Fashions - Wandering back to the 1970s

[vacbear58]

In this time of lock down and, as many of us are "of a certain age", I thought some (if not many) might be entertained by this feature from Tom and Lorenzo (of Mad Men reviews fame) looking back to men's fashions from the late 1960s thru till about 1975.

I was 12 years old in 1970 so I grew up seeing and wearing many of these fashions although personally, and maybe this was because I grew up in the UK, I do not remember it as being so extreme or "out there" - indeed I look back to some of the clothes I wore then with some fondness. And I always found well fitting bell bottom trousers a very sexy look, but not the really wide leg trousers which came later - these always remind me of the Bay City Rollers and I was not a fan.

The belted knitwear came in for a lot of adverse comment on the T & Lo site but the last thing my mother knitted for me was a "Dave Starsky" belted cardigan in 1976 which I loved at the time and still have in my wardrobe

Al

PS I HATE patterned trousers, and it would take quite a lot even to get me to wear a patterned jacket!

An Eye-Popping Salute to the Golden Age of 20th Century Dandyism: Men's Fashion, circa 1968-75 - Tom + Lorenzo

WAIT. STOP. Hold up a second. We know that the urge to scroll down and gape at the monstrosities and curiosities on display is strong, if not positively

tomandlorenzo.com

 

[ozzie908]

@vacbear

I too had a "Mum" knitted belted cardigan of Starsky and Hutch fame in a fleck tan colour and thought it was the business, it went well with the Oxford bags also in autumnal colours and dare I say it the curly perm so loved by footballers of the time lol

Austin

 

[parunner58]

I graduated from High School in 1976. I had 2 jumpsuits, I saw a few pairs of shoes I had. The highest heel I had 2.5 inches.

 

[pulltostart]

OMG - my thoughts when I saw this title....

I guess how people view the l970's depends on their current age.  I graduated HS in 1969 and finished college (finally) in 1976 and then found my place in the workforce.  Honestly, I can't remember ANYTHING "fondly" about the 1970's - not fashion, automobiles, colors, design - NOTHING.  I think design in all forms hit an all-time low during that period.

 

As noted above, some people find bright spots in life at that time, and that's fine with me if they can do that.  But not me.

 

lawrence

 

[toploader55]

Although my Mom would never allow me to wear fashion like that, I truly blocked it out and forgot about H.I.S.

Mom always dressed me "Preppy". Button down Oxford shirts, Khakis, or Slacks, Loafers, etc. I wanted Boxer shorts but she would only buy me "Tighty Whiteys". And never Atheletic Shirts. Only White T shirts for underwear.

Laundered in the 1962 V-12 FilterFlo.

Gawd there were some hideous fashions back then. I don't think I ever saw the "Dog Eared Collars.

 

[vacbear58]

And underwear too

Tom and Lorenzo did another feature, this time on underwear of the same period which you can see on the link - given how popular they are today (apparently!) I am surprised by how few boxer shorts there are featured. My dad always wore boxers which I did not like as they seemed to my teenage eyes as very old fashioned, 50 years on I still do not wear boxers.

I did have a couple of pairs of underpants (you could never have called them briefs!)
on my teens with the string mesh sides - I HATED those - but that's the sort of thing that happened sometimes when mother was doing the shopping. I was very glad to drop those in the trash

Al

Because Why The Hell Not: Vintage '70s and '80s Men's Underwear Ads - Tom + Lorenzo

Darlings, in the Before Times we might have suggested that the following post was Not Safe For Work - but who the hell's working in front of other people

tomandlorenzo.com

 

[vacerator]

What was old,

always comes bak in style, at least in a small nuance.

 

[circlew]

So many HOT men!

I remember seeing many of these in the Sears and Penney's catalogs.

Doug Barr (Howie on the show "Fall Guy") is in the Sears ad where the page says "bold, colorful Underfashions", wearing item #1.

A couple pages below, in the "Winter Actives" ad, I always liked the guy wearing item #5.

I don't see near as many good looking guys in ads (or anywhere) anymore as in that time, and haven't for a good number of years.

 

[petek]

Ooooh

In one of those links above I spotted this guy, the one in the center. I think that's from a Eatons Catalogue (canada) as he was always in them and I had a big crush back in the 70s. The older guy on the left was also in many Eaton catalogues. I wonder where he is now.

 

[circlew]

Pete,

I can see why - he's beyond gorgeous.

 

[vacerator]

Right, HOT!

I used to look at men in underwear as I flipped through the Sears or Penny's catalogues as a young teen at the kitchen table. I didn't have my own room. I kept one finger in the ladies section in case anyone caught me. Well my sister did, and ran and told mom. Mom told me if I was having feelings I needed to talk with a professional counselor. I think she already knew better. I had been teased and even bullied some in parochial school. My folks took me to a counselor at the local private center when I was 14. The man asked me if I thought I was gay. I told him no. I think he was too. He gave me a glance of unsderstanding, and told me I'd be fine either way. He told my folks I didn't need to go back. By then I was fully aware of my orientation. It can get better for young people more so today even. Deprogramming is bunk. Some have comitted suicide. I support the Tevor project along with Leslie Jordan and many others! We were all the way we are for reasons, and we all deserve to be Loved!
Peace!!!!!!