Fashion has gone around in cycles for hundreds of years. Many of us look to the past to find cool fashion trends and looks to make our wardrobes fresh and exciting – and it’s the 1970s that is having a huge impact on style recently. Recent shows such as the ‘That 70s Show’ revival and ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’ have made 70s style come back into fashion. However, you don’t need to buy all vintage to incorporate more 1970s styles into your wardrobe. By investing in just a few key pieces, you can make your wardrobe have more vintage flair. Dressing how you want to can massively improve your confidence, so if you want to dress more vintage, you should start today!
There were many fashion movements throughout the 1970s that were popular, and 1970s fashion didn’t just follow one style. There were many subcategories and fashion movements to choose from if you want to have a 70s-inspired wardrobe. Many of these items have come back into style anyway, so a lot of these items will be easy to find on the high street. However, you can always try thrift shops if you want to find genuine vintage items! Here are the top picks for incorporating more vintage style into your wardrobe.
Athletic
Athleisure became one of the biggest style movements throughout the 1970s. In the late 1960s, West German footballer Franz Beckenbaur popularised the tracksuit, known for its iconic three lines down the sides of the design. This made wearing sportswear in day-to-day life especially popular, for both men and women. While this was somewhat popular in the early 1970s, after 1975, nearly everyone was wearing athleisure. This would be so popular that it would continue on, late into the 1980s.
Popular athleisure styles from the 1970s include tracksuits, crop tops, tube tops, leisure suits, and sweatshirts. Sports sneakers and trainers such as Converse and Adidas Campus would also become extremely popular – and still are today! Sports accessories were considered less important throughout the 1970s, but tennis headbands did experience minor popularity during the late 70s. If you want to incorporate some 1970s style into your wardrobe, definitely consider investing in some vintage or classic sportswear styles.
Disco
Many fashion movements throughout the 1970s were closely linked to music and subculture. Disco emerged from the urban dance scene of the early 70s in the USA, particularly in Philadelphia and New York City. Popular disco bands include ABBA, Donna Summer, and Eart Wind & Fire. Disco fashion often included flamboyant and expensive outfits, loose in nature, to facilitate dancing and movement.
Discotheque outfits include lots of bright satin outfits, sequins, and bold jewellery such as large hooped earrings. Flared trousers were very popular during the disco era, however, unlike hippies, disco dancers didn’t wear flared jeans. Instead, they wore flared trousers made of colourful satin, decorated with rhinestones. Disco sound and fashion were both meant to be audacious, and as expensive as possible. Disco style is all about looking glamorous and turning heads. If you want to take inspiration from the disco era for your wardrobe, you should definitely invest in bright disco trousers, colourful satin outfits, sequinned dresses, and bold jewellery.
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Vintage Revival
We aren’t the only generation looking to the past for fashion inspiration. Throughout the 1970s, fashion took inspiration from past eras to create fresh looks and styles. Victorian and Edwardian style revival became extremely popular throughout the 1970s. Models of the era often wore vintage styles such as long flowing dresses in pastel shades, made of lace and satin. Films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Tess popularised Edwardian style in the 1970s, just like shows such as Daisy Jones and The Six have popularised 70s style for us today.
Dresses that emulate this style often had long trains and draping hemlines, dripping in lace and satin ribbons. These dresses also often had long, billowing sleeves. There are many vintage brands that you can search for today that produced these styles, such as Gunne Sax and Laura Ashley. If you want to take inspiration from this era, you should definitely search thrift stores for those brands!
Hippie
Although hippie style was officially invented in the 1960s, it would be popular until the mid-1970s. Hippie style was invented because young people of the time did not agree with the consumerist lifestyles of society, and wanted to create their own counter-culture. They rejected consumerism, instead favouring fashion that was handmade, sustainable, and utilitarian.
Hippie culture was often based around festivals such as Woodstock and Glastonbury – hippie culture has had a huge impact on festival outfits, even today. If you want to incorporate more hippie style into your wardrobe, you should definitely consider investing in sustainable and eco-conscious clothing. Some of the best choices for hippie fashion include long skirts and dresses, floral motifs, flared jeans, band t-shirts, smocks, wide trousers and tank tops. Hippie fashion is often loose, comfortable, and in natural colours and cultural designs. These are some of the top hippie fashion picks if you want to incorporate more 70s style into your wardrobe.
