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Mums in hot pants, Dads in 'far too close for comfort' figure-hugging white bell-bottoms, teenage girls in velour jumpsuits, and children subjected to cruel knitting experiments: oh yes, we remember the Seventies. And now with all the smugness of someone who has just managed to burn all photographic evidence of their own fashion mistakes, we can sit back and contemplate some of the outfits that were consciously selected and worn in public. We're not talking about dodgy-looking punks or TV gangsta's with aviator shades and wide lapels, they were retro-cool, these are the fashion misfits who were caught in a moment...and couldn't quite get out. Why did the 1970s become the decade that style forgot? Was it the comedown from all the drugs taken during the Sixties? Did one person's madness become a case of the Emperor's new clothes? Muse on these fundamental questions as you sit back and enjoy this tribute to one of fashion's bleakest, but certainly most entertaining, periods.
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Tracey Turner is a writer and book editor. She lives in London. Her previous publications include Do You Come Here Often? A Failure's Guide to Flirting and Office Wit & Wisdom (both Prion).
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In the 70s toilets were considered naked without appropriate shag-pile clothing. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I read the rave reviews about this book but it is a bit disappointing really. Pictures accompanied by very short mildly witty comments and that's it. It does take you right back to the 70's but only for about 5 minutes which is the time it took for me to read it cover to cover. I got it to supplement a 50th birthday gift but it looks like I only spent £1.99. I paid £5.52 as opposed to the full price of £9.99, but still I think I paid too much for what it is. I wouldn't recommend it.
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This book is so funny, I couldn't stop laughing after flicking through it. I bought it as a gift for a friend's 40th birthday. It brought back so many memories of fashions and items (my mum had a hooded / handbag style hairdryer just like the one in the picture!)that I've bought another copy for myself. Recommended to cheer you up on a gloomy grey day, especially if you were growing up in the 70s.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Its not only the pictures that are funny, but also the tongue-in-cheek commentary about men being trapped in their trousers for years, this book is fantastic to leave sitting for your guests to flick through.
I'm 26 so missed out on seeing the real deal, but still found this book hilarious.
If only I'd found it before christmas, perfect stocking filler for the older generation!!
I'm 26 so missed out on seeing the real deal, but still found this book hilarious.
If only I'd found it before christmas, perfect stocking filler for the older generation!!
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hilarious
Photos so bad you'll look at them and think they've been photoshopped - they haven't, fashion really was that bad back then. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by cheryl pasquier
1970's,The Decade style forgot
Oh what a giggle we had when i showed this to my friends[who are also in their forties]! Remembered some of the clothes and furnishings etc, with some embarrassment. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2007 by Mrs. L. Fish
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