Prime Cush: Why 1970s American Luxury Cars Were Bursting With Velour

Prime Cush: Why 1970s American Luxury Cars Were Bursting With Velour

Prime Cush: Why 1970s American Luxury Cars Were Bursting With Velour

Think back to the cabins of the land yachts that plied American highways from the 1970s and you will no doubt call to mind the phrase, "," made famous by the as he smiled at camera from somewhere in the vicinity of a mid-decade Chrysler Cordoba. However, a more comprehensive view of the market back then reveals an endless wave of a synthetic material every bit as warm and lush as Montalbán's dulcet tones—velour. For a stretch of 15 or so years, it was nearly impossible to order a Detroit-built barge that didn't feature floor-to-ceiling wannabe-velvet as its interior pièce de résistance.

Velour's dominant turn at the tiller of automotive styling was in step with the fashion and design trends of the day, reflecting the deep-pile carpets, upscale throwback upholstery, and of course the full velvet suits dominating both nightlife and the gym as the world reveled in a new polyester paradise.

At the same time, it presided over the last hurrah for what could be considered adult-oriented automotive advertising, the tail-end of TV and print campaigns that targeted a more mature audience—rather than pandering to the approaching swell of youthful yuppies that were poised to take over the consumer mainstream with their endless amounts of disposable income.

Science Brings Luxury to the Masses

 

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Out With the Softest of Whimpers

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