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1970s Men’s Fashion Ads You Won’t Be Able To Unsee

The 1970s must have taken place on a different planet. These photos of men’s clothing from that decade leave us drowning in astounding mustard knits, loud patterns, high waists, way-too-skimpy briefs, and other men's fashion faux pas that we don't have enough of imagination to describe 40 years later.

As synthetics fell in price, casual men's style garbs were suddenly available to many fashion-forward young men looking to cut loose. Since polyester doesn’t require ironing, the “wash and wear” revolution is in full view of these models with their skin-tight threads and jumpsuits that leave nothing to the imagination. A 70s fashion Travelknit suit jumps out of the suitcase ready to wear, keeping with the decade’s focus on spontaneity and indulgence.

Scroll down for our pick of the worst 70s men's fashion pieces. And as a final note, don’t look at the prices in the funny ads! You’ll only resent H&M even more!

(h/t: flashbak)

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RobynScott 9 years ago

That could spoil a third date.....

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CyndieBeard 9 years ago

That could spoil a lot of things!

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KarenAnne 9 years ago

And the first and second!!! Lol

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NastassiaBailey 9 years ago

Or, it's getting a 3 date started!

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FranFoley 9 years ago

Now that's a onsie!! Shexshy.

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odia 9 years ago

In this you can ruin your shirt, along with your underwear, when you shart.

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RogerAriis 9 years ago

I'd save 100%....

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LaurelCrooks 9 years ago

That would spoil the first one.

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TraceyGjosund 9 years ago

I just want to know ONE thing......what in the world happens when these men become excited in the 70s.......every one could see their...umm reaction

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Megan Cafarchia 8 years ago

I'm pretty sure that was the point, they wanted chicks (or dudes) to see their junk.

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CalistaArchambeault 9 years ago

look at those wee packages!

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PeggyJakopak 9 years ago

I never knew they made Mansie's, and I'm glad.

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RuthieKaplan 9 years ago

you can see why its save 50%...

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MaxHormiguera 9 years ago

You save 50% 'cause you don't need bottoms...

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JulieMolina 9 years ago

I know know, I kind of dig this look.

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Kathryn Awe 8 years ago

Because they forgot pants?

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PatrickHughes 9 years ago

Both of these photos say "balls" to me.

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LindaOliver 9 years ago

Most people have outgrown the onesie thing by time they are 2.

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MaureenKeeler 9 years ago

Sadly, some boys just don't want to grow up.

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BeckiWagoner 9 years ago

I remember these for women. I had a couple, in fact.

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Donna Leske 5 years ago

Another note to you young folks, these one-piece were made of a silky KNIT nylon fabric called tricot. Very sensuous to wear. Took a lot of stress without ripping, easy to wash, dried quickly.

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Isog Sargent 6 years ago

Do you like my,...... shirt?

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Herb Shannon 7 years ago

Looks only good on someone's less than 5% body fat.

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Donny Andreas 7 years ago

But who wouldn't gladly pay full price?

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Jesse Zwack 8 years ago

Save 50% of your dignity?

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Sean Downey 8 years ago

No.... Just no....

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SophNesbitt 8 years ago

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HelenJohnson 8 years ago

How did they breathe?

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MelBox 9 years ago

yuk. unitards for men?

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MissyLockard 9 years ago

Over 50% of the outfit, they mean...

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TomSevart 9 years ago

50% off s**t is still s**t.

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KarenTygert 9 years ago

Save 100% and just don't buy it.

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BrianElliott 9 years ago

I reckon these are a great idea - there's no way your shirt's going to become untucked is it?

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BarbaraGerhard 9 years ago

They had onesie for women as well I had one it was very comfy exept when i gained weight then it got too tight and uncomfortable so i didn't wear it much, but they were good as we didn't have to worry about tucking in our blouses and shirts so they made the wearer stay neat and pressed looking

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IbisFernandez 9 years ago

I would totally wear this!!!

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AmandaHanrahan 9 years ago

Skid marks on your shirt

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EllieAndry 9 years ago

Because 50% of it is missing!

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EllieAndry 9 years ago

Because 50% of it is missing!!

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SusanRicketts 9 years ago

Onsies?! Really?!

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KaraWhite 9 years ago

Not a onesie, but a ballsie

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KareyPapin 9 years ago

Keeping the kids tight

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GinaVickers 9 years ago

Nothing say sexy like a man in a print onesie!

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LisaGreene 9 years ago

I think they'd have to discount those 100% to get me to buy one!

