FASHION Magazine

  • Solid Gold dancer takes credit for the no-pants trend

    by Jennifer Campbell
    What you'll be wearing this spring. Photo via Darcel's Facebook
    What you'll be wearing this spring. Photo via Darcel's Facebook

    We have some hazy memories of sitting on our mom’s ’70s-brown couch watching Solid Gold. Mostly we remember the sax-heavy theme song, Wayland Flowers and his puppet Madame, and of course, the Solid Gold Dancers, who would writhe around on circular platforms to the top 10 hits while wearing metallic Lycra. Darcel Wynne, who was the principal dancer for five of the show’s eight seasons, recently gave an interview to blogger Auntie Fashion where she revealed that she is the inspiration for the coming barrage of pantsless fashions.

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