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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:00 PM
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What's with the sudden resurgence of 70s style clothing?
Bell bottoms are back in vogue. Imagine.
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bkcc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:04 PM
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1. Where have you been?
The 70s look came and went a few years ago.
Now, I can't escape the 80s retreads that seem to have taken over.

I shudder to think what we'll be seeing in 5 years.

But your point is well taken. Bell bottoms sucked before, and they still do.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:13 PM
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5. they have returned about 3-4 times
since I was a teen in the 70s. And the stuff they resurrect is worse each time... like those crocheted ponchos. Ugh.

actually the elephant bells ( with requisite buffalo sandals from India) were kind of cool, totally wet and draggy when it was raining.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:53 PM
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14. Grumpy confession here...I like the ponchos....I mean, like People
magazine says (or was it US), "they hide a multitude of sins". ;) :hi: Who cares if they look like crap?
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:06 PM
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2. the media and fashion ministries of the homeland
are trying to make us skip the 60's this time around the cultural recycling track.
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bones_7672 Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:09 PM
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3. It's a bad flashback, man! n/t
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:12 PM
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4. must be n/t
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:14 PM
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6. Um, I think you missed a decade.
Bell-bottoms have been back in style since the mid-90's.
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buckettgirl Donating Member (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:16 PM
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7. Um, that's nothing new
70's clothing was back in style when I was in high school, I graduated in 99.... I haven't noticed much difference between when I was in high school and now.
I am actually seeing ALOT of 80's style clothing come back.... big huge hoop earring, stonewash/acidwash jeans, ripped jeans, jean jackets, wearing dressy flats with jeans.... I haven't seen tight rolled jeans yet though...
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:21 PM
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8. I've even seen...
people wearing polo shirts with the collars flipped up...what a stupid trend (then and now). Lets just hope those Members Only jackets never come back in style :scared:
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buckettgirl Donating Member (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:27 PM
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9. THAT WOULD BE HORRIBLE!!!! NNOOO! LOL n/t
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:27 PM
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10. Too late.
I see them all the time now. And leather ones, too.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:32 PM
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11. I'm not an advocate of the death penalty but...
the marketing "genius" who came up with bringing those horrors back, needs terrible violent things done to him/her
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:49 PM
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12. I wonder how much it has to do with the movies being
rerun on cable?

I've seen a lot of 80s fashions, just when I'm seen Fooloose, and Girls Want to Have Fun, and 16 Candles, et al on TV.
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:52 PM
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13. thank Comedy Central for that
they almost never show new comedies. It's a pity....
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:54 PM
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15. I'm a fashion victim
I'm 34 years old and have yet to break out of the jeans and sweatshirts/t-shirts mode unless I'm at work. I would probably fit neatly into the 70s or any other era.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:07 PM
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16. I'm over fifty, and a government employee,
and I'm still jeans & t-shirt, even at work (though the t's are all State Museum t's). I think I am stuck in the '70s.
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:09 PM
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17. I wish now I'd hung on to all my 70's clothes.
my daughter could wear them now and I'd have more money
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:13 PM
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18. Heck of an idea
I'm pretty sure my mom still has some of my clothes from the 70s. Maybe I can pass them onto my son so that he can be cool. Of course, he's only six. Does he need to be cool yet?
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:35 PM
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19. oh yes
cool is in
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:39 PM
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20. Speaking of the 70s and 80s
If I would have kept all my concert shirts, I would have been able to make a small fortune on e-bay as they've been in style these last few years.
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