1979 fashion

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Beverly D'Angelo in Hair (1979)

1970s fashion began with a continuation of the mini skirts, bell-bottoms and the androgynous hippie look from the late 1960s. By 1970, women could choose who they wanted to be, and they wore whatever they want. By this time they had more freedom to wear what they want. Women could even wear trousers! For evening wear women wore maxi dresses and halter neck jumpsuits. Platform shoes and flared trousers were also popular. They were popular among both sexes. The hippie look was most prominent…

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Here are some random photos from the September 1979 issue of Seventeen Magazine. I didn’t really feel like they fit in with the other posts, but I liked the aesthetic of them. Click on an ima…

Yes, as a dedicated blogger I do track how people find my site - which search words they use, for example (and trust me, some are pretty strange). And believe it or not, searches having to do with jumpsuits (70s jumpsuits, women's jumpsuits, formal jumpsuits, etc.) pop up on a regular basis. Why the interest in this fashion oddity? Well, they just bespeak 70s fashion coolness in a way nothing else does! Why wait so long for another post on this groovy 70s fashion? Well, one problem that I…

Just as the miniskirt had been a proclamation of the youth culture, pants became a proclamation of gender equality. If men can wear hideous corduroy bell-bottoms, by God, the women can too!...