Fashion Statements That Made Us Feel We Were The Bees Knees
If you wanted something new to wear for Saturday night, chances are you’d go online, any time during the day or night, order and pay for the item with one click and it would turn up on your doorstep within a matter of hours. Back in the 70s, we frequented the same few stores in our quest for the latest fashions….or fashion disasters!
Flared, high waisted jeans – enough denim to make a tent
The wider the better was definitely the rule to apply. Chelsea Girl always had a great selection and, teamed with a pair of platforms and a cheesecloth shirt, you were sure to be the belle of the ball.
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Guys were attempting to look the part by taking a leaf out of John Travolta’s book – the white suit Tony Manero flaunted himself in. They usually failed and went for a more casual look, like the hand knitted woollies that mum or granny slaved over.
Knitted chunky cardigan – Starsky’s signature attire
We all loved a bit of Glam Rock and marvelled over ‘Sweet’, ‘T Rex’ and ‘Kiss’ – not only for the music, but the stunning make-up the band wore, their skin tight, glitzy stage costumes and the platform footwear they stomped about in (making them about 7 feet tall).
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Whether it was boots, shoes or something in between – 5 inch heels and a stacked sole were the main ingredients, together with multi-coloured leather, as the icing on the cake. The fact that they gave us blisters, bunions and bruises was a small price to pay.
Stroll into Stead and Simpson and walk out tall
Of course, we haven’t touched on rabbit fur jackets, trendy tabards and mood rings that could read your soul when they changed colour – but you’ll already have these etched in your mind, not necessarily in a good way. At least we all looked strange together!
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