May I suggest a return to 70's fashion anyone?

[Bonobo]

For some reason I have been itching to wear bell-bottoms, grow out my hair and beard -maybe even an occasional vest!

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Your bell bottoms may need one of these

Just in case they are a little loose in the waist, dontcha know.

[wordpix]

39. Hey, that's one of the belts I macrame'd back in 1970! No kidding, down to the belt buckle!

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. LOL. If you add 2 more sections then it'll also be my mom's plant hangers.

[yourout]

2. Tube tops.....please bring back tube tops.

[Arugula Latte]

3. Tube tops are still with us ... Usually at state and county fairs.

[Bonobo]

4. I really liked velour too!

[RebelOne]

32. I still wear velour. I don't think that ever went out of style. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

34. And suede. Lot and lots of suede.

The more colors, the better.

[DevonRex]

60. No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no.

For those of us who are well endowed and can't bend over in one of those without it all the sudden rolling down UNDER our boobs, they were a NIGHTMARE.

[kwassa]

63. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

for us men observing this phenomenon ...

[yourout]

81. Why do you think I want them brought back....

[Gemini Cat]

5. That was the '60's

This generation needs to do their own thing.
I think they will.

[Bonobo]

7. Was not, it was the 70's.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

33. In NY it was the late 60s. I know because I had bellbottoms in HS. I graduated

1969.

[MiniMe]

49. And they were still in in the early 70's

I went to high school in the 70's, graduated in 75, and bell bottoms were still big.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

64. I was responding to the OP who said that bell bottoms were not in the 60s.

Yes, the style lasted through the early 70s.

[Ganja Ninja]

65. The late 60's was when it was the most fashionable.

You had people wearing bell-bottoms with t shirts and sandals. Then in the 70's it morphed into disco with the bell-bottomed polyester leisure suites and shirts with the wide collars and wide belts and shoes with platform soles. Yeah the 70's sucked fashion wise. And the music started going downhill then too.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

I'd wear my bell-bottoms with everything from Mexican peasant blouses

to tie dyed shirts. I loved them. I also had a pair of wool Navy surplus pants (wide leg, button-up) that I wore the death out of. I also wore maxi granny dresses! The early 70s continued the clothes that I loved and then fashion disaster to me swept in. I hated all of that disco stuff and couldn't wear platform shoes to save my life. I still never wear heels.

[Gemini Cat]

71. That's how I remember it.

I'm not a fashion expert, but that's what I remember.

[nc4bo]

6. I can pick my hair into a huge sun eclipsing afro :) nt

[Bonobo]

8. No THAT is what I am talking about!

I used to have a fro pick in my back pocket too!

[lonestarnot]

10. Woohoo hair!

[Matariki]

25. sun eclipsing afro!!!

sun eclipsing!!!

so cool, it had to be said twice!

[Ilsa]

38. I have a 'fro pic and I don't have a fro. Boot cut jeans are almost as

good as bell bottoms. They add alot of curve. And the waistlines have dropped to optional hipster level too, even with the pants pulled up.

[parasim]

9. Yes! I'll grow out my afro (ok, it was a white guy's afro, but still) and gotta have some fringe.

Beaded doorways, incense, skinny rectangular tinted glasses... groovy, man!

I'm totally serious though, I would love to bring back the 70's style.

[Bonobo]

11. White guy afros (or Jewish in my case) were cool too!

And I am serious too (half anyway)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. don't forget the extremely blond Afro on a Jewish guy.

As personified by Arthur Garfunkel on the cover of Bookends.




and also the famous pianist and party animal Arthur Rubinstein:


when he was older:

[CTyankee]

72. My Jewish friend called his fro an "Isro"

n/t

[foxfeet]

77. A Jewish friend of mine in NYC called his a "Jewfro."

[Urban Prairie]

12. Forgot the beads

and metal peace sign, bandanna, fringed suede jacket, and Dingo boots, I loved Male brand button-fly big-bell blue jeans, they were the first to come out with a 36-38 inseam.

[mmonk]

13. What do you mean by return to?

[Bonobo]

14. Is it "in" now?

Not for men, I don't think.

