What they didn’t know was that Arlene and several of the other female dancers, and most of the handsome teen boys, were gay.Ĭlark, known as America’s oldest teenager, knew. Millions of kids from Brooklyn to Beverly Hills ran home from school every weekday to watch them dance, imitate their styles and fantasize about their lives. They were the squeaky-clean Kardashians of their era, and “Bandstand” could easily claim the title as the first reality show.
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Angel Chevresttįive-foot-two, brown-eyed, brown-haired Arlene and handsome Kenny, a year younger, were among the TV music show’s elite, its stars, the vaunted “regulars” along with another couple often on camera - pert, blond Justine Carrelli and suave Bob Clayton. Arlene Sullivan and Kenny Rossi on the cover of Teen magazine in 1959. The big teenybopper magazines of the era - Sixteen and Teen - plastered “Bandstand” dancers on their covers and wrote glowing, gossipy stories about their lives in Philadelphia, where Dick Clark produced the show. They joined Arlene’s and Kenny’s fan clubs. Girls comment on the pics and say he's the cutest guy.When cute young teenagers Arlene Sullivan and Kenny Rossi slow danced together on “American Bandstand” back in the late ’50s and early ’60s, kids across the country swooned. Not only family, friends like it as well.ĭo kids ever stop you and compliment you or say anything to you about your outfits?ĭiefenbach: He gets some weird looks from other older people, but sometimes I get personal messages on Instagram saying that I've got the coolest grandpa in the world and that they love him.
My family in Slovenia has seen the pictures on Facebook and Instagram and they like it as well. What does your family think about the way you dress? It’s something different, and with the Boost, he’s older so comfort is more important to him than just how a shoe looks. He might know some of his music, but he doesn’t know it’s Pharrell. Do you know who Pharrell is? Are you a fan of his music?ĭiefenbach: He doesn't know who Pharrell is. Your grandson photographed you in the adidas Pharrell Human Race NMD. But I know the basics about Supreme-it started as a skate brand and now it’s collaborating with Louis Vuitton. So you’re familiar with Supreme’s and Stüssy’s backstory? I'm on Facebook as well so I see whatever he likes. It started with seeing the clothes on my grandson. How did you get into streetwear brands like Supreme and Stüssy? We spoke to Abram, with help from Diefenbach who translated the conversation for us, about how and why he got into streetwear, what his family thinks of his outfits, and whether or not he’s actually familiar with the backstory of Supreme. He doesn’t mind it though he likes to stand out and be different. His interest in streetwear began about a year ago, though he admits the culture isn’t huge in his neighborhood. But now he does it like it’s his job.”Ībram, a retired gaffer, was born in Slovenia but has lived in Mainz, a small town in Germany about 40 minutes outside of Frankfurt, for the last 49 years. The first ones were kind of awkward to do because he’s never really stood in front of a camera and modeled. “It was my idea to take photos of his outfit,” Diefenbach said, “but surprisingly, he liked it more than I expected. It’s 71-year-old Alojz Abram, who became famous after the photos his grandson, Jannik Diefenbach, took of him wearing Supreme camp caps and Thrasher hoodies went viral this past January. The latest streetwear sensation isn’t another millennial decked out in Supreme.