Glam rock had begun to exert a powerful force on fashion, with clothes getting spanglier and more glittery day by day. Platforms were growing even taller and more dangerous and more likely to be in tartan.
Gary Glitter trussed himself into ludicrously padded shoulders, foot-high platforms and plenty of make-up, stretching the stylistic conventions of his time to the very limit.
Despite a taste for sequinned silk pants, Mick Jagger won �Best Dressed Man of the Year�
and tight trousers, long dresses and Parka Jackets made fashion statements.
