Timeline:
1921- Wichita, Kansas – Walter Anderson creates the very first documented hamburger for his restaurant, White Castle.
1948 – Two brothers, Richard & Maurice McDonald, open a hamburger stand called McDonald’s Famous Hamburgers.
1957 - The Whopper is born giving the Big Mac a run for its money.
1970 – McDonalds introduces the Happy Meal – puts the fun in fast food.
1984 - Clara Peller asks “Where’s the Beef?’
2007 - As the economy declines, more and more upscale restaurants begin introducing high-end hamburgers onto their menus. Some of the most delicious hamburgers ever made are born.
2009 – Hamburger Disco takes the hamburger to a whole new level.
What is Hamburger Disco?
Hamburger Disco is a clothing company based out of Vancouver, BC, Canada. We exist to celebrate the two greatest creations of humankind: Hamburgers and Disco.
For generations the hamburger has been bringing happiness to households around the world. Hamburgers are not only delicious, but more importantly they’re also FUN. When we think hamburgers, we think of the happy-go-lucky days of the 50′s with drive-ins, Cadillacs, and waitresses on roller skates. Men would tip their fedoras to the beauties walking along the streets and everyone was home in time for dinner.
The 70′s brought us a whole new age of FUN with disco – bright lights, funky music, cool people, and even cooler getups. Legends like The Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, and The Jackson 5 not only changed the landscape of popular music, but also cultivated a new culture of care-free peace, love and ecstasy. It’s our goal to take the essence of these eras and bring them back to life with our clothing.
How did it start?
“It all started with a trip to Japan…”
While on vacation in Japan, we realized that North America didn’t celebrate hamburger couture as much as it should. Capsule toys, pencils, candy, beach balls, CD Cases, stationary, street art – it seemed like there were hamburgers on everything in Japan. How could we as North Americans – the founders of the hamburger – not represent? Hamburger Disco was founded shortly after.
(Japan's re-imagining of Ronald McDonald)
Friends – Hamburger Disco would like to thank:
Mark Montgomery, DJ Dash, IAMTHETREND, T-Shirts Around the Internet, Tcritic, PureButtons.com, Cottonable, HIDEYOURARMS, Emptees, Teezine, Christine Tang, EA SPORTS
