The early 1970s fashion scene was very similar to 1969, just a bit more flamboyant. It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that a fashion revolution occurred in the 1970s.

Polyester was the material of choice and bright colors were everywhere. Men and women alike were wearing very tight-fitting pants and platform shoes. By 1973, most women were wearing high-cut boots and low-cut pants. Early 1970s fashion was a fun era. It culminated in some of the best elements of the 60s and perfected and/or exaggerated them. Some of the best clothing produced in the 1970s perfectly blended the mods with the hippies.

Just when it seemed pants couldn’t flare anymore (bell bottoms, anyone?), the flare was almost gone. By the late 1970s the pantsuit, leisure suit, and tracksuit were what the average person was sporting. Every woman had a cowl neck sweater in her closet and every man had a few striped v-neck velour shirts. Tunics, culottes, and robes were also very popular. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which dresses were meant to be worn at home, and which ones were for a night on the town.

Chest hair, medallions, polyester, butterfly collars, bell bottoms, skin-tight t-shirts, sandals, leisure suits, flower-patterned dress shirts, sideburns, and, yes, tennis headbands.\There is one common theme throughout fashion in the 1970s: pants were tight fitting. And it is probably the first full decade in which women could be seen wearing pants in every walk of life.

It’s also hard to miss the fact that color almost completely disappeared by 1979. Earth tones, grays, whites, and blacks were back in full force, as people had apparently tired of the super bright tones of the early 1970s.

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