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FrédéricEeckman 9 years ago

Save 100%, just don't buy it :D

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EkajNosle 9 years ago

Onesies lol

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ReneeLewis 9 years ago

wtf is that? wtf is that? wtf is that?

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NastassiaBailey 9 years ago

Oh yeah baby!

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MayaAladdin 9 years ago

This is 70's David Beckam!

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SusanToy 9 years ago

Oops. Wrong pic for that statement!

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SusanToy 9 years ago

Robin Hood There you are!

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NormaCallis 9 years ago

WHAT are these?!

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SusannaVesna 9 years ago

I was scrolling down and saw only the shirt part and thought "Hot guy! What's wrong with this?" and then I scrolled further down and understood...

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JulieWicks 9 years ago

Why????

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ChrisSlatton-Johnson 9 years ago

Wow... Nice packages! Too bad they had those shirts in them!

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RosalindDalefield 9 years ago

Over 50% off, but still no bargain.

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MarleneLopez 9 years ago

I think he needs 50% more!

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LeilaniGribner 9 years ago

Onesies for men!

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ZofiaTeresiak 9 years ago

I'd rather not buy any and save 100%...

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PattiBrett 9 years ago

OMG! They're AWFUL!

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MarleneRamos 9 years ago

Emmmmmmm. A onesie for grown men?

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CathyCopeland 9 years ago

Who knew onesies...oops, I meant bodysuits, were so popular for men in the 70's?

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AllisonCarpenter 9 years ago

For the grown men still attached to their mother's breasts.

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KarenClarke 9 years ago

The next time these are advertised, the copy will read "Save 90%"

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SusanneThomas 9 years ago

OMG...

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LynneTessier 9 years ago

Well that's one sure fire way to keep your shirt IN your pants!!!!

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BrettValentine 9 years ago

OH!

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DianeChamberlain 9 years ago

Thought these would be lovely on Brighton beach .lolxx

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KarlCrixacusNiggol 9 years ago

Best ever! I wants it.

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brawura15 9 years ago

Those days people call this 'Funky', today people call this 'Gay', basically it's all matter of perspective and prejudice

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JohnAspinall 9 years ago

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MesuaFerrea 9 years ago

What has been seen, cannot be unseen...

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StephenTierney 9 years ago

I don't remember my dad wearing anything like this !

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AndreaGN 9 years ago

...luckily

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JudyAdams 9 years ago

That's because men who wanted to become dads didn't wear that c**p.

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Noor 9 years ago

I wonder if this is thanks to your brain that suppressed those memories or that he did not wear clothes like this.. either way be grateful ;)

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StephenHead 9 years ago

I think something was slipped into the water system in the '70s.

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EXPY Videos 2 years ago

its called weed

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MarkFlower 9 years ago

I almost gave this list a thumbs down. But realized how many laughs it gave me. Give it 40 years and we'll be making fun of this current days' fashion trends too.

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DjLaurethJezebelle 9 years ago

Aww, I was hoping for a repeat of the "scandalous" late 70's Sears catalogue with the dude who tipped out the bottom of his boxers. "Mom, is this his actual penis or a shadow?" I never saw it again....

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Misty McLane 7 years ago

Ha I heard something about that lol

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SusannaVesna 9 years ago

I dont remember laughing so hard! Im sure half of these men did a Caitlyn-Jenner today! XD

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InsipodSmith 9 years ago

Where's the Safari suits?

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Muhammad Imran 5 years ago

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minerva15 6 years ago

Very mood killing.

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Roseanne James 7 years ago

You could NOT pay me ANY amount of money that would entice me to wear ANY of these horrendous clothes.... BLEARGH... I think I might just go & get myself a bucket...!

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Robin Taylor 7 years ago

So many ideas for my 2017 look.

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Amy Maddox 7 years ago

In #2 is that Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) in the very back?

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Sorin Ioan 8 years ago

amazing. i wanna to wear those pieces :)))

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Abby Rexroth 8 years ago

My dad was a cattle ranch (the definition of rough and tough) he wore one-piece

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Abby Rexroth 8 years ago

Oops... jump suits

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Connie Paknadel 8 years ago

This post made my day - had it open all day at work and scrolled down a couple of images every time I needed cheering up!

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MariaVictoriaGomez 8 years ago

Some of those close was used but some only in movies or actors used them, beside back then the word "gay" meant "happy" and it was used as such, now, well I guess they are happy.......

