Where are the vintage 1970's clothes hiding?  Where?

"What's so great about 70's fashion?" you ask.

Oh, baby - platforms, pant suits, maxi dresses,
halter tops, hot pants, peasant blouses - fun!

Bell bottoms and platforms

Seventeen magazine, May, 1973

As women broke through the corporate ceiling
pant suits became the ensembles du jour:

 Pant Suit, 1971

Yves Saint Laurent, 1971

I remember the first time a member of our congregation wore a

pant suit to church.  My mom freaked out along with several other ladies.

Within a year almost all of the women were wearing pants to church!

 Flared cuffs with zippers on the sides!

Polyester ruled!

The Wrap dress was all The Rage: 

And, the wrap blouse, too!

You think platforms are a new trend?!

Disco platforms 

1973 stylin'

Italian espadrilles, 1973

 

I. Miller, 1971

 Helene Arpels, 1975

Bicentennial platforms, 1976

Sandals, late 70's

The peasant blouse was a hold-over from the late 1960's:

 Linen Cargo dress, 1971

 Hand crocheted skirt and halter top, 1973

For collectors interested in 70's fashioin, estate

sales are THE best source of discoveries.

 The maxi dress combined day wear
with evening couture:
 

 And evening wear fashions exploded on the

scene with sophistication and chic:

 1971



Halter metallic gown by Bob Mackie, 1976

French draped gown, 1978


Gown from the Netherlands, 1972

 Who could forget The Caftan?!

Greece, 1972

 Prom dress, 1977

Oscar De La Renta gown, 1977

70's wedding dresses remained fairly traditional yet inventive:

Love Child Hippie meets Traditional Values
It's all about compromise!

And, isn't that what Life is about?