Clothes of the 70's

• Angel Flight Suits
  Coordinated disco suit with jacket, vest, and flared pants.  Your shirt had to be a shiny satin with the large collar.
   

• Angel Sleeved Blouses
  Loose cut, oversized blouses with "bell bottom" sleeves.
   

• Army Jackets
  Actual olive-drab army jackets.  Especially worn amongst the stoners.  Worn with ripped jeans that dragged on the ground.
   

• Bamboo Purses
  The purse was in a square shape made out of vinyl with a drawstring top.  The outer base and side frames were huge brown bamboo rings.  The strap was made out of smaller brown bamboo rings interlinked together.
   

• Banana Jeans
  Instead of the buckle in the front, it was in the back, right below the small of the back and they were very high waisted, usually denim.
   

• Bead Chokers
  70's version was a bit cheapo compared to the chokers now, mostly because they were hand made.  Small beads in an elastic cord and knotted so it became a tight necklace around the neck.  Circa 1974-75.
   

• Bell Bottoms
   

• Blue Jean Purses
  Old blue jeans made into a purse.  Cut off legs, sew up bottom, use the extra leg material to make the strap, attach a button to close the purse, embroider flower designs and add studs for decoration.
   

• Blue Jean (Bib) Overalls
   

• Capris
   

• Cheese Cloth
  Shirts, dresses, skirts...anything was made from cheese cloth.  It was crinkly so you didn't need to iron it. 

• Chemin de fer Pants
  Some looked like a chastity belt with 6 buttons on each hip...making a flap when unbuttoned.  The other style had 4 buttons in the front and the top button was purposely not able to be buttoned...these had a buckle across the back of the pants.  Quite the statement back then.
   

• Clogs

• Corduroy!
  Originally known as the "poor man's velvet" on its invention in the 18th century.  Corduroy enjoyed enormous popularity in the 1970's men's clothes and was made into suits, blazers, leisure suits, shirts, and jeans.
   

• Crocheted Beer Can Hats
  Labels of beer cans were cut into either squares or ovals, and crocheted together to form a hat.
   

• Dean's Sweaters
  Usually cream background with a patterned yoke around the neck, 3 button closure at neck.  Very popular with the preppy crowd.
   

• Denim Jeans Converted into Skirts
  Ripped out the inseam and stitched floral print material in the middle to make it a skirt.
   

• Earth Shoes
  Ergonomically correct shoes in which the heels were lower than the front.
   

• Halter Tops
   

• Hip Huggers
   

• Hotpants
   

• Maxi Coats and Dresses
   

• Mood Rings

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