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Hippie Look
early 1970s Hippie outfits often featured unique, colourful designs. While cuts were kept simple and styles remained casual, the trend was bold and expressive. Denim, suede, bright prints and flares. Shirts and dresses were loose, soft, and easy to sew.
Glamour inspired by 1940s movie star glamour. Other women just adopted simple casual fashions, or combined new garments with vintage clothing from the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s. 1970s glamorous accessories, cloche hats, pearl earrings, necklaces, bracelets, feather boas, black- veiled hats, clogs, wedgies, cork-soled platforms, and chunky high heels. Golden chains, gold-button earrings and rhinestone clips started to become popular again in 1973.
Other Early 70s Trends
More simple early 1970s trends for women included fitted blazers (coming in a multitude of fabrics along with wide lapels), long and short dresses, mini skirts, maxi evening gowns, hot pants(extremely brief, tight-fitting shorts) paired with skin-tight T-shirts, his & hers outfits (matching outfits that were nearly identical to each other), and flared pants.
Casual looks
1974, the T-shirt was no longer considered underwear. In the mid-1970s women wore sweaters, T-shirts, cardigans, kimono, graphic T-shirts and sweaters, jeans, khakis, gauchos, workmen's clothes, and vintage clothing. Around 1976, casual fashion adopted a Parisan peasant look. This included capes, turbans, puffy skirts and shirts with billowing sleeves. Mid-1970s, accessories were generally not worn. Small leather shoulder bags were worn by women, and popular shoes included Mary Janes, knee-high boots, including Dingo boots and Frye boots. platform shoes and sandals, wedge-heeled espadrilles, Birkenstocks, Famolares, and loafers. mood ring was a big fad in the mid- 1970s.
Active wear jumpsuit, popular from 1975 onwards. Other sportswear trends included tracksuits, tunic shirts, crop tops, tube tops, sweatshirts, hip- huggers, low rise pants, and leisure suits.
Tailored styles Feminized men's business suits such as tailored jackets, midi-skirts, and fitted blouses. in 1975, women's semi-formal wear became more tailored and sharp. This included a lot of layering. Accessories were high-heels turbans, and leather shoulder bags. Boots continued their popularity in the mid-1970s. This trend expanded to other styles, most notably the wedge heel. Boots became rounder, chunkier, heavier, and thicker. Popular boots of the mid-1970s included wedge boots, ankle boots, platform boots, and cowboy boots.
Disco fashion The disco music genre spawned its own fashion craze in the mid- to late 1970s. Designed to show off the body and shine under dance- floor lights. The most famous disco look for women was the jersey wrap dress, a knee-length dress with a cinched waist. 1977-1979, Men began to wear three-piece suits which were characterized by wide lapels, wide-legged or flared trousers, and high-rise waistcoats. Influenced by the popularity of aviator sunglasses in disco, many wore glasses in the shape of aviators but with clear prescription lenses. Neckties became wider and bolder, and shirt collars became long and pointed.
The Big Look or Soft Look
. 1973-1974 the first half of 1978, was known as the Big Look or Soft Look. with big meaning voluminous The Big Look relied on loose, billowy, oversized shapes, comfortable, thin, gossamer-weight. Accessories worn with the Big Look were minimal. Though the thin fabrics, sliding-off-the-body volume, spaghetti straps, occasional straplessness, and slits/slashes in skirts and tops could reveal the body to some extent, the voluminous shapes and multiple layers of the Big Look resulted in some calling it shapeless, droopy, and rumpled.
Relaxed look In 1977 Big Look that had been dominant in high fashion since 1974. By 1977, pants were only flared slightly and sometimes not flared at all. late 1970s included cowl-neck shirts and sweaters, pantsuits, leisure suits, tracksuits, sundresses worn with tight T-shirts, strapless tops, lower-cut shirts, cardigans, velour shirts, tunics, robes, crop tops, tube tops, embroidered vests and jeans, knee-length skirts, loose satin pants, designer jeans, culottes, daisy dukes, and tennis shorts. Accessories included scarves, gold jewelry, flowers, ankle boots, 1940s style hats, skinny and wide belts, boas, braceleted gloves, spike-heeled sandals, mules, ankle-strapped shoes, waist cinchers, and obi wraps.