Although I think ties are getting skinnier! Yeah!!!

[mmonk]

16. Not for men now? You mean I've got to take this stuff off now?

[Bonobo]

17. LOL

[mmonk]

20. Can I keep my mustache?

[Greyhound]

15. Ooo, a pair of "Angel Flights", some 4" stacks and an acetate shirt

with "Stayin' Alive" emblazoned across the open chest to show off my manly hair and 27 gold chains.



It was bad enough on Quaaludes and coke, please not again.

[susanna]

31. Have you ever seen this blog post re: a 1977 JcPenney catalog?

Egads, just say no to ANY 70s fashions, early or late. The colors and patterns alone can blind you:

http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2007/10/strap-in-shut...

[TuxedoKat]

50. OMG -- That is HYSTERICAL!!!

I just went there to read that blog -- good thing I wasn't drinking coffee at the time! Thanks for sharing that! Totally agree with you about '70s fashions too having lived through that decade -- they were hideous for the most part.

[susanna]

55. I know. When I saw this thread, I just had to share that one!

Some of that stuff...shudder. The worst part is I can remember people looking like that.

I, obviously, am no fan of the 70s.

[madmom]

56. that's disco and everybody knows DISCO SUCKS!

[Sequoia]

62. I hated it for the most part.

But you know, MTV has this movie which I thought was made in the 70s but it wasn't. It's about a roller skating contest at a rink in Chicago. Pretty good movie and great skating with that disco music which seemed okay.

[madmom]

66. No disco really sucked big time, that's where all the polyester and

big chains and weird hair came from. Rock and roll was where it was happenin' at least according to the "hippies"

[Sequoia]

70. Double-knit polyester, no ironing needed

I took a 4-H sewing class and made a yellow pantsuit out of that stuff. I thought I was cool.

[madmom]

75. LOL ..... did you need shades to go with it? : )

[Sequoia]

79. Yep, big round ones !!! That Girl !!!!

I had a flip hair-do too.

[madmom]

82. AH memories, I have naturally curly hair so I always ironed it.

Man I hated my hair then. Now I'm the height of fashion!

[MrSlayer]

18. Oh please no.

The 70's by far were the worst fashion decade.

[Bonobo]

19. Oh crap, maybe I should lay off the sauce....

[MrSlayer]

21. If that is what sparked this insane notion then perhaps you should.

Maybe you should drink more.

[Fireweed247]

76. I showed these pics to my husband

and he said 'what's wrong with that?'

really freaked me out there for a second

[Peggy Day]

22. mini skirts ok?

[ShadesOfGrey]

37. And Hot Pants?

I guess Hot Pants are still around, but these days they call them shorts.

[Warpy]

23. Bell bottoms are back

only they're being called "boot cut" jeans.

People still think you're a crackhead who has an unhealthy interest in their car CD player if you have long hair and a beard, though.

[pansypoo53219]

24. i just ebayed a 1973 sears wishbook

FOR GOD'S SAKE NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Contrary1]

26. I still have my snap up the front leather mini from 1972...

If I'm lucky, I might be able to get it around one thigh.

On edit: I still have this little number from 1970:

[KittyWampus]

47. that embroidery is beautiful.

[krispos42]

28. Alerting- fashion crisis!!!

Good God, how soon we forget...

http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/71book/5.html


We have books, movies, and photographs for a reason... so we can recognize past mistakes quickly and completely, and catalogue them.


"Hey, Maude, how does this look?"

"Hmmmm... I think I've seen that before, Geri. Lemme check my book.:

<thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb>

"JESUS CHRIST!!!!"

"Maude, are you- HOLY FUCK! NEVER MIND! NEVER MIND!!!!!"

[Drunken Girlfriend]

29. 70's fashions

Bell bottoms were from the 60's.

Anyways,as a 30 yr old,I am really liking the fact
that 80's music and fashion is in style.

I've also noticed that plaid is slowly making a comeback,
which is great,because I luved grunge in the 90's.

[Radical Activist]

30. It beats the 80's retro going on now.

Oh man did 80's fashion suck ass.

