70s Fashion Foibles
jeff king
>I just discovered this newsgroup and love it. I graduated from high school
>in 1976. Your discussions here really bring back memories. Did anyone
>else wear those crocheted vests?
>
>Carol Tillman
Another class of 76'r. Oh yeah, those granny-square crocheted vests. It
was cool if you made your own. Or shell crocheted style.
My biggest fashion statement was bright red Charlie Brown shoes, with a
foam-type sole (platform, of course).
KathyG using Hubby's Acct.
Bandala
In article <4ngnha$h...@news-e2c.gnn.com>, Jeff...@gnn.com (jeff king)
writes:
May I jump in here too! I'm another class of '76er! Can it really be 20
years ago today?!
I had some of those crocheted vests, too! But my favorite fashion
statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What were
we thinking!
Jen
jim
In article <4ni2gt$e...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Bandala wrote:
>
>I had some of those crocheted vests, too! But my favorite fashion
>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What were
>we thinking!
>
>Jen
I (class of 1978) once dated a woman who wore platforms so high she
couldn't drive with them on. Wonder what ever happened to her?
jim
djd
>
>In article <4ngnha$h...@news-e2c.gnn.com>, Jeff...@gnn.com (jeff
king)
>writes:
>
>>
>>>I just discovered this newsgroup and love it. I graduated from high
>>>school in 1976. Your discussions here really bring back memories.
>>>Did anyone else wear those crocheted vests?
>>>
>>>Carol Tillman
>>
>>Another class of 76'r. Oh yeah, those granny-square crocheted vests.
>>It
>>was cool if you made your own. Or shell crocheted style.
>>My biggest fashion statement was bright red Charlie Brown shoes, with
>>a foam-type sole (platform, of course).
>>KathyG using Hubby's Acct.
>
>May I jump in here too! I'm another class of '76er! Can it really be
>20 years ago today?!
>I had some of those crocheted vests, too! But my favorite fashion
>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What
>were we thinking!
>
>Jen
76!? Ack!!! Snort!!! Bleh!!
77!! *Now* your stylin'!!!
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
Rhonda Rubin
In article <amckenna.8...@kuht.uh.edu>,
amck...@kuht.uh.edu (Andrea McKenna) wrote:
>In article <4ni7cm$p...@news-e2b.gnn.com> Bart...@gnn.com (jim) writes:
>>From: Bart...@gnn.com (jim)
>>Subject: Re: 70s Fashion Foibles
>>Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 10:53:40
>>>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What
were
>>>we thinking!
>>>
>>>Jen
>
Oh! The memories! Stop it! You're making my eyes bleed!
>Person-
>ally, I used to wear spike-heeled mules with lacy anklets. Now, THERE was
>a fashion statement!
Personally, I can't believe you'd admit to making such a statement. And
here I thought you PBS folks were soooo classy. My image of you is
shattered. ;^) So, how much is it worth to you for us all to keep it quiet?
<Insert maniacal laughter>
Rhonda
Who worked for an NPR affiliate herself.
--
"The dew fell with a particularly sickening thud this morning."
Andrea McKenna
In article <4ni7cm$p...@news-e2b.gnn.com> Bart...@gnn.com (jim) writes:
>From: Bart...@gnn.com (jim)
>Subject: Re: 70s Fashion Foibles
>Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 10:53:40
>In article <4ni2gt$e...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Bandala wrote:
>>
>>I had some of those crocheted vests, too! But my favorite fashion
>>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What were
>>we thinking!
>>
>>Jen
Whoa! Toe socks! Were they those loverly rainbow striped variety? Person-
ally, I used to wear spike-heeled mules with lacy anklets. Now, THERE was
a fashion statement!
Andrea
amck...@kuht.uh.edu
Andrea McKenna
KUHT Television - University of Houston System
SunnyDeb
In article <4nipr8$a...@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
djd...@ix.netcom.com(djd) writes:
>76!? Ack!!! Snort!!! Bleh!!
>
>77!! *Now* your stylin'!!!
>
>Duane
Duane, I think you're outnumbered! (Class of 76)
Deb
heidi_hi
In article <4ni2gt$e...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ban...@aol.com says...
