1970s vintage clothing for women included hot pants and peasant-style clothing, while men wore bowling shirts and leisure suits. Both genders wore platform shoes. Other popular styles included gaucho pants, flared pants, and the wrap dress. Accessories included mood rings, gold chains, and headbands.
Different types of 1970s vintage clothing include a wide variety of styles that reflect the wide range of attitudes during the period. Women wore very tight clothing, such as hot pants or loose-fitting peasant-style clothing. Men dressed in bowling shirts or dressed in leisure suits. Both men and women wore platform shoes in an effort to express the new heights they were reaching as people.
For women and men, vintage clothing from the 1970s includes a wide-legged pant with a hem line that stops just below the knee known as gaucho pants. No ’70s wardrobe was complete without a pair of flared pants that hugged the waist and hips and flared gradually to the extreme parts of the hem. An unusually short and tight form of shorts was worn by women and called hot pants. They also wore hip huggers, which were tight fitting and sat below the natural waist on the hip.
Suit styles began to change during this time, and one of the most common styles of the time was the leisure suit. This suit, inspired by John Travolta in the disco movie called “Saturday Night Fever,” was made of brightly colored polyester and had matching pants and a jacket. Women began to wear a more masculine pantsuit style with matching jackets, vests, and ties. Both women and men wore variations of the overalls. Another vintage suit, still popular, is the jogging suit ushered in by the American obsession with fitness.
Another classic style of the period is the wrap dress, a dress made from one piece of fabric and wrapped around the body with a sewn-in tie, popularized by designer Diane von Furstenberg. Other vintage clothing styles from the 1970s include the peasant blouse, a flowy top with a drawstring at the neckline and a banded waist. Women also wore sleeveless tops, a triangular top that was tied around the neck and waist, for either casual or formal attire.
Both men and women wore a ring with a stone that changed color with body temperature, called a mood ring. Men accessorized their costumes by wearing multiple gold chains around their necks, while women adorned their necks with multiple strands of shells or beads. The headband became an icon of vintage 1970s clothing and was worn by both men and women as part of fitness fashion.
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