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Quoted: had 2/3, never had converse, too much $$. Dad commuted in an flat mint green AMC Comet for a bit, and my first(only) speeding ticket was in a canary shit yellow, bubble trunk with simulated wood panel Pacer. View Quote Thinner than copy paper canary shit yellow. I have some of my more memorable summons framed and hung in my shop next to my 69 RR 440. My first was for unlawful clinging to a moving motor vehicle on my bicycle. In 70-71 I was protected and served at a young age. |
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If she wore a tube top and zip around jeans she was ready to party..
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Quoted: In the 1970s; I had bell bottoms https://i.postimg.cc/59ZvcZC4/1970s-Me-4.jpg The first time I got married (1977), I wore a leisure suit https://i.postimg.cc/hGcgz6MM/1977-8-1-Kurt-Linda-Wedding-7.jpg More bell bottoms https://i.postimg.cc/HLZqSj7t/At_Wappapello.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/qBnrhTch/Rainy_Lake_Canada_(3).jpg I always loved when girls wore tube tops and halter tops, and my first wife occasionally wore a tube top as a skirt. View Quote We called those "Elephant Bells" |
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Quoted: Quoted: In the 1970s; I had bell bottoms https://i.postimg.cc/59ZvcZC4/1970s-Me-4.jpg The first time I got married (1977), I wore a leisure suit https://i.postimg.cc/hGcgz6MM/1977-8-1-Kurt-Linda-Wedding-7.jpg More bell bottoms https://i.postimg.cc/HLZqSj7t/At_Wappapello.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/qBnrhTch/Rainy_Lake_Canada_(3).jpg I always loved when girls wore tube tops and halter tops, and my first wife occasionally wore a tube top as a skirt. Yep. I think some also called them monster bells. |
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Quoted: I remember total losers wearing an effection called "Leisure Suit,"(polyester), usually lime green with white plastic shoes and belts. They were often seen in the lounges of Holiday or Ramada Inns requesting "Big Wheels" (Proud Mary) from the in house band. In my experience, the ladies preferred O.D. green. View Quote Fuck an A man. |
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We had a guy in high school who wore leisure suits to school.
He had a light blue one, a yellow one, a weird green one, and another which I can't remember. God, they were so bad! |
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It was all about look at me .... I am different ...but I want to be the same as you (the in crowd).
I guest nothing has changed being compared with today. |
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Sears toughskins... I think they made them from old army tent canvas.
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Quoted: The lack of pictures in this thread is disappointing. Let me help: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/man_killer-2702168.jpg View Quote Full-seats. Bonus points if leather. |
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Quoted: The lack of pictures in this thread is disappointing. Let me help: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/man_killer-2702168.jpg View Quote Bendover pants! |
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Quoted: Quoted: When we were moving my mom into assisted living and selling her house, I found my old shoes in the back of the closet on a shelf. How the F did I walk in those things? If it was around in the 70's, I'm sure I wore it at one time or another. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/220676/platform_shoes_smaller_jpg-3059164.JPG With your bellbottoms and tube top .. The ones with the pink flower on the scaffolding aka heel matched my prom dress. This pic screams 70's Attached File |
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I was just young enough not to be brutally subjugated to that decade.
The most I remember was being in kindergarten and having a dark red denim jacket that was part of the Winnie the Pooh line at Sears (remember Sears had Winnie everything). Brown suede hushpuppy shoes, yes like in the Jimmy Buffet song. Then we got the 80's and my mother tried to get me into the topsiders with no socks. Yeah, no. |
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I nearly flunked Algebra II in high school all due to halter tops and side boobies.
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I still have mine, although I'm pretty sure they date from the 80s.
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I’m horrified when I see pictures of me as a kid- stripped shirts and plaid pants, worn together.
