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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 12, 2022 23:52:27 GMT -8
I never thought that I'd ever see a return to bell-bottom pants. They were popular in the 70's when I was a teenager. Young men and women wore them everywhere. I liked them. Splashy patterns were the rage of the late 60's. Why even Chrysler Corp. offered a "mod top" floral pattern vinyl top on your car if you so desired it ! Some customers did and real mc'coy survivor type cars are worth a bundle more having such a top. Albeit, it was not for everybody..... However, when you combine BOTH of these fashion ideas (splashy patterns/bell-bottoms) you can get some rather curious results. I just saw this tonight whilst I was out shopping with my wife. There they were at my local Von Maur store. What a "classic" combination: Butterflies and Bell-bottoms Oh' my....  |
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Post by vabrou on Feb 13, 2022 2:08:44 GMT -8
Nostalgia: Just so happens I have several pairs of old bellbottom jeans that still have the original manufacturer tags on them and have never been worn. They are are sitting there untouched on hangers in a darkened closet since the late 1970s. The hardest thing to find back then were pants that were not bellbottoms. Looking further back in time, a decade earlier to the 60s, I don't remember there were any bellbottoms. For example, here is: 'The Missing Link' Spring 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. on left. Though, those were memorable days back then playing 'ROCK Music". The best job I ever had during my entire lifetime was back then being 19 years old and single, a musician in a strip club on 'Bourbon Street' in New Orleans. Just so happens this club I worked at was run by 'THE MOB' back then. And recently I noted that 'The mob' has an even bigger presence there today with numerous 'mob-run' nightclubs, just a different set of mobsters running them.
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Post by wingedwishes on Feb 13, 2022 5:14:51 GMT -8
I thought this was amusing and then I imagined an advertisement for khaki bell bottom cargo pants for the fashionable butterfly collector.... I do miss the Earth Shoes from that era though. They fit my feet well and then they were gone. I think there are knock offs out there today but they do not fit the same. That's as close as I ever got to 'hippyness.'
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Post by vabrou on Feb 13, 2022 6:11:38 GMT -8
Back in 1968, some of you may recall tennis shoes, e.g. high-top Keds cost retail $2.00 a pair and were presented in a pile on a table and you knew which ones were matching pairs because the shoe strings of each pair were tied together. And there were no shoe boxes, nor dumb-ass million $$ endorsements from meaningless personalities that when they spoke were unintelligible English. But come to think about it, same situation occurs today, and now tennis shoes are $200.00 to $2,000.00 a pair.
Remember, sock hops where you took off your shoes and danced to do-wops in your socks, sliding around amongst the sawdust on the floors. Here I found one of those pics, I'm on the left in this photo from ~1965.
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Post by exoticimports on Feb 13, 2022 7:59:49 GMT -8
I’ll take yoga pants over bell bottoms. Not for me of course, neither one.
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 13, 2022 10:12:23 GMT -8
A lot of recycling going on, maybe all the best ideas have already been tossed around already- movies, music. Anyone under 50 is going to think
it's something new.
Since I'm logged back in- as far as rock-n-roll... it reached perfection decades ago. Which decade is arguable as long as it's before '99.
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Post by kuriouz321 on Apr 20, 2022 5:32:36 GMT -8
Was this picture taken in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong? The indoor scenery gives off that vibe. Sorry for being off topic. |
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Post by trehopr1 on Apr 20, 2022 7:52:05 GMT -8
Hello kuriouz321,
I actually saw this outfit in a high-end (expensive) clothing store about 1 hour drive outside of Chicago, Illinois., USA.
I posted it only because of the butterfly pattern utilized and the "bell-bottom" design; which has not been seen here since the decade of the 1970s (here).
It is an insect related topic which is why I posted it for its unique appearance.😊
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Post by jshuey on Apr 20, 2022 12:15:31 GMT -8
Oh, they're back alright. "City" girls (young women) who like things Prada and Versace, wear them well. I'm not too sure that bellbottoms have caught on in the great countryside yet...
John
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