I was 6 in 1971, and combining a theme from the other thread, I remember being very proud of my purple overall hot pants that I wore with a goldenrod turtleneck and white, zip-up, stretch vinyl go-go boots. Jeez Louise, what was my mom thinking.
Late 70s: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Boston, Electric Light Orchestra, Grateful Dead, Jethro Tull, Styx, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Santana, Pink Floyd, Yes, Meatloaf, Chicago, Black Sabbath
nottelling- your Mom was thinking you were the coolest kid on the block!
I love seersucker.
One fabric I disliked, which I don’t even see anymore was dotted Swiss. I had to wear hand me down smocked dresses from a tenant of my great aunts. They were a little old fashioned.
The best shopping trip I had was when great aunts from my grandfathers side of the family took me shopping in LA when I was 13.
Faux leather vest & mini skirt, and a hammered brass peace medallion on a chain.
I was so hip.
My mother, bless her heart, always supported whatever look I could dream up. She came by that response naturally. The summer I was five, my grandmother (her mother) gave me a piece of paper and crayon and said, “draw me some pictures of what you want your kindergarten dresses to look like” and then took me to the store to pick out fabrics and then created those dresses. She had to ask me to explain the sleeves I had in mind in a little more detail.
My mother made a lot of my clothes too. Especially the years we lived in Africa. Partly I think because we had so many servants there (provided by the embassy) that she had a lot of free time on her hands. I still have a huge collection of long dresses made out of African kitenge fabric. (Well some short ones too, but they are so short I could never wear them as dresses any more!) They were very useful for the regular International dinners at the elementary school.
She made my graduation dress - unbleached muslin with a Jane Austen waist and trimmed with lace that was dyed in tea so it would be off-white to match the dress.
Wow, what memories. I remember waffle stompers, frye boots, Dr. scholls, and Bass sandals. Big bell bottoms and halter tops. When I read some of this thread earlier I thought of my “Wonder Woman/Linda Carter” outfit. I had “expensive” jeans, from a store called “up against the wall,” some kind of red blouse, and lace up granny boots, with the hair, and the stance. I thought I was soooo cool.
Does anyone remember crushed velvet pants? I had burgundy and light blue.
Villager, Ship’n’Shore, Tally-Ho, Pendleton, London Fog, Bobbie Brooks, …those are some I remember. Shoes we craved were Ferragamos and Pappagallos and Bass Weejuns. Late 60’s.
I had forgotten how many clothes my mom sewed for me (I hated to sew). She always added an inch to the torso length.
You can tell the range of years of we parents by the available fashions. Those circa 1970 years were watershed ones. The seniors from my freshmen year had much different hairstyles than my own. Teased hair to long hair. Also I noticed how the college freshmen dressed up a lot more than we did as freshmen. In medical school the sophomore class would visit the basement pathology lab at the county hospital. We were in the classroom (not seeing patients) and wore the same clothes we wore in college- especially since most of us had neither the time nor money to be fashionable. A pathologist commented that our class, while still in jeans, wore cleaner ones than the year ahead of us. I think this was fall of '76 (ie HS '71).
So many changes for women in the baby boomer generation- reflected in different HS clothes allowed et al.
Yardley, Mary Quant…
Large sweaters, often worn as dresses, leggings, mini skirts. On dressier days, I would wear a blazer over the sweater (also with shoulder pads). Collars were popped and we often wore more than one at once. Earrings were different in each year and I had at least four of them. Most important was the class ring of my bf worn on the index finger on my right hand that fit only because of hours spent wrapping it in dental floss and coating that with nail polish.
Liz Claibore, Esprit and Lacoste were some of the brands. Jeans were ripped creatively by the time I was a senior, and probably stone-washed. Cologne was a mix of Obsession and Obsession for Men. Most importantly, my eye makeup had at least 4 colors and my hair was permed with bangs that touched the clouds in sophomore year, then resembled the Cure’s Robert Smith as a senior.
MizzBee was born in 1966. Am I right?
We still have Pappagallo stores in my area, but I don’t think they carry that brand exclusively . We had Bermuda Bags which could be be bought there as well as many other stores.
The Deans sweaters in cable knit in pullovers and cardigans as well as the fair isle design were practically uniform for most girls in my school.
Upthread someone mentioned Love’s Baby soft fragrance …they also made the lemon fragrance.
Anyone remember the Bonne Bell lip smackers ?
Adidas sneakers. Ralph Lauren or Izod shirts. Famolare shoes. Shaker sweaters from the Gap. ESPRIT. Sassoon jeans. Oxford Shirts and duck shoes from L.L. Bean. Long puffy down coats.
I always had one of those gigantic tubes of Watermelon Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers in my purse. I also wore a musk oil called SKIN and the really hot guys wore Brut deodorant!
Trivia fact- Bonne Bell Corp was one of the early pioneers of corporate fitness. I knew Jess Bell, the founder. He was an incredible man and put a running path around the outside of the corporate HQ property for his employees and the community. In January of this year, the company basically went away.
What was the brand of corduroy purse w/the monogrammed brass plate? Very preppy. It was so expensive and I was sure it wouldn’t be under the Christmas tree. What a surprise when it was. It was filled with lip smackers, and my favorite glossy lip gloss…cola flavored. And the shampoo had to be “Gee your hair smells terrific”.
No, I was born in 1970. My high school years were 1984-1988, but we were in the Midwest. We didn’t know fashion until MTV came on cable.
I wore Bonne Bell when they were the official sponsor of the US ski team, so before lip smackers.
I also liked their bronzer & gel blush. I didn’t use the bronzer as bronzer, I used it as eye shadow and lip stain. Skin was much preferred to the other musk that I think was made by Jovan.
Although the bottle could have been better.
http://www.retrokimmer.com/2012/10/love-cosmetics-and-yardley-1960s.html