Author Topic: Attack of the 1970s fashions (Read 5241 times)

roo_ster · « **on:** July 14, 2012, 10:10:22 AM »

http://www.buzzfeed.com/blackdynamite/25-outrageous-fashion-ads-from-the-1970s-5e97

<kurtz>The horror.</kurtz>

"What do you mean big, ugly medallions are no longer in style?"

Ben · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:19:00 AM »

Huggy Bear wants to know why you be dissin' him.

MillCreek · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:33:05 AM »

I am reminded of the science fiction movies and TV of the time, which would have you believe that we will all being wearing jumpsuits in the future.

Ben · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:52:02 AM »

Quote from: MillCreek on July 14, 2012, 10:33:05 AM

I am reminded of the science fiction movies and TV of the time, which would have you believe that we will all being wearing jumpsuits in the future.

Buck Rogers jumpsuits from the '70s were WAY better than Star Trek TNG jumpsuits from the '80s.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:54:14 AM »

Quote from: MillCreek on July 14, 2012, 10:33:05 AM

I am reminded of the science fiction movies and TV of the time, which would have you believe that we will all being wearing jumpsuits in the future.

Jerry Seinfeld - "Alright, from now on it's just the one-piece jumpsuit with the v-stripe and the boots. We're going to be visiting other planets, people, we want to look like a team."

Lee · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2012, 11:20:20 AM »

i just bought a one piece jumpsuit for fiddling around in the garage. I still can't get the kids to call me "beloved leader" though.

TommyGunn · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2012, 11:27:17 AM »

Quote from: Ben on July 14, 2012, 10:52:02 AM

Buck Rogers jumpsuits from the '70s were WAY better than Star Trek TNG jumpsuits from the '80s.

I think you've been prejudiced by the contents......

K Frame · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2012, 11:32:04 AM »

Definitive proof that nothing good came out of the 1970s.

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2012, 11:37:37 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on July 14, 2012, 11:32:04 AM

Definitive proof that nothing good came out of the 1970s.

You don't miss polyester doubleknit trousers?

MrsSmith · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2012, 11:48:05 AM »

I shudder.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2012, 12:52:25 PM »

I've been dying to do a poster for us old farts. There would be two photos. One would be a guy standing by a 1972 Corvette, wearing a John Travolta-style white three piece suit. The other would be two contemporary youths standing next to a jacked-up 1985 Olds Cutlass with 20" spinner wheels, one wearing a baseball hat sideways and the other one of those knit hats with the ear flaps, baggy jeans showing their underwear, one with a Che Guevara t-shirt and the other with an untucked plaid shirt, arms and necks covered in tattoos, and both with oversized Nike's with the laces untied.

The headline would read, "Yeah, you're old. But you looked cooler then than they do now."

I may have mentioned this before, but I don't remember. I'm getting old. The point is, though, that the worst 70's fashions don't look half as stupid as the worst of what's out there now.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2012, 01:03:37 PM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on July 14, 2012, 12:52:25 PM

I may have mentioned this before, but I don't remember. I'm getting old. The point is, though, that the worst 70's fashions don't look half as stupid as the worst of what's out there now.

-1

MechAg94 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:17:17 PM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on July 14, 2012, 11:32:04 AM

Definitive proof that nothing good came out of the 1970s.

Well, I was born in the 70's so I know as least one Great! thing.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:18:20 PM »

If you passed these men on the side of the road, would you give them a ride? (Assuming that isn't actually Sulu I mean.)

MechAg94 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:20:40 PM »

I didn't realize Snuggies came from 70's high fashion.

"Jumpsuits for .....ah.... men". yeah men.

MrsSmith · « **Reply #15 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:23:26 PM »

Those two particular ads where why I made the "shudder" comment.
Thanks for posting so I got to see them again.

Makes me want to join a convent.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:27:12 PM »

Quote from: MrsSmith on July 14, 2012, 02:23:26 PM

Those two particular ads where why I made the "shudder" comment.
Thanks for posting so I got to see them again.

Makes me want to join a convent.

I could get really evil and post the picture of the "Shirt-Suit". That is just scary and looks really really uncomfortable. I just close my eyes and picture the Erin Grey photo. I guess that doesn't work for you.

Anyone who has had to wear coveralls knows that one-piece outfits are not made for everyone. They fit some people just fine and others not at all.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2012, 02:31:24 PM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 14, 2012, 02:20:40 PM

"People...who make things happen"? Whatever he's causing to happen, I don't want to know about it.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2012, 04:08:30 PM »

Oddly enough the clothes I wore in the '70s wouldn't be out of the norm for what I wear today. Nor would they get a second look from anyone I know.

bedlamite · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2012, 04:42:36 PM »

Could be worse.

grislyatoms · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:06:41 PM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 14, 2012, 02:20:40 PM

I didn't realize Snuggies came from 70's high fashion.

"Jumpsuits for .....ah.... men". yeah men.

"You know what the future is, pal? A 40 y.o. virgin sitting around in his pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake and singing 'I'm an Oscar-Mayer weiner.'"

K Frame · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:12:29 PM »

"You don't miss polyester doubleknit trousers?"

I refused to wear them in the 1970s.

Why would I start wearing them now?

RocketMan · « **Reply #22 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:14:33 PM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on July 14, 2012, 12:52:25 PM

I've been dying to do a poster for us old farts. There would be two photos. One would be a guy standing by a 1972 Corvette, wearing a John Travolta-style white three piece suit. The other would be two contemporary youths standing next to a jacked-up 1985 Olds Cutlass with 20" spinner wheels, one wearing a baseball hat sideways and the other one of those knit hats with the ear flaps, baggy jeans showing their underwear, one with a Che Guevara t-shirt and the other with an untucked plaid shirt, arms and necks covered in tattoos, and both with oversized Nike's with the laces untied.

The headline would read, "Yeah, you're old. But you looked cooler then than they do now."

I may have mentioned this before, but I don't remember. I'm getting old. The point is, though, that the worst 70's fashions don't look half as stupid as the worst of what's out there now.

Absolutely. Period. Full stop.

lee n. field · « **Reply #23 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:40:28 PM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 14, 2012, 02:18:20 PM

If you passed these men on the side of the road, would you give them a ride? (Assuming that isn't actually Sulu I mean.)

No. They look creepy.

Mr. China looks like he's wearing a mask.

Scout26 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:09:07 PM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 14, 2012, 02:18:20 PM

If you passed these men on the side of the road, would you give them a ride? (Assuming that isn't actually Sulu I mean.)

They look like the first away team that got eaten and Kirk decided to skip that planet.

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 14, 2012, 02:20:40 PM

I didn't realize Snuggies came from 70's high fashion.

"Jumpsuits for .....ah.... men". yeah men.

If I had dress in that thing, I'd looked pissed also.

My dad wears cotton, not terrycloth, jumpsuits (sans hoodie). An 87 year old can pull off the look (although he's been wearing them since he was in his late 60's.)

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Author Topic: Attack of the 1970s fashions (Read 5241 times)