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<p>I think they are pretty.</p>
<p>cgm - Pleated men’s trousers have been around a lot longer than plain-front ones have. And, they have always been worn in Europe. They give the trouser a better look and are comfortable too.</p>
<p>Those pleats just make everyone look like they have a spare tire around the middle!</p>
<p>allmusic,</p>
<p>most of us parents do have the spare tire. It’s not the pleats.</p>
<p>How about Nehru jackets and shirts (circa 1968 - 1970) 
I laugh when I see some of my old photos.</p>
<p>This is true Newmass, but some of us are in denial. We like to think flat fronts make us look svelter. It’s an illusion, I know.</p>
<p>Madras shorts, shirts, suits, pants, Madras everything.</p>
<p>P.S. I NEED pleated pants</p>
<p>Skirts over slacks are SO comfortable. I used to wear them as an expatriate in the Middle East. Brown is one of the few colors I can wear well, being a redhead, so I would love to wear a brown bridesmaid’s dress. And. . . I have narrow shoulders and would love a revival of moderate-sized shoulder pads! </p>
<p>The polyester leisure suit flattered no American.</p>
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<p>How, though? You are just wearing pants in the end! The skirt just adds extra material…</p>
<p>…unless you are referring to feetless tights… which are not much different from regular tights (I do not see the point in wearing the former over the latter), but the comfortability of which can vary in accordance with the weather.</p>
<p>Hip huggers and stretch pants! (altho hip huggers could be just another name for low-rise jeans?)…</p>
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<li> platform shoes</li>
<li> 100% polyester sans-a-belt slacks</li>
<li>puca shell necklaces</li>
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<p>all the above worn by men!</p>
<p>Silkscreen shirts. Every damn picture of me from the 70’s seems to include a hideous silkscreen shirt. </p>
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As a hormone addled teenage male, I have to say I kinda liked that look . . .</p>
<p>okay who was the cruel person who brought back the skinny black pants that only look good on size zero</p>
<p>i want to hunt them down, and put them in some elephant pants</p>
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I groaned when I started seeing ads for those.</p>
<p>Good question, nspeds. It was like you could enjoy the femininity of wearing a skirt without the hassle of having to make sure it was pulled down when you sat (and we were sitting on cushions on the floor most of the time). The weather was cool and dry so the layers weren’t hot. And – women weren’t discouraged from showing the outlines of their crotches (I know that sounds weird!), therefore another purpose for the skirt. </p>
<p>I am amused to see a similar style being shown this fall.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have not seen jeans plus skirts, but I have seen plenty of feetless tights and skirts/dresses.</p>
<p>Correction, I mean we WERE discouraged . . .(see above) !</p>
<p>Faline, I was not allowed to have those ever popular GO GO Boots either! That year fishnet stockings were very popular with the girls. I was about 9 years old. My mother allowed those, so go figure! I know that cost was one factor in the Go Go Boots decision, so I guess those flasy fishnets did not have an expensive pricetag! </p>
<p>LOL, I saw a grown woman (not a streetwalker, BTW) wearing red fishnets and in a mini skirt at a social function. She was not exactly thin, and got up on a stage to make a speech! That was 2 years ago, and I still remember her outfit!</p>
<p>northeastmom, you must’ve seen that red fishnet, mini skirt wearin’ Mom at the Harper Valley PTA?!!</p>
<p>she could not have looked more gaga than we did at recess in fishnets…our poor Moms, conned into thinking their 5th graders had to be hip</p>
<p>faline, Ahh, so you had those fishnets too! Boy, we are dating ourselves. Did you attend my elementary school? LOL! BTW, the key was white go go boots, but I did harrass my mother enough to get a similar pair of boots several months later. For some reason my mother refused to buy the white ones (those were “the ones” to get), but she gave into my constant badgering, and she bought bright glossy canary yellow ones (patent leather). You could not miss me walking down the school halls in those boots! What were my mother and I thinking???</p>
<p>The middle-aged woman in the red fishnets with miniskirt was actually giving her speech in a house of worship! It was definitely memorable. BTW, that was in 2004! Maybe she was stuck in a
4th grade timewarp.</p>