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They are dated... and some look better than others. But at least they are interesting, unlike what is seen today 90 percent of the time. Nolan Miller, however, has never been my favorite by any means. His clothes to me aren't feminine and sexy enough. I'm a Bob Mackie bitch till the day I die! LOL With Michael Travis coming in a close second.

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How can you like Bob Mackie and not like Nolan Miller?? :lol: They're pretty much cut from the same cloth, pun intended. ^_^

ITA, they are dated but so are Nolan Miller's clothes (hell, this is trickle down Miller anyway) but they were completely au courant. Miller borrowed heavily from the '40s, he took the sleek, chic elegance of Halston's '70s and fussed it up in the '80s. I miss '80s fashion, the hats, the furs, the suits, it's still alive and well on Sunday mornings in the black church however.

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I didn't say I didn't like him, I just don't LOVE him. I think the shoulder pads were something I wasn't that big of a fan of. But here's a question... what's the difference between "dated" and "Period". If it looked good 25 years ago, it looks good today. Just because something is out of style doesn't make it suddenly unnatractive. I'm not a fickle person, If I like something, I will like it forever. What I like about Nolan Miller was his use of color and sense of glamour. His silhouettes, not so much.

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Exactly, that's kind of what I was getting at, even Nolan's Dynasty duds are "dated" but that doesn't necessarily subtract from the appeal of those clothes. I don't like EVERYthing I see when I catch old eps, but maybe I would have liked it back then, maybe not. Tastes evolve and looking back there are things I've worn that I don't necessarily like now (loud patterned silk and rayon shirts of the early '90s). I think the things I'm still fond of are as you say timeless. A woman who could rock some of those Dynasty looks then could rock them now. Particularly Dominique's clothes which weren't as garish and statement making as some of Alexis' outfits. IMO, their best outfits were the ones that looked as equally and elegantly at home in the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00's, '10s, and beyond, which were usually sleek lined and monochromatic.

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Quite a relaxed day compared to the present. However,as the show was 'live tape' that afternoon performance had to be spot on. Also,the scenes were longer so there was much more dialogue to remember and deliver.I think the tape equipment at the time was not sophisticated enought to allow for the show to be taped out of sequence over a few hours.

Am I correct?

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supes, what a great article! Very cool bts glimpse. LOL at K.T. chatting with that snood around her mouth. Soaps function so differently these days, I wonder how the majority of remaining vets feel about the shooting schedule of today in comparison. I guess there'smore free time, but crazily jam-packed days and not the same cast and crew comraderie. Get 'em in, get 'em on, get 'em out.

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Paul, we posted at the same time. I'm not sure, but I do believe the cameras back then had to warm up so turning them on and off would be time consuming, as was editing of course. Plus, tape itself was expensive hence it being reused by some, and episodes archived on kinescope.

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I know Jaime Lyn Bauer had a lot of issue with what the actors had to go through at that time - I think they had to share dressing rooms with people not on soaps, or had part-time dressing rooms, they would get colds all the time, and I think they might not have had hot water. Then again Y&R rarely seems to have been a happy set...

I love that the first photo is Tom Halick hiking his pants up. And Dick DeColt, is that the biggest porn star name ever?

That wall of headshots -- I'd love to have seen that in person.

Don't recognize Brenda Dickson at all in the makeup scene.

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Yes Carl.i recall that Janice or Jaime said that they washed their hair in plastic tubs and things were pretty primitive. it's surprising looking back,that those conditions were tolerated by anyone.Back then,i know on Days at least,men supplied their own wardrobe and got dry cleaning allowance.

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Yeah, the headshot wall reminded me of Soapdish which they say was inspired by the wall-sized photos at AMC's studio.

For some reason, I always imagined Y&R was more glam behind the scenes and not so road company with actors doing their own makeup, washing up in Tupperware and whatnot. But maybe this was simply the norm?

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