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MariaVictoriaGomez 8 years ago

Some actually were used but some only in movies or actors wore them. Also, the word "gay" meant "happy" back then.....

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ThomasBauer 8 years ago

I want one of each NOW! But I also need a lip-suction! lol

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AnnPressley 9 years ago

Poor men

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DarrenAce 9 years ago

I'd wear some of these pieces. The last one's actually chic.

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AasthaGoel 9 years ago

MY EYES, MY EYES !!!!!!

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FrancoisBergeron 9 years ago

I wore this stuff. I remember the shirts that were also undies. It was to avoid wrinkles. Oh jesus. It hurts. It hurts. I wore the big a*s shoes. Big a*s sideburns. I even wore...gasp... the poncho.

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ArmandoPattroni 9 years ago

I grew up in the 70s, and frankly, nowadays it seems another planet.

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EdwardBliss 9 years ago

The guy in #1, wasn't he on an episode of Three's Company wiggling his a*s on a scarf in one of Jack's parties when Mr Roper happened to walk in?

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ScottPandich 9 years ago

I always knew my brain was actively suppressing memories of the seventies. Now I have a better understanding why.

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ToddDelsanto 9 years ago

Made in the USA though!

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CELABelize 9 years ago

Don't laugh, fashions always repeat and next year, you too can look like this!

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FrédéricEeckman 9 years ago

I laughed so hard for the comments, actually :D

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RenHendel 9 years ago

I believe a slow clap is in order here.

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MayaAladdin 9 years ago

Well.. That was pretty entertaining, thank you madam.

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JalpenDesai(JD) 9 years ago

"..OLD IS GOLD.." We shall never have this kind of Ads on Tv's now. Also, From this post, I remember the same Indian 90's Ads post on : http://viralcrow.com/these-rare-old-indian-ads-posters-might-turn-a-reason-for-laughter-for-you/

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BrianGarrigan 9 years ago

# 27 is Hall of Fame pitcher, Tom Seaver.

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EliyahuRooff 9 years ago

The good news is that most of us didn't dress like this in the 70s. There were a lot of other fashions that I'd like to forget, but few were this extreme.

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BarnieBlacksmith 9 years ago

Excuse moi but nr3 is mindblowingly amazing. I eant those knitted blouses with knitted belt. Wow. Different era, not my taste but thats an exception

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exilio 9 years ago

The horror...

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VikiiJkapernaros 9 years ago

really bad designs and I doubt many men wore any of this

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GilUno 9 years ago

I came of age during the seventies and never saw any of this s**t, lol!

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KathrynTague 9 years ago

I lived through the 70s - in jeans, t-shirts, hoodies and mocs - essentially what I wear now - no one I know ever wore this c**p - ever - wait - my sister knitted the poncho in #11.

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PhillipMarsh 9 years ago

These were AWESOME!

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CarrieMartin 9 years ago

Love it. All of it.

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ThomasNorris 9 years ago

Looking back; I remember wearing bell bottom jeans do not remember any of the rest; Thank God!!! Looks like grandma did a hell of a lot of crocheting,

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NinaWum 9 years ago

Most of those fashions seems so unforgiving for men with beer bellies. ...Okay - except the afghan.

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DonMuellerPhd 9 years ago

The great thing about wearing these clothes is that you don't have to tell people that you are gay or even happy.

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TimM 9 years ago

I never knew anyone that wore any of this, and I never saw any of it shown or advertised anywhere, living in New York in the 70s. I think that most of it was sold from catalogues with a clientele of an uncommon lifestyle.

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JonPerry 9 years ago

"Those days people call this 'Funky', today people call this 'Gay', basically it's all matter of perspective and prejudice" Proves a leftatic will find just about anything to complain about.

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brawura15 9 years ago

Those days people call this 'Funky', today people call this 'Gay', basically it's all matter of perspective and prejudice

23points

JohnAspinall 9 years ago

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MesuaFerrea 9 years ago

What has been seen, cannot be unseen...

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StephenTierney 9 years ago

I don't remember my dad wearing anything like this !

6points

AndreaGN 9 years ago

...luckily

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JudyAdams 9 years ago

That's because men who wanted to become dads didn't wear that c**p.

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Noor 9 years ago

I wonder if this is thanks to your brain that suppressed those memories or that he did not wear clothes like this.. either way be grateful ;)

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StephenHead 9 years ago

I think something was slipped into the water system in the '70s.

