You wore long hair,turtle-necks,flaired trousers

Your probably right Flight

 

We got a 'Farrah Fawcett Majors' free colour poster in 'The Sun ' newspaper in Britain in 1976. The 'Evening Standard' gave a free colour poster of 'David Cassidy' in 1973 when he toured Britain.
Were we lucky or what???.........

 

Thank god I never dressed that way..but I did love my granny dresses with the angel sleeves!

 

i want to know what was worn between 70 and 75. very interesting things being said lol. i have a christmas party coming up in november, and im sick of hearing about bell bottoms etc. i think everyone will come in bell bottoms. i want to be different, wasnt the hippie child still around in the early 70's? i thought it might be because the vietnam war didnt end till 75 so there were still protests, right? i need someone to help!!! lol just try to remember what you wore to party's in the early 70's or if you were an anti war protester. mum cant help, she lived in a small country town, and they still wear flannelette shirts!!

 

fringe purses and fringe vests with the beads, i remember those still being around 70-75.

 

I dunno if flares replaced bell bottoms about the 70's, but I was wearing a pair around, almost caught my toe on the opposite cuff and fell flat on my face, the kind of thin fabriced hippie design pull string flairs that are real big at the bottom, big enuff for a cat to crawl up. They're dangerous.

 

I've been in the men's room and had guys come in and freak out because they see the back of my head and think I'm a girl.

And my hair is probably twice as long as it is in my sig.

 

I've had women come up behind me in the market and say 'ma'am'.

 

Don't make me cringe.

 

I thought I was John Travolta with my bell bottoms and flowered polyester shirts.

 

Yeah but.....soooooooooo many girls eh?

 

As late as 1968 Bell bottoms were a cult thing and conservative parents didn't want it in the wardrobe.
Had a double breasted suit with bells tho.
We had worn pannts and shirts sewn with two diferent colored fabrics. Teacher called me a clown.
People did thier own sewing. scarfs were popular.
This is when the flag became a fashion statement.
The Confederate flag did not have the racist stigma that it has today. Americans learned what a Union Jack was.

Janice/CSN&Y/ Allman Bros/ Dead. were the fashion trenders in the early 70's the workboots-jeans & flannel shirts were huge.
T-shirts of course. Hilbilly hats.
Even the Rolling Stones had some country influenced music then with Keith hanging with Ghram Parker.
I think of it when I see how popular Timberland boots are.
The movie Easy Rider inspired motorcycle boots.
Black Converse hi-tops were de-regular. Guys had necklaces. My buddy had a NeilYoung style fringe buckskin jacket. Jeans were a uniform.
Hippie chicks, as now, wore those long dresses that are so convient to squat in if there are no bathrooms around. The jewelry was the same. of course, the hats!

Remembering when David Bowie hit it big in '73 it went from grunge to glam with the platforms and bells with cuffs. Elton John went from semi-country to glam.

Rock stars like Yes, ELP and Sabbath wore superhero outfits with capes.
A take off on the Arab cafgan.
Jesus Freaks were out on the streets in thier unique style.

The British Invasion sytle featured a collared button down shirt & funky sports jacket with wide lapels & platform shoes. pins & buttons.
Mabye a handkerchif viewable. I remember Beatle boots.
The absolutely glamest was Brian Jones of The Stones, Think Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies, nobody had the balls to dress like that.

In '74 the draft ended, the drinking age was dropped from 21 down to 18.
There was a whole lot less homemade clothing after that. Also jocks and rednecks crashed the hippie party scene and all of a sudden marajuana wasn't an insider thing anymore. Genuine hippies were unhappy cause they wanted to keep the whole scene all to themselves. The hippies had been a small cult thing. Going mainstream brought in diferent influences and off-the-rack cloths.
But it was all very cool untill cocaine had its big breakout in the mid seventies. Then all of a sudden police lost that relaxed attitude of the early years and you actually could get busted.

in '75 CBGB's opened and things got more punky, remember David Byrne of the Talking Heads with that big suit. Debbie Harry of Blondie with a 50's retro look. The Country rock- British Invasion Axis lost its dominance.

In the past a true hippie would have never worn a leather jacket as too burgous, but after Jerry Garcial appeared in one in 73-74 it became acceptable. Brits will think of the contempt expressed for rockers by mods.

The running suit or athletic suit had its big breakout round '76 and there was a lot of funky polyester lesiure suits. Disco was now king and people drifted over to the disco look. The necktie lost its burgos stigma.
This is when Jordasce designer jeans broke out and with movies like Shampo, the beauty parlor lost its stigma for hippie chicks. People wanted to wear flashier jewlry. The Superfly look was in. Afro hairstyled were big.

 

Wow! What a thread. I loved the big "elephant leg" bell bottoms. Yeah, I got my DC jeans at the Army Navy store, too. Never wore platforms though. I got mistaken for a "boy" back then a few times. Then I started wearing make-up and had my hair done. I sported a "Farrah Fawcett" hairdo. I had to carry a portable curling iron in my purse to school to redo it at noon. I wish I had a copy of my senior pic to share. One side the flip reversed itself but you could still tell it was a Farrah do. Complete with the baby blue sparkly eyeshadow. LOL! What a memory. What about the bandana halter tops and skirts?

Peace and Love, Cricket

 

man, i still do!

 

Bell bottoms, bare feet, and yellow smiley face t-shirts were common. I have trouble even finding any pants with a flare at shops or thrift stores. Many get skinnier toward the ankle now.

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My hair is still long, and I still get mistaken for a woman once in a while. (Depending on whether or not someome sees me from behind.)

 

I once wore a Cravat to a fancy dress party - does that count ?
O also some Laura Ashley curtains that had been made into trousers
I went dressed as Mr Humphries from are you being served - it was a 1970's telivision show fancy dress party

 

Had a pair of red white & blue plaid elephant bells, hand-me-downs from an aunt...no one in Iowa was wearing anything like that back in '76.

Running outfits, scary memories there...anyone remember the ones made out of parachute material?

And Peter Frampton was on my wall in the mid 70's...thinking that maybe the poster came in that middle-class standard issue of 'Frampton Comes Alive' (and if you want a scary reminder of just how many years have passed since then, that a look at Peter Frampton now...)

Cinnamon of the Hippiestead

 

The parachute style was popular around early 70s. That was a short-lived fashion. The leather/vinyl thing was popular back then too.

Yeah, Frampton has aged a lot. These people look like grandparents now. Frampton Comes Alive was pretty good. That was back in the days of recording albums and even double albums live.

Maybe his next one can be "Frampton Still Alive!"

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I hate to admit it, I had a Neru Jacket with the beads and everything.
Now my closet looks like the working mans store.
A little Alaskan story; A buddy of mine as taking his kids on a trip to N.Y. to visit grandma. His daughter, about 10 at the time, said " Daddy, wear your black Carharts, I want you to look nice".
Thats Alaskan kids for you.....................Alaskan