Seventies mens fashion

I usually save Wednesday for What to Wear, meaning things that are new and fun, however today's what to wear is a blast from the past. Let me preface the what to wear with a little background history. There were some of us visiting at the hat bar about this and that and the conversation turned to some of the outrageous things that we have worn (hence yesterday's post on Tenny Lamas) Well, who could forget the leisure suit of the 1970's. That was a gem for sure. Bill, our Serratelli Hat Guy…

The sexual revolution, disco music, feminism, free-flowing hallucinogenic drugs, and pacifism is the mish-mash of things that once created the absolutely unique 70s style that we so lovingly hate to remember. While there was some pretty awesome stuff going on in the fashion trends department, 70s men's fashion seems to have skipped all the cool stuff and went straight for the disastrous. Men's clothing made from shiny spandex? Groovy! Hip-hugging bell bottom pants, also glossy? You betcha…

In a day and age where many fashion labels and photographers are stuck on attempting to capture authentic vintage images of the past, Anthon...

The 1970s must have taken place on a different planet. These photos of men’s clothing from that decade leave us drowning in astounding mustard knits, loud patterns, high waists, way-too-skimpy briefs, and other men's fashion faux pas that we don't have enough of imagination to describe 40 years later.

The retailer celebrated fashion from the swinging sixties, super seventies and eccentric eighties with a nostalgic event in Leeds today – where the Marks and Spencer story began.

Even the rose-colored haze of nostalgia can't cover-up the awful look of junior fashions at decade's end. As proof, here are a handful of pages from the 1978 Montgomery Ward catalog.

The 1970s had a variety of men's shirt styles to wear. Divided into two main groups, there were button down shirts and knit shirts. Button down shirts came with huge collars in solid colors, wild earth-tone patterns, stripes, and paisley. The disco shirt was extra flashy, with a silky high-shine finish. Meanwhile the knit shirt

Fashion often tends to make people look better, but sometimes it is counterproductive. These photos are the testimony of this. ...