1976

[Bucky]

an island of fashion



You could walk down the street in 2006 in 1956 attire and no one would notice. You could walk down the street in 1956 in 2006 attire and very few people would notice. But if you ever get stuck in time (yes, I'm thinking about LOST again) you can't go anywhere in 1976 clothes except, maybe, 1977. But even then they'd laugh at you.

[Dr Morbius]

1. Try wearing bell-bottoms and platform shoes, and see how that works. (nt)

[woo me with science]

2. LOL! That reminds me of James Lileks' wonderful tour through the 1973 Sears catalogue:

http://lileks.com/institute/sears1973/index.html



:rofl:

[LeftinOH]

3. Shatner was wise to avoid being seen in 1970s attire; maybe he knew

how awful it was going to look in the future.

[whistler162]

13. Probably would have been deported!

If Canada would have accepted him back!

[carlyhippy]

4. OMG I HAD THIS PLAID SUIT! I was in 6th grade school, and 3 years behind the 1973 fashion I guess

http://lileks.com/institute/sears1973/7.html

[rurallib]

5. I tried to give my leisure suit to Goodwill. They gave it back

[MissMillie]

6. Can you just imagine...

what Tim Gunn would have to say about that photo?

[CreekDog]

7. I wonder what the guy on the left is referring to

hmmm.

[graywarrior]

8. Yeah? Well Nehru shirts from the 60's could get you beat up damn quick

My brother had a couple of satin ones: one peacock blue and the other canary yellow.

[Crystal Clarity]

9. Not just clothes; remember how everything was all-things bicentennial?

Eagles, Liberty Bells, the 13 Colonies Flags ect. adorned everything! Not that there is anything wrong w/that (I feel like Seinfeld)... But sometimes less is more. For example: Our 1976 Fleetwood(?) Mobile Home (we bought it in 1991 as temporary housing while building a home on our land)

Description:

1)Oversized Eagle placard thingy 'gracing' our outdoor front side.
2)Liberty Doorbell
3)Eagle motif kitchen and bathroom linoleum floors
***AND****
4)13 Original Colonies flag on sliding glass shower doors

All that, and of course the lovely fake wood paneling and :puke: original orange shag carpet (which was NOT allowed to stay; no matter how "temporary" my SO insisted the place would be)


BTW- I was 10 in 1976 and I can remember wearing brown polyester pants w/eagles all over them but the odd thing is that I wasn't the only one whose mom dressed her funny)

[gratuitous]

10. 1976 was a GREAT year

I got laid.

[EFerrari]

14. I got married AND bought all the 7UP cans you needed to make

the memorial pyramid to ALL 50 states!




:rofl:

[Z_I_Peevey]

11. Sorry,

but Nimoy looks HOT in that photo. Big Bicentennial rowr.

[whistler162]

12. Dang the one in the brown suit looks like Tom Snyder....

Star Trek the last frontier of fashion!