The Pantsuit late 1970s the pantsuit had become acceptable business wear for executive women. This was due to the success of Yves Saint Laurent's "Le smoking" tuxedo with silk lapels.
"Baggies" (Baggy Jeans)
1979~1980, a popular style was jeans with a high waist and full cut through the hips and thighs that tapered to a narrow but not tight hem hitting at the ankle or just above, called "baggies."
Men fashion Eastern fashion early 1980s grey Mao suits The suit, unchanged since the 1940s, typically had four external pockets, five buttons, and a turn-down collar. In the UK, France, India and Australia, green, blue or beige safari jackets similar to the Mao suit became popular among liberal men due to their association with socialist values, travel to exotic locations, 1930s Hollywood, and Roger Moore's portrayal of James Bond and Simon Templar. These were also worn in place of the business suit in decolonised African countries, including South Africa, Rhodesia, and Mobutu's Zaire where it was known as an Abacost and paired with a leopardskin fez resembling an Astrakhan cap.
Glam rock By 1973, mainstream fashion for young British people. These included embroidered Western shirts, velvet sports coats, Royal Stewart tartan, red or blue shawl collar tuxedo jackets, frilly shirts, high necked nehru jackets, synthetic fabrics like satin, wide kipper ties, black or tan leather jackets, silk scarfs or ascots, shawl collar sweaters, satin shirts with oversized collars, drainpipe trousers.
Informal attire mid-1970s informal and laid back for men in America Men continued to wear flannel, and the leisure suit, often worn with gold medallions and oxford shoes. Vintage clothing, khaki chinos, workmen's clothes, sweatshirts, leather coats, and all-denim outfits. Many of the printed shirts worn from circa 1972 to 1975 were in a silky nylon with a slightly glossy finish called “Qiana”, made in button-front styles with medium- wide collars and in a variety of prints. These Qiana shirts would be referred to as "disco shirts,". 1975-1980, This new model, “ quasi- European suit”, featured padded shoulders, higher arm holes, a smaller waist, open patch pockets, and a small flare to the pants and jacket. In 1976, it became fashionable for men to wear velvet tuxedo jackets with more casual pants to formal events, and vests. Men's pants started to feature smaller flares or no flares. In Russia, used Western clothing, especially sheepskin coats and flared trousers.
The High-Fashion Soft Look
The Big Look/Soft Look that was high fashion in womenswear from 1973 to 1978 also extended to menswear and eliminated the lining and padding from his men's jackets, suits, and trousers, cutting them in natural fibers with enough ease that sleeves and even trouser hems could be easily rolled or pushed up and collars could be turned up. Collars, lapels, and ties were narrow, the tie, when worn, often not pulled up high but knotted low to allow for an easy, open neck. Trousers were straight-legged, sometimes even tapered, and often with soft pleats. Band-collared shirts were often worn with the look.
Sportswear late 1970s, most men and women were wearing sports clothing. This was primarily based on tracksuits, jumpsuits, velour or terry cloth shirts, sweaters, cardigans, sweatshirts, puffer vests, flare jeans, straight-leg jeans, and collared shirts, both long sleeve and short sleeve. Accessories included low-top sneakers, tennis headbands, puka shell necklaces, and wristbands.
Punks Punk rock was a musical genre that greatly influenced fashion in the late 1970s. A great deal of punk fashion from the 1970s was based on the designs of Vivienne Westwood and her partner Malcolm McLaren, McLaren opened a stall at the back of vintage American clothing store, called it 'Let it Rock'. By 1974, renamed the store, became 'SEX' known as punk rock.' Punk start in London, and spread into the United States. Street punk fashion generally consisted of ripped clothes, black turtlenecks, drainpipe jeans, tight leather pants, leather jackets, jackets and shirts with taboo images or messages, dog collars, safety pins, kilts, and Doc Martens. A tamer, less threatening version of the Punk style called "New Wave", which featured jagged hems on clothing and more elaborate embroidery went mainstream in the early 1980s.
Makeup (women) The era's two primary visions were the daytime "natural look" presented by American designers and Cosmopolitan magazine, and the evening aesthetic of sexualized glamour presented by European designers and fashion photographers. de off, keeping the jacket clean.
Designer Jeans 1978, the first designer jeans were introduced and became popular. the fashionable cigarette-leg, usually dark blue denim jeans.
