‘Charlie’s Angels’ Fashion Secrets: What They Wore, Why They Wore It & What it Cost

“Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy. And they were each assigned very hazardous duties. But I took them all away from all that, and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.”

If you were a TV fan in the ’70s, the opening monologue to Charlie’s Angels is an iconic refrain. A sort of sexed-up modernization of his short-lived Honey West, the Aaron Spelling-produced crime drama — which starred Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith as the avenging Angels — quickly inspired debate about whether it was just another “Jiggle TV” entry or proof that gorgeous women could be tough-cookie role models, too. But viewers loved it, even after Fawcett-Majors left after just one season. And the ladies’ mysterious boss wasn’t the only main man in their lives.