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Quoted: I remember total losers wearing an effection called "Leisure Suit,"(polyester), usually lime green with white plastic shoes and belts. They were often seen in the lounges of Holiday or Ramada Inns requesting "Big Wheels" (Proud Mary) from the in house band. In my experience, the ladies preferred O.D. green. View Quote Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, wore leisure suites. Your opinion is irrelevant. (Mine was gray. ) |
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Surfer t-shirts, Levi jeans or army pants, and Lightning Bolt slaps
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Quoted: Me: Vans, Levi's and concert T-shirts. Her: Draw string pants (or Dittos or Chemin De Fer or Levi's), tube tops, her dad's flannel shirts tied off at the bottom, sandals. I had a high school teacher (1977) who used to wear Dittos and tube tops to work. The principal made her wear a sweater or a shirt over the tube top. She was 23 and had graduated from UCLA in 1976. View Quote Donna Greene? |
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Quoted: had 2/3, never had converse, too much $$. Dad commuted in an flat mint green AMC Comet for a bit, and my first(only) speeding ticket was in a canary shit yellow, bubble trunk with simulated wood panel Pacer. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: *AMC, Converse, and corduroy have entered the chat* Dad commuted in an flat mint green AMC Comet for a bit, and my first(only) speeding ticket was in a canary shit yellow, bubble trunk with simulated wood panel Pacer. Chuck Taylors (Converse All Stars) were bargain bin sneakers back then. We’d dig through large bins at KMart full of loose Chuck Taylors trying to find matching pairs, colors, and sizes. IIRC they were $2.99/pair when I was a kid in the 70’s. Then in the 90’s something happened where those ghetto kid sneakers became fashionable and prices went through the roof. |
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Me and my mom sometime around 1974
Attached File Mom and Dad 1976 Attached File Me and my sister 1977. My hair….ugh. Attached File |
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Quoted: I still have mine, although I'm pretty sure they date from the 80s. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: I still have mine, although I'm pretty sure they date from the 80s. I had them in the 80’s, too. |
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Bell bottom Levis, Frye boots, drag racing or RonJon Surf Shop t-shirts, big-ass belt buckles, corduroy vests and leather fringe jackets for the win! Paisley shirts were popular if you were dressing up a bit.
I remember at one time there was a fad where people would insert a triangle of fabric into the bells of their bell bottoms to make the bell bigger. Brown inserts in denim bells was big. |
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Quoted: The lack of pictures in this thread is disappointing. Let me help: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/119852/man_killer-2702168.jpg View Quote Ditto jeans. yum yum. |
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Quoted: Chuck Taylors (Converse All Stars) were bargain bin sneakers back then. We'd dig through large bins at KMart full of loose Chuck Taylors trying to find matching pairs, colors, and sizes. IIRC they were $2.99/pair when I was a kid in the 70's. Then in the 90's something happened where those ghetto kid sneakers became fashionable and prices went through the roof. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: *AMC, Converse, and corduroy have entered the chat* Dad commuted in an flat mint green AMC Comet for a bit, and my first(only) speeding ticket was in a canary shit yellow, bubble trunk with simulated wood panel Pacer. Chuck Taylors (Converse All Stars) were bargain bin sneakers back then. We'd dig through large bins at KMart full of loose Chuck Taylors trying to find matching pairs, colors, and sizes. IIRC they were $2.99/pair when I was a kid in the 70's. Then in the 90's something happened where those ghetto kid sneakers became fashionable and prices went through the roof. |
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1975 I rememberer TM wore a white tube top with jeans that zipped all the way from the front to the back.
This was in high school. Faaaaacccckkkkkkk. |
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View Quote I legitimetly thought people started to dress like John Travolta after Sat Night Fever, but Travolta stole it from you! |
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Me in Honolulu in the 70s
Most of my pictures are gone and the handful from the 70s I had left I can’t find so I’ll post the one I found from a post I made back in a 2020 thread on Carter Years Attached File |
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Quoted: I do remember my attraction to hot pants and Those were still popular in 1974 when I entered high school. The daisy duke shorts, a tube top, and a button down shirt over the top. I should find my old photos. View Quote Please don't post any pics of you in hot pants,daisy dukes, or a tube top thank you |
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I graduated in 1976.
Dazed and Confused was spot on for almost every detail except we didn't do the Freshman hazing. |
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Quoted: I remember total losers wearing an effection called "Leisure Suit,"(polyester), usually lime green with white plastic shoes and belts. They were often seen in the lounges of Holiday or Ramada Inns requesting "Big Wheels" (Proud Mary) from the in house band. In my experience, the ladies preferred O.D. green. View Quote Larry, my man! |
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Me and my brother in 1974. I was 7 and he was 5. Mom was 32 in this pic and holding my 2yr old brother. Shes still around and I think shes 81 years old now. Lost Dad in 2001 at age 64.
The 70's and 80's were a great time to be alive. Attached File |
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Quoted: I graduated in 1976. Dazed and Confused was spot on for almost every detail except we didn't do the Freshman hazing. View Quote Same here.I graduated 1979 in Florida and Dazed and Confused was exactly like my high school. Keg parties in the woods/orange groves,lots of muscle cars still around,no fat girls and plenty of mood altering substances.Drinking age in Florida was 18 then but if you were 16 and had the money that was close enough. |
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