{"id":11956,"date":"2026-02-13T07:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=11956"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:11:49","slug":"cortina-defined-glamorous-alpine-style-in-the-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=11956","title":{"rendered":"Cortina Defined Glamorous Alpine Style in the 70s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCortina d\u2019Ampezzo isn\u2019t just a ski town. For decades it has been la dolce vita on ice, with snow, slopes, and Champagne in hand. Long before technical parkas and Gore-Tex shells, this Dolomite jewel was where real style met serious snow. A playground for European aristocracy and global tastemakers from the 1920s onward, Cortina became the winter equivalent of Capri, Marbella and Monte Carlo \u2014 only colder and furrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBy the 1956 Winter Olympics, the first to reach a global television audience, the slopes were already a celebrity magnet. Film icons and social royalty moved through the mountains like it was a winter runway. Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn appeared in photographs, while Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton helped cement Cortina\u2019s legendary apr\u00e8s-ski scene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:683px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/683)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FA00003258_00159-Enhanced.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FA00003258_00159-Enhanced.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FA00003258_00159-Enhanced.jpg?resize=100,150 100w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FA00003258_00159-Enhanced.jpg?resize=200,300 200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\u201cThey Are Wearing\u201d Cortina, 1970s. Fairchild Archive\/WWD <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-secondary-regular-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-font-size-11 lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-margin-l-025\">WWD,FN<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 1970s sealed the fantasy. Picture Slim Aarons style moments come to life: women in fur-trimmed coats and oversize sunglasses, carrying Louis Vuitton bags in every shape and style \u2014 the ultimate must-have on the slopes \u2014 while colorful ski ensembles from brands like Ellesse and Fusalp, iconic in European ski style, turned every lift line into a scene. And men didn\u2019t lag behind, wearing fur coats, boots, and equally vibrant ski outfits that oftentimes outshone the women. As the sun went down, apr\u00e8s ski quickly evolved into an all-out party moment, with dancing, drinking and sunbathing in full force.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:756px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/756)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_fa00004629_00089-Enhanced.jpg?w=221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_fa00004629_00089-Enhanced.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_fa00004629_00089-Enhanced.jpg?resize=111,150 111w, https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1_fa00004629_00089-Enhanced.jpg?resize=221,300 221w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"756\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  a-font-secondary-regular-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\u201cThey Are Wearing\u201d Cortina, 1970s. Fairchild Archive\/WWD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCorso Italia, Cortina\u2019s main street and the heart of the town, turned into a who\u2019s who after a powder day. Skiers and visitors paraded between caf\u00e9s, boutiques and hotel terraces, showing off that fashion was never incidental.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWWD was there to capture it all. The archival photos here show the street style from the era: fur coats, statement boots, and endless glamour in real-world apr\u00e8s-ski life. People came to ski, yes, but also to be seen skiing and fashionably well doing so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn Cortina, la dolce vita never takes a season off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo isn\u2019t just a ski town. For decades it has been la dolce vita on ice, with snow, slopes, and Champagne in hand. Long before technical parkas and Gore-Tex shells, this Dolomite jewel was where real style met serious snow. A playground for European aristocracy and global tastemakers from the 1920s onward, Cortina became the winter equivalent of Capri, Marbella and Monte Carlo \u2014 only colder and furrier. By the 1956 Winter Olympics, the first to reach a global television audience, the slopes were already a celebrity magnet. Film icons and social royalty moved through the mountains like it was a winter runway. Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn appeared in photographs, while Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton helped cement Cortina\u2019s legendary apr\u00e8s-ski scene. \u201cThey Are Wearing\u201d Cortina, 1970s. Fairchild Archive\/WWD WWD,FN The 1970s sealed the fantasy. Picture Slim Aarons style moments come to life: women in fur-trimmed coats and oversize sunglasses, carrying Louis Vuitton bags in every shape and style \u2014 the ultimate must-have on the slopes \u2014 while colorful ski ensembles from brands like Ellesse and Fusalp, iconic in European ski style, turned every lift line into a scene. And men didn\u2019t lag behind, wearing fur coats, boots, and equally vibrant ski outfits that oftentimes outshone the women. As the sun went down, apr\u00e8s ski quickly evolved into an all-out party moment, with dancing, drinking and sunbathing in full force. \u201cThey Are Wearing\u201d Cortina, 1970s. Fairchild Archive\/WWD Corso Italia, Cortina\u2019s main street and the heart of the town, turned into a who\u2019s who after a powder day. Skiers and visitors paraded between caf\u00e9s, boutiques and hotel terraces, showing off that fashion was never incidental. WWD was there to capture it all. The archival photos here show the street style from the era: fur coats, statement boots, and endless glamour in real-world apr\u00e8s-ski life. People came to ski, yes, but also to be seen skiing and fashionably well doing so. In Corti&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}