70's Inspired

I've been watching alot of dvds for some time, and right now I'm into the 60's, 70's and 80's comedies.  One of my favorite is the Mary Tyler Moore Show, a 1970 comedy.....yes, this African Canadian likes Mary Tyler Moore ...now.  I didn't appreciate it, obviously, during its time as I was a child.  Now I appreciate the show in my adulthood.

I love the dresses that the lead character wore on the show, including alot of color block dresses in unusual color combinations (well, unusual to us today) which worked.  The 70's inspiration seems to be back today in clothing and furniture (saw an article in a newspaper about 70's inspired furniture being the way to go).  And so here are a few very attractive 70's style clothes for spring 2015.

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Boho dress by Valentino, pinterest.com

 

by Mark Rothko, wgsn.com

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Stars Wear Boho Chic

Many stars wear the boho chic look.  Boho chic clothes...one of my favorite looks, started in the early 1990's.  Bohemian style clothes are hippie inspired clothing according to www.wikepedia.org.  The 1970's was a time of freedom, a time of change, a time of great music.  The clothes reflected this, and there were some unusual color and print combinations used for the same outfits, but I believe dressing in that decade was especially fun.  What I love, according to Savannah Miller (the actress Sienna Miller's sister), is that a bohemian chic woman or man is "...a profound romantic..." and lives outside of the box. 

Quick history lesson time!  The original Bohemians were travelers from Central Europe (the French translates Bohemian as Gypsy or Roma people).  Many elements of bohemian chic clothes date back as far as the pre-Raphaelite time (mid to late 19th century)!  I have to investigate that one.

Holly Robinson-Peete, www.bvonbeauty.com

 

Sandra Bullock, www.whosdatedwho.com

Jill Scott, www.celegritynewsflash.wordpress.com

Nicole Richie, www.bellyitchblog.com

Garcell, Beauvais-Nilon, www.bvonstyle.com

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Wedding Dresses from 1970's to 2000

Maybe some of you had guessed that I would compare wedding dresses from different decades.  I've compared dresses from the 19th century with a few decades up to 1980's.  It's wedding season after all, although I've been getting the impression that the wedding season has been continuous from January 2009  to now.  I haven't heard of a wedding proposal from my friend's boyfriend as yet, for those of you who've read my blog "Whose Getting Married?"

First of all, I finished working on my free web page and porfolio to promote SK Clothes.   For now I have the homepage for promotion seperate from the portfolio to show my work.  I'll make them one cohesive website when I gather the funds.  I'm kind of excited about it, I did it myself using www.wix.com and the templates Wix has for the use of newby web designers.  It was a lot of fun.  If you want to check them out, go to www.wix.com/skclothes/skelson (homepage) and www.wix.com/skclothes/sk (portfolio page).  Let me know what you think.

I get the impression a lot of people are into weddings due to the fact that a lot of negative things are happening today, and so people are trying to forget by focusing on love.  Well, here are a comparison of wedding dresses from each decade from 1970 to 2005.

                              Crochet wedding dress, 1970.               

                          www.snap-it-upvintageclothing.com   

     1980's wedding dress
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                            Lace wedding dress, 1990.  www.uen.org   

                                                                                                                        

                                     2005 wedding dress
                         http://weddingtennieshomestead.com

  

Do you  know that I love the crochet wedding dress the best of this group? It's simple and freeing in that it's not form fitting.  The crochet is not typically used for dresses which makes this dress one of a kind.   My second choice is the 2005 dress.  I love the cut and the fabric, though I can't tell what the fabric is.

Well, I'm currently working on two dresses made of recycled fabric, a blouse made from a scarf and still working on my daughter's mini line which has been on hold briefly.  Hope I can post pictures starting next week.  

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The Good Old 70's...

I was watching the Jackson 5 singing "I Want You Back" on Youtube a while ago, and I was just gawking at their brightly coloured tops and pants with the platform shoes and thinking "Whoa... a lot of colour..."  The 70's was certainly a time of freedom of expression clothes- wise among other freedoms.  I was looking in a Sears catalogue for fall 2009 and saw a nice pair of women's pants in a grey and black plaid.  Last time plaid was really in style was the 1970's.  Plaid looks pretty good now a days...

 

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                                   www.fashionweekphotos.com

I remember my sister and I proudly posing, around 1976, in our living room,  for pictures in our newly purchased plaid striped pants (one was red and blue plaid on white), two-colour platform shoes(brown/black and burgundy/black I believe) and I believe our knit tops had stripes in them as well, but I don't think they matched our pant plaids though.  But then, you didn't have to match, that was the style.   Put two colours or prints together that didn't quite make sense (well...the pairing made sense then) and you fit right in.  Aahh, the 70's...  

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Think Brady Bunch, think the Partridge Family, think the Evans family from "Good Times".  Striped flared pants, winged collars, bright colours, loud prints.   I remember those good old days of good family values, innocence, the innovative music... I miss that decade... 

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I've noticed quite a few designers have plaid clothing among their collections from about 2007.  It hasn't become a favorite so much among the general public, but I think we may be seeing more people wearing plaid fabrics in some clothing form soon.  The teens are wearing a lot of checked shirts now, which I remember was a must have among teens in the 1980's (especially in the form of a lumber jacket...  I live in Canada). 

We can take some note from the 1970's.  I often wish, especially during the winter, that a few more people would experiment with colour.   After all, colour is what makes life a bit more interesting and fun to view.   Let's try to make this winter more interesting by experimenting with colour.

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