It's little wonder Sears went out of business

[True Dough]

with fashions like these...

[True Dough]

1. Those are for laughs

But there were supposedly the real deal:

[Wicked Blue]

4. That poncho looks like somebody's grandmother's bedspread

1970s fashions were really gosh-awful

[Arkansas Granny]

22. I crocheted an Afghan one time in those colors.

Yes, it was during the 70's.

[Wicked Blue]

26. My first mother-in-law made one in those colors too

Kindly meant and beautifully made, but oh, those colors.

What were designers thinking, selling us avocado green and harvest gold appliances, bright orange furniture and hideous bell-bottomed pants?

Perhaps they were on LSD?

[Arkansas Granny]

30. Lol! There is that possibility.

[2naSalit]

33. I made an afghan with that pattern...

But I altered the colors and made a picture instead. I did it in the early 90s but it was still a long time ago.

I remember those horrid fashion mistakes from back then, ugh!

[The Genealogist]

5. Fourth standing from the left, the one with his knee up...

"Have you ever wanted to look like someone from the Flintstones while playing volleyball? Try this outfit!"

[Dream Girl]

7. Good one! LOL

[hlthe2b]

2. Ahh, Sears. I worked in the catalog department for awhile as a teen and remembered the

unconditional guarantee they offered which would have old folks dragging in their 30-year mattress for a refund--which they would invariably get.

I'm really sad to see Sears go, but how can one be surprised?

[True Dough]

16. They did stock some good quality mattresses

My wife and I agree that one of the most comfortable that we've ever slept on came from Sears and it was in the mid-price range, not even high end.

[Laffy Kat]

18. They had a guarantee on kids' clothes when my boys were little.

If it was a Sear's brand they would replace any damaged clothing. My boys were always tearing out the knees of their jeans, so I would return them and get a brand new pair--free. They replaced them with the same size which was fine, as my boys were three years apart. It saved me loads of $$ at a time we really needed to save. It was a great incentive to buy their brand. I'm sorry to see them go.

[Wounded Bear]

35. They used to have a lifetime guarantee on Craftsman tools...

were pretty good quality tools, too. Long time ago.

[True Dough]

3. No thanks!

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. Imagine how many polyesters

had to die for those outfits.

[mr_lebowski]

10. Are you kidding me? All those threads are fly AF ...

Okay, not (C) in the bottom, nor either of the (F) but the other ones are dope.

[The Figment]

41. The pornstar look,lol

[True Dough]

8. It was a little better for the women, but just a little...

[The Genealogist]

12. This is the world into which I was born.

I remember my childhood being so full of color! Very vibrant, saturated colors and busy patterns were everywhere.

[Freddie]

17. I miss colors

Seems like 95% of cars are white, black, silver or beige. My son and DIL are house-hunting and every house they look at the whole place is painted in blinding white. Bleh.

[Wicked Blue]

27. Don't forget red cars

Perfect for identifying aggressive drivers

[csziggy]

42. Repainting is easy and a white background makes the place look bigger

Plus, most people that buy end up repainting anyway.

My husband finally sold his mother's house - she died nearly four years ago. The first year his siblings argued over what colors to repaint the house. Eventually, after Hurricane Michael, a new roof, and other issues, the house was sold to a company that gutted it and totally redid everything. If they had simply painted it white and put it on the market quickly, they would have cleared more money and gotten rid of the house much sooner.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

43. I miss colors

Too, I noticed around the mid 80's the colorful cars began to dissapear. Back than they had horrible car colors like flesh tone and a vile snot green.

[Freddie]

46. Mom had a '75 AMC Hornet

That was baby-poop yellow-green. Brand new. Back in those days you could order a car from the dealer but she was impatient and that was the only one on the lot with the options she wanted.
Recently my son bought a new Hyundai Santa Fe, he got a better deal buying new (0% interest) than the “young used” car he originally set out to buy. He said there must have been 50 new ones on the lot to pick from. He chose black.

[underpants]

15. That guy's suit would totally still work.

[Yavin4]

38. What do "Very Unimportant Pants and Blouses" look like? n/t

[True Dough]

9. Back to the men. BAHAHAHA!!!

[mr_lebowski]

11. I'm tellin ya I stroll into the bedroom looking like dude #2 there ...

Drawers are droppin ... no question.

Rest of them dudes are gettin' nothing, but dude #2's got it going on.

He's rocking it.

[underpants]

13. I think I had a #4 when I was a kid

[Arkansas Granny]

24. When my nephew was 3 years old, he was so envious

of my daughter's nightgowns that I sewed him a nightshirt.

He called it hid nightgallon.

[Cirque du So-What]

14. I was 20 years ahead of the times in the 1970s

Flannel shirts and denim. Back then, I wouldn’t wear polyester on a dare.

[Laffy Kat]

20. My father was in the cotton business.

Polyester was a dirty word in our house.

[frazzled]

19. I cannot for the life of me figure out

What the function of the trouser legs is. To wear with a long overcoat (the pant equivalent of a dickie?). Who does that?

But wait, these fashion mistakes are gonna look mild compared to what some of today’s duds will look like in 50 years.

[Arkansas Granny]

25. I'll bet the flashers loved them. A great accessory for a raincoat.

[keithbvadu2]

34. A three piece suit. Two pant legs and a raincoat.

A three piece suit.

Two pant legs and a raincoat.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Those aren't real - but for real '70s fashion was horrible enough

that satirizing it meant going pretty far over the top.

[Brother Buzz]

23. Sears missed the boat when they passed on Eldridge Cleaver's Fall Collection from Eldridge de Paris

[Yavin4]

39. Takes all of the mystery out life doesn't it? n.t

[Fiendish Thingy]

28. Sears went out of business because Romney's Bain Capital bought them and loaded them w/debt. Nt

[Angleae]

31. It was actually Edward Lampert and his company ESL Investments that did it.

No connection to Romney ot Bain that I can find.

[Fiendish Thingy]

32. I thought at one point Bain was involved with K Mart, which Sears owned. Nt

[Angleae]

36. ESL bought KMart, then had it merged with Sears.

Different names, same type of asshole.

[regnaD kciN]

37. Also, they're NOT "out of business"...

...although they have many fewer stores than they used to before the 2018 bankruptcy, and it's still uncertain if they'll survive even in a reduced state.

[central scrutinizer]

40. This whole thread deserves a Gold Star DUZY

I haven’t laughed as much in weeks.

[Quixote1818]

44. The Girthy Tie? LMAO! nt

[UTUSN]

45. Well, it ran its course, which wasn't built on this. Founders do it, heirs don't.

(I'm sure there aren't "heirs" involved. )