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Y-fronts, bell-bottoms and cable-knit vests! The 1970s men's clothing ads that reveal [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 29, 2016 | Sadie Whitelocks

Posted on 11/29/2016 10:16:03 AM PST by C19fan

One model with a mullet and mustache throws a 'Blue Steel' pose as he models a velour dressing gown while another similar-looking chap stands confidently in a snazzy pair of bell-bottom trousers.

These are snapshots from a range of 1970s adverts showing the most popular men's fashions of the day.

High-waist pants, skimpy briefs, synthetic fabrics and psychedelic patterns seem to be in vogue - looks more suited to the fancy dress parties of today.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: clothes; clothing; fashion; seventies
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If I wore anything like that it was not my fault as I was just a kid.
1 posted on 11/29/2016 10:16:03 AM PST by C19fan
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Having horrible flashbacks to my mom sending me off to school in a leisure suit she had bought at Kmart.


2 posted on 11/29/2016 10:17:30 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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You can always date a movie by the clothes and the technology.


3 posted on 11/29/2016 10:17:39 AM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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I wore boot cut denim jeans with a denim jacket.
T-shirts in summer, turtlenecks or sweaters in winter.


4 posted on 11/29/2016 10:19:18 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Could be worse. In one of my yearbook pictures I’m wearing a Nehru jacket.


5 posted on 11/29/2016 10:20:47 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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To: C19fan

LOL that one guy in the blue thermal underwear looks like a young Charles Krauthammer!


6 posted on 11/29/2016 10:20:59 AM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is public enemy #1)
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If I had any of those clothes in my closet I would rent them out for Halloween.


7 posted on 11/29/2016 10:21:24 AM PST by forgotten man
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I think the 1970’s were the worst decade on record for men’s fashion! I’d rather go back to wearing togas than platform shoes, bell bottom pants and graphic shiny shirts!


8 posted on 11/29/2016 10:22:26 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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yikes...was that like a gay web page ?

some of those clothes showed up at my wedding, along with the porn mustaches.


9 posted on 11/29/2016 10:23:13 AM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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So gay.


10 posted on 11/29/2016 10:24:04 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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Bell Bottom Jeans ...




No look at the Jeans !!!
11 posted on 11/29/2016 10:24:55 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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Bell Bottom Blues
12 posted on 11/29/2016 10:25:06 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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Apparently, every man was gay in the 1970’s.


13 posted on 11/29/2016 10:25:08 AM PST by Timpanagos1
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As I recall, MOST of these crazy knits were not worn by real people in the 70’s.


14 posted on 11/29/2016 10:25:42 AM PST by georgiegirl (Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
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Just went and looked at the article. That is absolutely the gayest looking bunch of men I’ve ever seen!


15 posted on 11/29/2016 10:27:25 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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There was some weird fashion crap back in the early 70’s. Tried my best to keep it to Levi’s, chukka boots and hang ten shirts.


16 posted on 11/29/2016 10:27:51 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life ~ Vote!)
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To: Timpanagos1

All of them in those ads most certainly is!


17 posted on 11/29/2016 10:28:44 AM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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I lived it as a kid and young teen. Looking back through these ads, it honestly looks like some weird gay Star Trek on acid, but I don’t recall it being quite that bad. Oh yeah, it was bad enough, but most didn’t buy this stuff. I do recall guys wearing platform boots for a year or two, had a pair myself, lol. Those were some good years, too, though, wacky clothing aside.


18 posted on 11/29/2016 10:28:59 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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I was in the Navy and I liked bell-bottom pants. I wish that they would come back in fashion.


19 posted on 11/29/2016 10:30:17 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: Please.....GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: CrazyIvan

In one of my yearbook pictures I’m wearing a Nehru jacket.


I’d really like to get one of those to wear at gigs (My band plays 50’s and 60’s rock)


20 posted on 11/29/2016 10:30:26 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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