>
>In article <4ngnha$h...@news-e2c.gnn.com>, Jeff...@gnn.com (jeff king)
>writes:
>
>>
>>>I just discovered this newsgroup and love it. I graduated from high
>school
>>>in 1976. Your discussions here really bring back memories. Did anyone
>>>else wear those crocheted vests?
>>>
>>>Carol Tillman
>>
>>Another class of 76'r. Oh yeah, those granny-square crocheted vests. It
>
>>was cool if you made your own. Or shell crocheted style.
>>
>>My biggest fashion statement was bright red Charlie Brown shoes, with a
>>foam-type sole (platform, of course).
>>
>>
>>
>>KathyG using Hubby's Acct.
>
>May I jump in here too! I'm another class of '76er! Can it really be 20
>years ago today?!
>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What were
>we thinking!
>
>Jen
I'm a little young to remember much of 79 fashion however, my sister was in
the class of 1975 and I remember how she used to embroider on her Levi flare
legged jeans. Was this an across the country thing or just a local fad?
heidi_hi
Did anyone have a shirt with a zipper??????
illum...@usa.pipeline.com
>>>I had some of those crocheted vests, too! But my favorite fashion
>>>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What
were
>>>we thinking!
mail that features _toe socks_. Big ick!! And they look just like they
did in the 70's...thick knit, and each toe a diff. color of the rainbow.
--
Tracy Kierpiec
illum...@usa.pipeline.com
__________
"Scandal sticks to rebuttal like tar."---Mark Twain
____________
Bandala
>
>Whoa! Toe socks! Were they those loverly rainbow striped variety?
Person-
>ally, I used to wear spike-heeled mules with lacy anklets. Now, THERE
was
>a fashion statement!
About those toe socks - Yes, they were rainbow. Each toe was a different
primary color! (WHY am I confessing this to the world!) <g>
Jen
Franklin Horton
In article <4ngnha$h...@news-e2c.gnn.com>, Jeff...@gnn.com (jeff king) wrote:
>>I just discovered this newsgroup and love it. I graduated from high school
>>in 1976. Your discussions here really bring back memories. Did anyone
>>else wear those crocheted vests?
>>
>>Carol Tillman
Along that "crocheted" thread -- in 1973, on my birthday, my grandmother gave
me a crocheted floppy-brim hat which had, laced into it, sections of soda
cans. I was the only guy in my class with one, and I wore it proudly. Still
would if I had it.
I forgot all about it until I saw a biker wearing one back in the winter. His
had beer can sections in it, though.
Anyone else remember those?
Frank
ljwe...@pipeline.com
>I'm a little young to remember much of 79 fashion however, my sister was
in
>the class of 1975 and I remember how she used to embroider on her Levi
flare
>legged jeans. Was this an across the country thing or just a local fad?
>
>
big thing to embroider on all kinds of things. I did it on jeans, blue
work shirts, etc. Flowers, mushrooms, rainbows, even complete quotations
from songs (I embroidered a great Jim Croce quote on the back of a work
shirt :"Doesn't matter now who was wrong, the future is tomorrow, 'cause
the past is gone.")
L.J. Weiner
ljwe...@pipeline.com
In article <4nm2b9$c...@news.preferred.com>, Franklin Horton writes:
>Along that "crocheted" thread -- in 1973, on my birthday, my grandmother
gave
>me a crocheted floppy-brim hat which had, laced into it, sections of soda
>cans. I was the only guy in my class with one, and I wore it proudly.
Still
>would if I had it.
>
>I forgot all about it until I saw a biker wearing one back in the winter.
His
>had beer can sections in it, though.
>
>Anyone else remember those?
>
>Frank
>
If I'm not mistaken, those fashion statements were a product of the early
"recycling" movement. If you could re-use the cans, that was less garbage
to throw out. Whether that's the best way to re-use cans is subject to
personal interpretation, I suppose!
--L.J. Weiner
djd
In <4nktie$d...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> sunn...@aol.com (SunnyDeb)
writes:
This is tooo much!! I'm STILL takin' flak from the senior class!!!!!
Arrgh!!