[salguine]

35. Want people to look good? Bring back the 1930s-40s.

[TuxedoKat]

45. Totally agree.

Hats, gloves, smart-looking suits for both men and women, elegant evening wear -- great clothing era! Early '60s to mod wasn't bad either.

[Radical Activist]

58. Seconded!

Bring back Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong music too.

[Bryn]

61. Perfect!

I also like the Roaring 1920 fashion for women with band around head, plenty of beads. Must be fun!

[TahitiNut]

74. Only someone who didn't have to suffer in such clothing could say that.

NO permanent press. Scratchy wool. Corduroy like cardboard. The MOST uncomfortable clothing EVER. I detested wearing that shit in the 40s and 50s.

[lunatica]

36. I never understood why bellbottoms went out of style

It's still bemuses me. I just don't get it. How could anyone not like bellbottoms?

[Bucky]

40. You're on! We'll feather our hair and go hang out at the roller rink

As long as we don't do late 70s and start sniffin poppers

[foxfeet]

78. Yeah, poppers, Levi's 501s, and a thousand half-naked sweaty guys

dancing. Straight disco may have sucked, but gay disco was something else altogether.

[carlyhippy]

41. bellbottoms have been back for years, for women anyway

I have sporting the 70's style for years, Farrah hair, bellbottoms, peasant shirts, long skirts....would be cool to see guys again in bell bottoms, sexy sexy sexy......oh yeah, I bought a bottle of "gee your hair smells terrific", yep still smells good, not so good on the hair, if you want some too, you can get it at the vermont country store online.

[Soylent Brice]

43. i started growing a beard for the first time

felt compelled for a physical change to mirror the mental change taking place 'round here.

loving it.

not much of a fashionista, nor do i have any kind of penchant for the 70's, but i can dig it.

[Stevenmarc]

44. No No to Nik Nik's

There's no reason to bring back a massive amount of petroleum based fashion.

[Evoman]

46. Fuck that. I want one-piece futuristic silver jumpsuits to come into fashion.

Enough dwelling on the past...I want.... THE FUTURE.

[juno jones]

48. I think you mean early '70's

My part of the '70's was polyester, qiana, painter's pants, gaucho boots and everything generally artificial and disco. But who cares if the clothes itched, were too tight and were so non-breathing as to cause rashes, the cocaine and quaaludes apparently took care of those little annoyances.

I'm fine with what I got now. The '70's only wished they had hemp jeans.

[meow2u3]

51. Do me a favor: no polyester, please

Polyester makes me literally sweat!

[theboss]

52. Does anyone have a good picture from the 70s?

I think that ends that debate.

[Strong Atheist]

53. I would love to see a return to 70's

( and 60's) "natural" looks ...

[dysfunctional press]

54. seven for all mankind has got you covered-

my wife has two pairs of what used to be called "whaler bells"...

[madmom]

57. Now this is what I wore in the late 60's early 70's, along with halter tops and no shoes or

thong sandals. No polyester, no beads. On chilly days we would wear peasant tops made of gauze or light cotton.

I remember wearing hot pants to school and them telling me they were shorts and I argued they were culottes and believe it or not I won! : )

Ah to be young again (not to mention thin!)

[leeroysphitz]

59. You may suggest...

[WI_DEM]

67. No, Thanks.

[DavidDvorkin]

68. I wouldn't mind getting my hair back

But I don't think I'd wear it in a ponytail, this time.

[lutefisk]

69. Well, clothes were "sexier" back then, imho.

To be honest, I miss seeing women wearing halter tops, tube tops, hip hugger bell bottoms, hot pants, and mini-skirts. The guys' fashions did sort of suck, though.

[Fire Walk With Me]

73. 70's fashion is one national nightmare which will hopefully never return

[Blue_In_AK]

80. I actually grew my hair out as a protest during the Bush years --

or after the second "election," at least. It's now about five inches past my waist. I'll probably be cutting off a foot or so of it soon. A quick way to lose some weight.

[ZombieHorde]

83. Although my wife would enthusiastically agree with you, I do not. nt