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Nope, we couldn’t afford 8 bucks for one outfit that I would grow out of within the year.
I wore lots of jeans and t-shirts. Dirt cheap.
Which is why I don’t wear them now. Hated wearing them.
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Similar, but my flares were wider and I had longer hair that made me look like a girl.
Well, that would be the Disco era.
I was about 25, fresh out of the Army, and my usual clothing was blue jeans. and some kind of button down shirt. The Chicago DJ, Steve Dahl, was about to declare the “Disco Sucks” era, which killed “Disco” clothing. Good, thing, too.
Yes, I was about 25.
I’m a little surprised these are from the 70’s. I seem to remember striped bellbottom pants were from the psychedelic drug era, circa late 60’s. Fashion nightmares like this should never last more than a few months, and several years is just WAAAAAYYY too long.
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I had clogs, bell bottoms and dressed very hot. Girls wanted me pretty bad too. Republicans wore white shirt and tie. Now they wear off-white shirt and tie.
What’s worse, grown men wore prints like this.
I had a burnt orange trimmed double-knit leisure suit I was particularly fond of.
And Kelso earth shoes.
Oh the shame.
It was not a pretty era.
From Likeks:
http://lileks.com/institute/index.html
I dress like that now. What’s the problem?
Nope, I was way taller than those kids were (and older too).
I was one of the strange ones that thought dressing like that was stupid looking…
#9 RSweeney, your mention of the leisure suit just triggered some painful memories. I wish they were just psychedelic flashbacks, but alas they were real.
I think a good idea for graphic software would be the capability to automatically change the apparel on any photo subject at will. That way, you could take your kids on a stroll down memory lane while the shame of what you really wore would remain your secret 😉
The only people who dressed like this were the members of the Osmond family.
Beats the Miami Vice look of the 80’s.
White suit w/ shoulder pads FTW
When Outfits Attack!
Nehru jackets. Did people wear those?
platform shoes, hot pants, and dresses made from tablecloths…..
10% of all males are colour blind in the red and green spectrum. The boy on the left is wearing a pattern of grey dots.
Only for Halloween.
The kid on the left is Bobbo.
@17 Yes, yes they did.
You can always go for that Pedro look:
http://tinyurl.com/3k37ba4
yes and my mother had the great idear that me and my little brother (five year difference) would look great dressed alike. I have many childhood pictures with a murderous look on my face. think this is why i am a tee shirt and jeans lover.
Sears catalog.
http://lileks.com/institute/70s/sears1973/index.html
I did not. I liked jeans then and now.
I like the prices. Do you think the clothes were made in the U.S. or imported?
The complimentary colored patterns probably influenced the “new wave” style of the late ’70s & early ’80s.
This is probably from a Fall catalog. Notice the wreath.
I wore a uniform to school in the 1970s. The college prep look was in so Sperry top siders were a very popular shoe. I never owned a pair. I had earth shoes with corduroy near the laces and black loafers.
Those ’70s boys are now MARRIED AND LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO !!!
Be careful what kind of clothes you make your kids wear !!!
My mom didn’t dress me in anything with stripes or flower prints thank God. In the early 70s when in elementary school, I wore T-shirts and Sears Toughskins jeans. God knows why they made jeans in green, red, and brown, but they did. In Junior High and High school it was either T’s or polo shirts and Levis. Same as now except now its Lee or Wrangler jeans because Levi Strauss supports liberal causes.
I remember a kid in 4th grade who wore a tan leisure suit whenever the class had a field trip, so he would look nice. He was the kid who had a girlfriend when the rest of us didn’t much care for girls.
Yes in style, but never such bold fabrics.