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jakeXT

(10,575 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2013, 05:25 AM Jul 2013

70's fashion wasn't that bad [View all]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/insane-his-and-hers-fashions-of-the-70s

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70's fashion wasn't that bad [View all] jakeXT Jul 2013 OP

Well, some of it was. However I see girls today wearing outfits Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #1

Hahahah!!! #13.... pipi_k Jul 2013 #2

They claim it's Van Gogh's Gypsies jakeXT Jul 2013 #12

How classy! I bet pipi_k Jul 2013 #40

I loved the bell bottom jeans back then. RebelOne Jul 2013 #3

Silly me pintobean Jul 2013 #4

Caption: pipi_k Jul 2013 #5

My mom decorated the cottage in a chintz with flowers the size of large pizzas. What do you applegrove Jul 2013 #6

I guess Flower Power reached into that decade... jakeXT Jul 2013 #11

LOL! applegrove Jul 2013 #14

Looks like she's wearing a tablecloth! caraher Jul 2013 #37

LOL "FOR A FLOAT" (i'll say!) n/t orleans Jul 2013 #39

Bad is subjective: I present the 1978 Eldridge Cleaver Codpiece Pants collection Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #7

I think you need a permit for that /nt jakeXT Jul 2013 #10

She's in a coma graywarrior Jul 2013 #8

It has a bit of Stepford jakeXT Jul 2013 #9

Good grief! graywarrior Jul 2013 #16

Quaaludes HappyMe Jul 2013 #13

My drug of choice back when graywarrior Jul 2013 #15

Drooling? HappyMe Jul 2013 #18

Hey, the early 70s was all about nodding out for me graywarrior Jul 2013 #19

I tended to walk about 4" off the ground. HappyMe Jul 2013 #20

Acid did that to me graywarrior Jul 2013 #21

The carpet was blowing HappyMe Jul 2013 #22

and the toilet water was going down the wrong way graywarrior Jul 2013 #24

That's the sweet thing. HappyMe Jul 2013 #25

I never got arrested, even with the tripping rabbit in the back seat of the hearse graywarrior Jul 2013 #26

I had a dear friend whose car HappyMe Jul 2013 #29

LOL graywarrior Jul 2013 #30

That thing was beautiful. HappyMe Jul 2013 #32

A real chick magnet graywarrior Jul 2013 #33

Um....no. HappyMe Jul 2013 #35

Whoops graywarrior Jul 2013 #36

I had a friend who was addicted to them. RebelOne Jul 2013 #23

I was never a speedy girl. HappyMe Jul 2013 #27

I could take them or leave them. graywarrior Jul 2013 #31

I had striped pants very similar to #9 Auggie Jul 2013 #17

it was horrendious , the dawning of man maid fibers olddots Jul 2013 #28

Leave the 70s fashion alone. People took a lot of drugs in the 70s Yavin4 Jul 2013 #34

I'm not posting any pictures of myself. hunter Jul 2013 #38

Mine weren't pipi_k Jul 2013 #41