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Elegant Restaurant 1980's
The Elegant Restaurant is set in 1980. Men should
wear suits and sport coats with the same notes as the boardroom members
suits. the waitstaff should be in crisp black slacks, white shirts,
dark ties, black dress shoes, bistro aprons…..
The color palette should be rich conservative, somewhat dark and not very patterned.
Here
are some shots of conservative women's wear for our elegant women.
contemporary conservative dresses will no doubt work, as the lengths in
the '80's were mid knee length to mid calf, not unlike today.
West Coast Computer Faire 1977
The Computer Faire of 1977 was the breakthrough of Apple computer
and Steve Jobs professional/personal life.
We
are in the 1970's so lapels and collars were big, ties were wide. The
faire was attended by computer geeks, computer hipsters, hackers of all
ages and styles, science teachers and professors, business people,
regular citizens, curious school kids, you name it.
We are still in our 1970's color palette.
Board Member's 1980's
For the board room scenes, board members meetings, board
members fretting and grumbling, and so forth. Board Members are suit
guys and gals. The colors palette for them will be the classic: navy,
charcoal grey, greys, black suits. pin stripes, solids, VERY
quiet/sublte plaids, non-contrasty herringbone. suits of the 1980's
tended to have a 3.5" wide lapel at the peak (a bit wider than most
suits today), the fabrics were stiffer
than the soft fabrics of today, the shoulders were strong, the
tailoring neat, clean and precise. trousers can be flat front or
pleated, cuffed or not, all precise. White, light blue, subtle
stripe, long sleeve, regular point collars, button down collars, tie
bars and pins or not, cuff links or not. Dark lace up dress shoes, well
polished, black socks. Nice dress belts. Ties are medium in width and
classically conservative.
in a classic business world, the suits look between the 80's and 90's is subtle.
In our Board Member world we should do classical conservative what is often referred to as "Brooks Brothers"
The Mac Design Team 1983-85
When Jobs was "demoted" to the Macintosh team he found himself in a
small isolated division away from the bigger more formal Apple company.
His team was quite informal and artistic. the colors and patterns of
the clothing in the photos of our real mac team are quite bright and
very 1980's busy. Nothing should be too loud, but needs to
feel playful and optimistic.
The Mac years are 1983-1985.
Lisa Design Team and 1980s Apple Employees
Now that we are in offices at Apple in 1980-1982, our color palette
narrows considerably. No longer earthy and juicy we are in an office
world that is somewhat formal and corporate, though not stuffy.
Although the design teams may have an informality to them, they are not
sloppy, and often the looks will harken back to the more formal look of
the Hewlett-Packard computer business looks. At IBM at the time
everyone had to wear suits, ties, and even sock garters. Apple prided
its self in individuality, and considered IBM to be a corporate clone
monster, but in the beginning those who worked there seemed to live
within a "dress code" of respectability.
Suits
tended to be made of stiffer wool fabrics, the lapels tended to be a
medium 3.5" in width at the lapel peaks, shirt collars were pretty much
as they are today, button down collars are like today's, ties were
medium in width, trousers were medium in width (no triple pleats), polo
shirts were popular, short and long sleeve dress shirts were worn,
slacks such as khakis (in various colors) were neat and pressed, jeans
were neat and tidy- and of course worn neatly at mid waist, usually with
a belt.
On the whole, Hair was less unruly than during the 70's, but not cropped really short. Apple
was predominantly men, at this time. Secretaries or other
classically female type jobs would be dressed
conservatively, cleanly.
Lisa's Design Team:
1980's Apple Employees:
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