On that first edition, Mary and TV partner Brandon Armstrong hit the ground running, dancing the foxtrot to perhaps the most famous of all the Supremes’ timeless anthems, ‘Baby Love.’ The 28th season of the ABC series, which premiered on 16 September, had Wilson competing against country star Lauren Alaina, The Office actress Kate Flannery, and Fifth Harmony singer Ally Brooke, to name a few. Wilson’s sudden death in February 2021was thus all the more poignant. Meanwhile, her role in Dancing With The Stars introduced the Supremes co-founder to another new generation, underlining that while celebrity can be ephemeral, true stardom endures. With the participation of Wilson (center stage, above), the acclaimed film documented the company’s evolution in its Detroit era.

September 2019 marked the UK premiere of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown, ahead of its official world premiere on 30 September. (Sept.Mary Wilson had been a worldwide celebrity for more decades than it’s polite to declare, but the solo spotlight was trained on her in 2019. Both entertaining and aesthetically pleasing, this book will appeal to Supremes fans and vintage fashion enthusiasts alike. Later, in the ’70s, while Wilson faced heartbreak as the sole original member left in the Supremes, she embraced Afro hairstyles in celebration of black pride and new disco fashions, such as fringed pantsuits.

Wilson shares fun anecdotes as the Supremes gained popularity: when the group performed at the Copacabana for the first time, Wilson recalls that the blue satin dresses with flower appliqués “looked great initially,” but on stage, “the huge flowers appeared gaudy,” and the feathers “constantly poked and tickled” the girls throughout the show. Wilson shares dozens of photos that illustrate the Supremes’ changing looks that paralleled the group’s rise to fame, starting from the girls’ humble beginnings as Detroit high schoolers performing in homemade dresses as the Primettes. The 32 pieces exhibit evolving fashion trends, from simple beginnings with matte jersey dresses worn in 1964 to promote the Supremes’ first Billboard #1 hit “Where Did Our Love Go” to fully sequined gowns worn during one of their several appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, shares her collection of some of the lavish costumes she flaunted throughout the 1960s and ’70’s.

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