1970’s

Farrah Fawcett Major- Charlie’s Angels (actress) popularized flared trousers and rough cut hairstyle

John Travolta – (Saturday Night Fever) revolutionized disco

Roy Halston and Viviene Westwood– famous designers

Widely varied outlines Flared line of bellbottoms Free-form silhouettes

(muu-muu style) Empire waists and leg-o’-

mutton sleeves (Victorian and Edwardian styles )

Vietnam War continued Roe vs. Wade (legalized abortion) 1978 the Panama Canal was approved Watergate Nixon resigned Ford- first person to become vice

president and president without being elected

Loud and clashing colors emerald, apple, and

bottle green (favorite color)

Psychedelic prints Geometric prints Flower printed

Medallions Beaded necklaces Mood rings Go-go boots Platform

Big curls Bangs Feathered Hair Straight long hair

(middle part) Afro

Hair styles

Housewife Second Wave

Feminism/Single Women Era = women demanded to educate women and stop discrimination

Platform shoes (with outrageous designs)

Pantsuits Natural and ethnic

style (hippies) Tie die

Shiny Colors (glowed in ultra-violet lights)

Sequin tops Leopard skin prints Clothes not

acceptable for day wear

Stretch halter jumpsuits

Star Wars Rocky- presented

the American Dream

Jaws The Brady Bunch –

family of the 70’s Happy Days

Wool jersey sweaters

Pants started slightly flared to straight to wide until the end of the 70’s

V style long style cardigan