Fashion by aLex Cruz

So, you're a journalist that has decided to go to the 1970's. First of all you're undercover, so you need to know what was in fashion. Or else you'll stick out like a sore thumb. If you think that the all white 3 piece disco suit is acceptable though out the whole decade, you are wrong! Don't fall for that. Use this 1970's fashion survival guide.

In the early to mid 1970's the 1960's hippie look was still
popular. It includes frayed jeans, tie dye and Mexican peasant shirts, and mini skirts. Even though the hippie look was popular, the 1970's did come up with fashion of their own. There were two new dress lengths created; the "mids" (mid-calf) and the "maxi" (ankle-length). Another thing that was popular in this decade are hot pants. Hot pants are tight fitting shorts. The Glam rock look was also popular. The Glam rock look is composed of "high waisted, flared satin trousers or demins.... decorated with rhinestones" (Wikipedia 1), tight haltertops, metallic lame and antique velvet dresses, sequined bra tops, turbans, imitiation rabbit-fur jackets, satin hot pants and ostrich feather boas.
Another trend in the 1970's was Platform shoes. Platform shoes are shoes that have 2-4 inch thick soles. They were both worn by men and women. The fitted blazer was also in fashion. It is a blazer that is slightly flared at the hip. It was made of many different fabrics that include; wool, velvet, suede and leather.
Pants! What kinds of pants were worn? Well in the mid 1970's high-waisted jeans and pants with wide, flared legs became popular. In the later 1970'sstaright, cigarette-jeans became popular. Then parallel jeans were in style. They are flared jeans that stop at the mid-calf.

Then in the in the mid-1970's Punk fashion invaded the US from Britatain. Punk fashion is a look composed of ripped jeans, scrappy haircuts, torn t-shirts, and worn/torn/studded/decorated with buttons leather (or denim) jackets. In this style there was a very high Do It Yourself quality. People of this movement often added safety pins, spikes, buttons, black PVC take, and spikes to their clothes. Popular pants were bondage pants. Bondage pants are hard to explain so just look at the picture. So that's your guide to 1970's Fashhion. Come back soon to learn about the types of punk fashion. It is really interesting and will help you if you are trying to go undercover in the punk underworld. Well tata for now.