers, sharks and flamingos on their heads, leis around their necks and loud Hawaiian shirts. “It’s pure escapism is all it is,” he told the Republic...
"Timothy B. Schmidt[bassist for theEagles] was in the band, and we were playing a venue outside of Cincinnati called King's Island," Buffettexplained. "People had already started wearing Hawaiian shirts to our shows, but we looked out at this Cincinnati crowd, and they were glaringly brill...
while men embraced leisure suits and wide-collared shirts. Meanwhile, tracksuits became a popular fashion choice for both sexes, with the matching top-bottom combo marking the first popularized form of athleisure wear.