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
illuminada
On May 19, 1996 03:58:17 in article <Re: 70s Fashion Foibles>,
'cf...@compunet.net (Franklin Horton)' wrote:
>
>Along that "crocheted" thread -- in 1973, on my birthday, my grandmother
gave
>me a crocheted floppy-brim hat which had, laced into it, sections of soda
>cans. I was the only guy in my class with one, and I wore it proudly.
Still
>would if I had it.
>
>I forgot all about it until I saw a biker wearing one back in the winter.
His
>
>had beer can sections in it, though.
>
>Anyone else remember those?
>
>Frank
Oh, yeah! I remember they were always being sold at flea markets, along
with other beer/pop can crafts. Such as those lovely little airplanes that
people would hang off their camper awnings. ;-)
--
Tracy Kierpiec
illum...@usa.pipeline.com
__________
There is a sanctuary in my own heart.
____________
Andrea McKenna
In article <4nit6t$pls...@news.uh.edu> RRu...@uh.edu (Rhonda Rubin) writes:
>From: RRu...@uh.edu (Rhonda Rubin)
>Subject: Re: 70s Fashion Foibles
>>Person-
>>ally, I used to wear spike-heeled mules with lacy anklets. Now, THERE was
>>a fashion statement!
>Personally, I can't believe you'd admit to making such a statement. And
>here I thought you PBS folks were soooo classy. My image of you is
>shattered. ;^) So, how much is it worth to you for us all to keep it quiet?
><Insert maniacal laughter>
>Rhonda
>Who worked for an NPR affiliate herself.
OK, Rhonda, so you want to play hardball, eh? OK, I'll give you a tote-bag
and a coffee mug to keep quiet about this. And if that doesn't work, I'll
give my marketing dept. your e-mail address. (more maniacal laughter...)
:-) :-) :-) - Andrea
IAchzhead
At my high school, the class of '78 had a poem:
Beer is fine
Sex is great
We're the class
Of '78.
This was modified from the class of '77 poem, which substituted "heaven"
for "great"...which means its essential lameness is not really our fault.
jim
djd
In <4nvbj1$h...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> iach...@aol.com (IAchzhead)
writes:
>jim
Aha!! See!?? It IS a conspiracy!!
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
BPHS '77 Go Coyotes!!
URedlands '85 Go Bulldogs!! (Ok, so I was on the 8 year plan)
heidi_hi
In article <4njj14$i...@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>, illum...@usa.pipeline.com
says...
>
>
>>>>I had some of those crocheted vests, too! But my favorite fashion
>>>>statement were some navy sandles, platform also, and toe socks! What
>were
>>>>we thinking!
>
>Hmm...I have NO clue what we were thinking but I just got a catalog in the
>mail that features _toe socks_. Big ick!! And they look just like they
>did in the 70's...thick knit, and each toe a diff. color of the rainbow.
>--
toe socks sewed to the legs. Red White and Royal blue striped. What's even
worse is that someone took a picture of me in them. Of course my winged
bangs with frost in them and my braces on top of the beautiful pajamas was
sure a memory you'd never want to forget (or a bad dream).
Mozartb
In junior high, we used to write on our jeans with ball point pens.
Everything from Led Zeppelin to peace signs, etc. Writing on our hands was
big too.
Lisa Shaw
SunnyDeb
In article <4ohfr7$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, moz...@aol.com (Mozartb)
writes:
This is still big. I have a cow when my boys come home with writing all
over them, then I remember...
Deb
djd
In <4ok9hv$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> sunn...@aol.com (SunnyDeb)
writes:
You 'have a cow!!??' I've probably heard that a zillion times but
never actually seen it in print!! I am still laughing!!
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
Vashti
sunn...@aol.com (SunnyDeb) wrote:
>>In junior high, we used to write on our jeans with ball point pens.
>>Everything from Led Zeppelin to peace signs, etc. Writing on our hands
>was
>>big too.
>This is still big. I have a cow when my boys come home with writing all
>over them, then I remember...
I wore chucka boots (hushpuppy like boots also called shitkickers)
with short short culottes that had flaps on the front and back.
Usually had a top that had the balloon sleeves and the vest. (or in
the summer a man's no sleave t-shirt, or a tank top)
I wore a floppy hat sometimes, had peace sign on it. I got my ears
pierced in a "hippie crash pad" by a biker named red.
oops ...I am starting to sound sleezy...
peace
vash