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Subject: How to get a feel for '70s fashion changes as they happened?
Written By: Ryan112390 on 05/13/11 at 10:04 pm
What films and TV shows would you say best show the change from the early, still Hippie-ish early '70s, to the Disco-tinged end of the decade?
Also--Is it just me, or does the idea of archiving ALL news reports, from every station, no matter how mundane, seem a good way to preserve both the pop culture (in seeing the way people in the backgrounds of news reports are dressed, etc) and the general feelings of an era? I don't know if news reports and the like are that thoroughly archived, but they should be.
Subject: Re: How to get a feel for '70s fashion changes as they happened?
Written By: AmericanGirl on 05/15/11 at 9:47 am
What films and TV shows would you say best show the change from the early, still Hippie-ish early '70s, to the Disco-tinged end of the decade?
How about American Bandstand and/or Soul Train. The young people who danced on those shows generally dressed according to the fashion of the day.
Subject: Re: How to get a feel for '70s fashion changes as they happened?
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/10/11 at 4:03 pm
How about American Bandstand and/or Soul Train. The young people who danced on those shows generally dressed according to the fashion of the day.
This deserves a follow up. I found some footage from Soul Train on YouTube. So you can see how the fashions changed, take a look at what's being worn in the following videos. Note especially things like patterns, fabrics, skirt lengths, mens collars, shoes, and the type of denims that were worn.
1) From October-ish, 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45VNa8_kH84
2) From March-ish, 1974
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_oM8rU1jk
3) From April-ish, 1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRyqUFHi3g