1970's Hot Fashion Items

[TruckFump]

OMG...I'm old enough to remember this! And...it looks worse than I remember!!!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I remember some seriously ugly fashions from that time, but

I don't think I ever saw anything quite that hideous. Leisure suits were pretty close, though.

[TruckFump]

4. Ah, yes, the Leisure Suit...

...made out of bullet-proof polyester!

[Merlot]

14. Have to say I still have a soft spot for all that 70's hair.

[Harker]

37. Heads...

or legs?

[iluvtennis]

18. I actually still like the leisure suit. Fashions go in cycles, so like bell bottoms and elephant ear

pants are now back "in style", leisure suits will be back.

[WePurrsevere]

33. I like the style of the leisure suit too.

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The one to the right is the same style, that my a husband (but still a dear friend) wore while we were dating and for our wedding. I always thought it was a very flattering look on him.

[blaze]

36. I had to read that THREE times before

I realized that you meant dear friend!

[WePurrsevere]

42. OMG! LoL! Fixed it! I HATE friggin autocorrect, Dang!

Thanks for letting me know btw... it's been one of those lifetimes today.

[iluvtennis]

39. aww, so sweet 🥰

[Sanity Claws]

2. Hmmm.

That would not have been right for Woodstock.
I guess there were a lot of style changes between 1969 and the 1970s.

[The Blue Flower]

3. Two wild and crazy guys!!

70s fashion was a result of the 60s. Really out there.

[TruckFump]

5. Then came the 1980s...

...and some thought they had invented SHOULDER PADS!!!!

[dflprincess]

23. And shoulder pad overload

Your blouse, your suit jacket, and your cost! I started ripping mine out when I started looking like I was dressed for playing football

[applegrove]

6. I remember the 1970s models who used to be pointing at something

off camera like "look there is a bird". That was a thing back then. LOL!

[brush]

7. Holy crap! I dunno about that look at all. Imagine sitting next to one them in a meeting.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Tight shorts and lots of leg hair. Eww.

[ProudLib72]

8. I kind of want one of the ties

Does that make me weird?

[TruckFump]

9. Nope...

...as long as you don't wear the rest of one of those outfits!!!!!

[ProudLib72]

15. I think you need to be a eunuch to wear those shorts

Otherwise, YOW!

[calimary]

22. Actually the ties are kinda trippy!

Sure could start a conversation with one!

[Ohiogal]

11. Just ....putrid....

[912gdm]

12. Im so glad I was born in '78 and got to miss this 'period'

I always roast my dad's wedding picture cause he was wearing a powder blue suit with dark blue accents, and a frilly button-down shirt. I love ya dad, but god-damn what were you thinking

[Merlot]

13. "Fashion Shorts!" "Walk Socks!"

Should you really wear your fashion shorts with your business shirt?

[Beartracks]

27. Wondering if the photo was staged to attract eyes to the ad.

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[MustLoveBeagles]

16. So that's 70's business casual?

Were fashion shorts really a thing? I don't remember men dressing like this back then. The dude in the brown shoes looks so embarrassed.

[Beartracks]

30. I don't remember this either. My dad...

... worked in a suit-and-tie environment, but he had good taste. Lol. No leisure suits or big collars, and certainly no shorts on casual Fridays. Of course, there was lots of polyester; you couldn't escape it.

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[brush]

32. They couldn't pay me enough money to show up at work in that get up.

Not even with a gun to my head.

But seriously, no one wears short-sleeved shirts with a tie. It's beyond gauche even. And don't get me started on those short shorts. Those effin' things are dangerously close to Daisy Dukes territory.

[malthaussen]

35. Those fahion shorts are a new one to me, also

I certainly wouldn't have been caught dead in them, then or now. The rest of the outfit is typical '70s gear. I had a tie much like the brown one (minus the larger squares).

-- Mal

[MontanaMama]

17. Lordy the shorts on the left??

Holy hell. Even my 14 year old son refuses to wear any shorts with les than a 10 1/2” inseam.

[lutherj]

19. This isn't what guys really wore. This is what some clueless petit bourgeois retail fashion outlet

thought would be trendy. This is capitalism’s first attempt to co-opt and shape the counterculture. They’ve become slightly more sophisticated since. But not much.

[Thekaspervote]

20. I'm old enough to remember, but guess I don't, and glad of it. Was stuck in scrubs working my tail

off in emergency rms and icu. No men’s shorts there

[volstork]

21. This blog is a laughter goldmine,

and a hilarious continuation of this post:

http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2007/10/strap-in-shut-up-and-hold-on-were-going.html

http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-once-upon-time-i-found-this-catalog.html

http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2008/08/electronics-and-exercise.html






Courtesy of Johnny Virgil at "15-Minute Lunch" Blogspot

[3catwoman3]

28. Laughter goldmine, indeed. I am laughing so hard...

...I'm afraid I will wake the neighbors across the street.

[Beartracks]

31. Rofl. These 70's-themed posts are hilarious! Thanks! n/t

[FakeNoose]

38. Hilarious!

I love these blogs - 15 Minute Lunch - and I'd never seen it before. These were actually posted 11 or 12 years ago which makes them ancient in internet years.

Thanks for posting links!

[volstork]

41. I've spent way too many

happy hours laughing myself to tears over his blog. Such a funny guy-- check out almost any one of his posts (but empty your bladder first...)

[murielm99]

24. I don't remember anyone

wearing anything like this.

[YOHABLO]

25. Me neither. Nothing as hideous as what's presented here.

[Tikki]

26. Same inseam as OPs.

Tikki

[Captain Zero]

29. Ok, sure I bought the shorts

but the rest of the look? uhhhm, Nope.

[WePurrsevere]

34. I don't remember seeing anyone wearing that combo...

Thank goodness.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

40. That's odd sizing for the shorts. What country did this ad appear in?

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The belts are 1-1/2" wide, not metric, so that narrows it down. You wouldn't be able to get any use out of these clothes in Canada. Bermuda?

Plaid Stallions runs ads like this one all the time.

http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-mixables.html



http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/2016/04/wide-wide-wale-velvet-corduroys.html

Look at the waist sizes. They go down to 27". I dream of finding stacked shoes like that pair. Any pair of shoes with that much lift is in Donald Trump's closet.



Previously at DU:

This time, Plaid Stallions has gone too far.