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You'll never see that happen. The mindset of the world is so radically different from what the world was like in the 60's. Even back then, when The Supremes were taking the world by storm, their glamour was actually a throwback to the era of the 30's/40's Hollywood Glamour style. The girl groups look, initially, was that of "The Girl Next Door". When The Supremes started, that was their look too.
Berry Gordy and the whole of the Motown organization was just so incredibly forward-looking, they knew appearances meant EVERYTHNG, especially with their Black artists looking to break into the mainstream. While rebellion was becoming the norm in popular music, Berry knew his acts, especially The Supremes, had to be groomed to offend no one. Formal attire would be the rule at Motown. But- The Supremes had such an innate aura of class that was incredibly uncommon amongst practically everyone else in the music world at that time. There was no way to manufacture that.
If you were able to view publicity photos of random R&B, Soul, Country and Pop artists from the 60's, you'll see very little of that look of class The Supremes had. Oh, you'll definitely see a lot of women in formal gowns and such, but none of them carried it off as well. Most looked like they were just wearing the gowns for effect, while The Supremes actually looked as if they were sort of born into nobility; The Supremes exuded the charm, charisma and class; The Supremes gave the impression they had grown up going to finishing schools and modeling schools their entire lives. To me, the only other group that even approached the look and carried it off well, were The Marvelettes. Once Motown started allowing them to grow up, Katherine, Wanda and Gladys actually looked quite sophisticated in a natural way as opposed to just dressing up for show.
Today, I just don't see that there is anyone coming on the horizon who would feel as if it were worth anything to dress with such style and class. Years ago, people would dress in suits and ties and dresses to go to parties! Even going to a baseball game, people would don suits and dresses. Today, you can't even get anyone to bother to dress even halfway formally for worship services. People are so taken with comfort and the right to dress casually everywhere that a group dressing like The Supremes today would almost make no sense.
But that's just an opinion...
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