Oh. My. God.

[ellid]

Warning: the following link may cause serious flashbacks to the era of disco, leisure suits, and polyester:

The 1977 JC Penney catalogue.

And oh, kiddies - there's some naughty language in the link, but it's entirely appropriate to the clothing and interior design that were evidently Da Bomb thirty years ago.

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[celandineb.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I wore the kids' versions of most of those, that year. Yikes!

[ellid.livejournal.com]

I'm all but certain I sat in a variation of those dining room chairs at an Olde Englishe Steake House thingy.

[busaikko]

MY EYES! MY EYES!

(Actually, this is probably where my orange bellbottom trousers came from... I loved them so much....)

[kamion.livejournal.com]

I remember those too
at the top you could not breath or sit, so narrrow
at the bottom you could not walk for risking tripping over the wide of the trousers.

They went shoes having 30 inch soles.
and to complete the picture
you sprouted an Afro-look even when you
were legally blond.

Ahhh those day of youthfull blisss!!!!

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

I remember that stuff.
Polyester doubleknit patch-denim short-jumpsuit. With jacket.

I love Levi's!

[crazykimmy.livejournal.com]

My dad is still proud of his chest hair.

[lorena-snape.livejournal.com]

Aaah!! Those bathroom rugs - my mother-inlaw just threw a set like that out 2 years ago (at our insistence). They were blue, but still ugly as hell...

Out of all the clothes, sad to say, I think the bathing suits are probably the least cringe-worthy. Come to think of it, the pattern closely resembles an ugly dress that Stacy tried to foist upon a nice 'casual clothes' girl last night on "what not to wear".

Funny thing about the coveralls, I remember them being in ads, but apart from guys working on cars, I don't think I ever recall actually seeing anyone wear them for everyday. Except maybe Mr. Roper, on Three's Company. *snort*

And I once had one of those western-style tops. It was calico flowery, with shiny white snaps. I wore it with my navy courderoy bell-bottoms.

Now confess - what god-awful things did you wear in '77?? *grin*

[ellid.livejournal.com]

A lime green double knit polyester pantsuit. I did NOT take it to college.

[lorena-snape.livejournal.com]

Ooh - did it have a vest? And bell-bottoms?

I always wanted a pants suit with the long sweater/vest thing like Maude used to wear, but mom said that that was too old for me (both the clothes and the show). Maybe I knew, even way back then, that one day I'd have hips and thighs that needed covering up??

*grin*

[quyllur.livejournal.com]

What awful thing did I wear in 1977?

A wedding dress!!!!!

I can't believe it is thirty years ago this December.

[lorena-snape.livejournal.com]

30 years ago - damn, it sounds like such a long time when phrased like that. Are you still married? If so, then congrats - that's quite an accomplishment these days.

*wants to see that 70's wedding dress*

I was just a wee young child of 11 in '77. *grin* It's so nice to feel like one of the younger set for once, as so many here on LJ are younger than me...

:-)

[westernredcedar.livejournal.com]

Ah, the shag toilet seat cover was a mainstay Chez Cedar during much of childhood. But to have the shag over the entire toilet...!!
Thanks for the link, ellid, this gave me a much needed belly laugh! :)

[ellid.livejournal.com]

My aunt STILL had carpeting in all her bathrooms at the time of her death last year. For all I know, it stayed there until the new owners of her house took possession in March....

[xochiquetzl]

*is ded of hilarity*

[ladymorgana13.livejournal.com]

that was hilarious, thanks for sharing!

[kamion.livejournal.com]

think I had several of those jumpsuits
when I was young and slender. You would not want to be found dead nowadays in them, but them nobody wanted the same for those calflenght pants people wear

Or swintrunks that go till the knees.
in those day men still showed leg
on the beach, swimmingpool and the soccerfield.

How things change
how taste changes
but some items were dead ugle now and then.

[persevero.livejournal.com]

Have I forcibly applied selective amnesia, or did J C Penney fashion(?) not hit Cambridge? I have a horrible suspicion it is the former. Re-obliviate me, someone.

[canellaphile.livejournal.com]

oh god, that's hilarious!! and scary. Is this really the same year that brought us Star Wars? There must have been a cosmic balancing force in the universe.

[briony530.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end.

Fortunately, they did.

I showed my classmates and tutor in my Portuguese class the video of the 1973 Eurovision entry from Portugal. They were HORRIFIED by the swinging hair and powder-blue shirt, not to mention the backup singers smacking tambourines. My tutor pronounced the whole thing "brega" (tacky, uncool).

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Powder-blue SUIT, actually. And impeccable Monkees-style hair.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Last night I watched part of a documentary on the early days of The Who. It was something of a shock to see Pete Townsend with a Mr. Spock haircut.

[tena524.livejournal.com]

I was forcibly reminded of my 8th grade school picture (which Mom has not one but THREE copies of scattered around the house). Outfit by Sears, but similar concept. OUCH. I might just drop them when they get unpacked at the other end of this move...