After a decade of the fashion world in the 60’s proving to society just how independent and socially progressive they could be here comes the 1970’s fashion. Just when the bold, flashy style of the mini-skirt and go-go boot had its first appearance in the 60’s, here comes the halter neck cat suit of the 1970’s period. With its undeniable influence of the urban Motown music scene the glamorous evening trousers and halter-tops were soon to take over.

The style of dress on a typical evening in the 1970’s consisted of nothing but glam which was short for glamorous, a term still used in the fashion world till this day. Sequins and empire lined dresses were all too flashy for those conservative Granny high neck-wearing people. If you called yourself a “fashionista” in the 1970’s fancy dress era you probably kept some sort of mini-dress that fell just above your knee with a pair of 3-inch platform-soled shoes. The 1970’s fashion was an era of black halter dress patterns or a short flared skirt.

As travel began to become the ever so popular thing to do so did the fashion. As designers took their ideas to other parts of the world during the 1970’s they brought back a more hippy-styled look. There were influences from the Vietnam War and other events that happened which encouraged designers to focus on accessories and a more bohemian look.

There was also an introduction in the 70’s times of various different fabrics and how that translated into fashion. Other countries had different clothing, which consisted of different textures, colours and materials so as designers neared that point of change they traveled. Not just designers either, everyone traveled and became exposed to what others were wearing in different countries. For the first time people were saw different fabrics and textiles. There was more to fashion than just old granny prints.

Unknown to this young generation now, there hasn’t always been Central Heating. Because fashion has always reflected its moment in history one should very well assume that clothes mocked their environment especially during the 1970’s era. For example, when a lady traveled in a car during the summer time she most likely left her coat at home due to having no air conditioner in cars. In the winter she made sure she brought a coat.

Well, after the air conditioning and heat hit the scene you no longer had to travel so heavy so designers during the 1970’s dress period, produced lighter clothing for the winter such as velvet garment jackets for a woman to quickly cover herself or a wool velour jacket to escape from the elements. Since most cars now had heaters a woman could run from the place where she was, to the car, which obviously was heated. As you can see there were many trends when it came to the 1970’s fashions