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70's fashion wasn't that bad (Original Post) jakeXT Jul 2013 OP
Well, some of it was. However I see girls today wearing outfits Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #1
Hahahah!!! #13.... pipi_k Jul 2013 #2
They claim it's Van Gogh's Gypsies jakeXT Jul 2013 #12
How classy! I bet pipi_k Jul 2013 #40
I loved the bell bottom jeans back then. RebelOne Jul 2013 #3
Silly me pintobean Jul 2013 #4
Caption: pipi_k Jul 2013 #5
My mom decorated the cottage in a chintz with flowers the size of large pizzas. What do you applegrove Jul 2013 #6
I guess Flower Power reached into that decade... jakeXT Jul 2013 #11
LOL! applegrove Jul 2013 #14
Looks like she's wearing a tablecloth! caraher Jul 2013 #37
LOL "FOR A FLOAT" (i'll say!) n/t orleans Jul 2013 #39
Bad is subjective: I present the 1978 Eldridge Cleaver Codpiece Pants collection Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #7
I think you need a permit for that /nt jakeXT Jul 2013 #10
She's in a coma graywarrior Jul 2013 #8
It has a bit of Stepford jakeXT Jul 2013 #9
Good grief! graywarrior Jul 2013 #16
Quaaludes HappyMe Jul 2013 #13
My drug of choice back when graywarrior Jul 2013 #15
Drooling? HappyMe Jul 2013 #18
Hey, the early 70s was all about nodding out for me graywarrior Jul 2013 #19
I tended to walk about 4" off the ground. HappyMe Jul 2013 #20
Acid did that to me graywarrior Jul 2013 #21
The carpet was blowing HappyMe Jul 2013 #22
and the toilet water was going down the wrong way graywarrior Jul 2013 #24
That's the sweet thing. HappyMe Jul 2013 #25
I never got arrested, even with the tripping rabbit in the back seat of the hearse graywarrior Jul 2013 #26
I had a dear friend whose car HappyMe Jul 2013 #29
LOL graywarrior Jul 2013 #30
That thing was beautiful. HappyMe Jul 2013 #32
A real chick magnet graywarrior Jul 2013 #33
Um....no. HappyMe Jul 2013 #35
Whoops graywarrior Jul 2013 #36
I had a friend who was addicted to them. RebelOne Jul 2013 #23
I was never a speedy girl. HappyMe Jul 2013 #27
I could take them or leave them. graywarrior Jul 2013 #31
I had striped pants very similar to #9 Auggie Jul 2013 #17
it was horrendious , the dawning of man maid fibers olddots Jul 2013 #28
Leave the 70s fashion alone. People took a lot of drugs in the 70s Yavin4 Jul 2013 #34
I'm not posting any pictures of myself. hunter Jul 2013 #38
Mine weren't pipi_k Jul 2013 #41

Arkansas Granny

(31,525 posts)
1. Well, some of it was. However I see girls today wearing outfits
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 06:50 AM
Jul 2013

that I'm sure I had in my closet back in the day. Skinny tops, low rise jeans and platform shoes.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
2. Hahahah!!! #13....
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:47 AM
Jul 2013

The girl in the top photo

Is that really a pile of manure printed on the front of her shirt?

hahahaha

OK, probably not, but still...


Anyway, I was there, but never realized till just now, that most of the guys back then looked like porn stars.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
4. Silly me
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 01:32 PM
Jul 2013

I mostly wore big bell Levi's and concert tees. If I had only known about the saddle back pants and what a chick magnet they were.

applegrove

(118,765 posts)
6. My mom decorated the cottage in a chintz with flowers the size of large pizzas. What do you
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 05:40 PM
Jul 2013

mean the 70s wasn't that bad?

Brother Buzz

(36,458 posts)
7. Bad is subjective: I present the 1978 Eldridge Cleaver Codpiece Pants collection
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 06:13 PM
Jul 2013

Or why activists shouldn't become fashion designers …

graywarrior

(59,440 posts)
21. Acid did that to me
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 07:59 PM
Jul 2013

One time, I was tripping and dancing down Washington Street in Lynn--a real dangerous place to be at 2 am--in the winter wearing nothing but a tshirt and jeans. Cops drove by and didn't even glance my way. lol

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
29. I had a dear friend whose car
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:11 PM
Jul 2013

was an old hearse. We had so much fun!

Damn it! Now I want a 'lude and a Journey album.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
23. I had a friend who was addicted to them.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:02 PM
Jul 2013

She gave me one and I felt totally doped up. I was into speed in those days. I didn't like downers.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
28. it was horrendious , the dawning of man maid fibers
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:10 PM
Jul 2013

but it was made in the U.S.A.----- it was style bad style but style .the dreck that is fashion since " Faded Glory " is total garbage made by people who will never see it or be able to afford it.

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)
34. Leave the 70s fashion alone. People took a lot of drugs in the 70s
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 08:30 PM
Jul 2013

and some of those people designed clothes.

hunter

(38,325 posts)
38. I'm not posting any pictures of myself.
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 12:09 AM
Jul 2013

Boot cut Levis and "western" style shirts. Or worse. With round John Lennon "granny glasses."

What do I remember most? The closest I could find in a google search was tube-tops like this:



My girlfriend had one "burnt orange" and one "lime green" tube top. For more formal occasions she also wore "peasant blouses," "granny dresses," and round glasses.

The funniest thing about the time was the gym shorts we wore, men and women. They were tiny.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
41. Mine weren't
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 09:56 AM
Jul 2013

gym shorts...they were Hot Pants.

Purple.

Those and a pair of black lace up oxford type clunky heel shoes, long blonde hair...guaranteed to cause traffic accidents and guys walking into street signs...



sigh...the good old days...



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