40 years ago

[handyman [Alan}]

Lol Paul, there's no accounting for good taste!

[the-BANGOR-citizan]

On behalf of Casa Dos and myself could we include this Gem please. Unbelieveably 40 years old.

The Sensational Alex Harvey band Vambo SAHB

[the-BANGOR-citizan]

Lol Paul, there's no accounting for good taste!

Could,t have put it better Alan. LOL

[nobby]

I was born too damn late

Lola-The Kinks #5.*Top Of The Pops-70s*

[Chef Geoff]

Not late enough for my liking  20 years hence would have been good

[nobby]

my misses asked recently why I have so much fascination with old things.........I said dont talk about chef like that

[Chef Geoff]

Touché!  

(your only fascinated since I told you about me in a Basque)

[nobby]

  ...........not forgetting the matching gloves

[handyman [Alan}]

..and for our younger DW members  as for the fashion items of 40years ago,

flared trousers, laura ashley prints, bell bottoms, micro, mini and maxi dresses, tank tops, kaftan, cheesecloth shirts etc etc etc ............................

take a look here

http://avengers-in-time.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/1972-fashion-bell-bottoms.html

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1972fashions.html

http://www.fashion-era.com/1970s.htm

flare

[Chef Geoff]

They weren't called bell bottoms 40 years ago, hey come on get with it Al, the new hip thing was "loons"...I had a pair of plum brushed denim ones...cool or what?

Actually when did loons stop and Oxford bags begin? I seem to remember wearing a tank top with both

[handyman [Alan}]

from Wiki .......  I'm now off to search the depths of the wardrobe ....... checked flares anyone?

Summary: Difference between Bell Bottoms, Flares and Boot-cut. 60s Bell Bottoms (which came into fashion in 1964 to the end of the decade) flared out back and front from the bottom of the calf down and the hems are slightly curved. Usually worn by lads and girls wearing Cuban heeled shoes and Chelsea Boots.

The bottoms usually flared to around 18 inches. By the end of the decade the new fashion were parallels which had the same wide leg width from top to bottom. The fashion didn't take off though. 70s Flares flared out massively from the knee down. The bottoms could be up to 26 inches.

Modern Boot-cut flare just slightly at the front. Bell-bottoms, both wide and just slightly flared, made from denim, bright cotton, and satin polyester, were so popular that they became a symbol of the outlandish and colorful style of the 1970s, and when the decade ended many hoped that bell-bottoms were gone for good.

Today, the original men's bell bottom pants and flares from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s are collectible vintage clothing items. Worn by men to attend retro theme disco parties, worn in retro revival bands, and to wear clubbing - men's bell bottom pants are a popular fashion item from the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.

[cardiffian]

Not as mainstream but another great Welsh group BUDGIE. They are apparantly still going and toured in OZ not so long ago.

[Val Beechey]

Just to let you 40 yearers know  BBC 4  Friday night  SLADE  SLADE and More SLADE

IT'S CHRISTMAS   

Val

[dances with badgers]

and jimmy saville happy times lol