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EXPY Videos 2 years ago

its called weed

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MarkFlower 9 years ago

I almost gave this list a thumbs down. But realized how many laughs it gave me. Give it 40 years and we'll be making fun of this current days' fashion trends too.

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DjLaurethJezebelle 9 years ago

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Misty McLane 7 years ago

Ha I heard something about that lol

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SusannaVesna 9 years ago

I dont remember laughing so hard! Im sure half of these men did a Caitlyn-Jenner today! XD

1point

InsipodSmith 9 years ago

Where's the Safari suits?

1point

Muhammad Imran 5 years ago

Nice to read this post, Clickmall Offers online clothes shopping in Pakistan. We are offering Men & Women Clothes online at best rates: https://clickmall.com/

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minerva15 6 years ago

Very mood killing.

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Roseanne James 7 years ago

You could NOT pay me ANY amount of money that would entice me to wear ANY of these horrendous clothes.... BLEARGH... I think I might just go & get myself a bucket...!

0points

Robin Taylor 7 years ago

So many ideas for my 2017 look.

0points

Amy Maddox 7 years ago

In #2 is that Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) in the very back?

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Sorin Ioan 8 years ago

amazing. i wanna to wear those pieces :)))

0points

Abby Rexroth 8 years ago

My dad was a cattle ranch (the definition of rough and tough) he wore one-piece

0points

Abby Rexroth 8 years ago

Oops... jump suits

0points

Load More Replies...

Connie Paknadel 8 years ago

This post made my day - had it open all day at work and scrolled down a couple of images every time I needed cheering up!

0points

MariaVictoriaGomez 8 years ago

Some of those close was used but some only in movies or actors used them, beside back then the word "gay" meant "happy" and it was used as such, now, well I guess they are happy.......

0points

MariaVictoriaGomez 8 years ago

Some actually were used but some only in movies or actors wore them. Also, the word "gay" meant "happy" back then.....

0points

ThomasBauer 8 years ago

I want one of each NOW! But I also need a lip-suction! lol

0points

AnnPressley 9 years ago

Poor men

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DarrenAce 9 years ago

I'd wear some of these pieces. The last one's actually chic.

0points

AasthaGoel 9 years ago

MY EYES, MY EYES !!!!!!

0points

FrancoisBergeron 9 years ago

I wore this stuff. I remember the shirts that were also undies. It was to avoid wrinkles. Oh jesus. It hurts. It hurts. I wore the big a*s shoes. Big a*s sideburns. I even wore...gasp... the poncho.

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ArmandoPattroni 9 years ago

I grew up in the 70s, and frankly, nowadays it seems another planet.

0points

EdwardBliss 9 years ago

The guy in #1, wasn't he on an episode of Three's Company wiggling his a*s on a scarf in one of Jack's parties when Mr Roper happened to walk in?

0points

ScottPandich 9 years ago

I always knew my brain was actively suppressing memories of the seventies. Now I have a better understanding why.

0points

ToddDelsanto 9 years ago

Made in the USA though!

0points

CELABelize 9 years ago

Don't laugh, fashions always repeat and next year, you too can look like this!

0points

FrédéricEeckman 9 years ago

I laughed so hard for the comments, actually :D

0points

RenHendel 9 years ago

I believe a slow clap is in order here.

0points

MayaAladdin 9 years ago

Well.. That was pretty entertaining, thank you madam.

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JalpenDesai(JD) 9 years ago

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BrianGarrigan 9 years ago

# 27 is Hall of Fame pitcher, Tom Seaver.

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EliyahuRooff 9 years ago

The good news is that most of us didn't dress like this in the 70s. There were a lot of other fashions that I'd like to forget, but few were this extreme.

0points

BarnieBlacksmith 9 years ago

Excuse moi but nr3 is mindblowingly amazing. I eant those knitted blouses with knitted belt. Wow. Different era, not my taste but thats an exception

0points

exilio 9 years ago

The horror...

0points

VikiiJkapernaros 9 years ago

really bad designs and I doubt many men wore any of this

0points

GilUno 9 years ago

I came of age during the seventies and never saw any of this s**t, lol!

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KathrynTague 9 years ago

I lived through the 70s - in jeans, t-shirts, hoodies and mocs - essentially what I wear now - no one I know ever wore this c**p - ever - wait - my sister knitted the poncho in #11.

0points

PhillipMarsh 9 years ago

These were AWESOME!

0points

CarrieMartin 9 years ago

Love it. All of it.

0points

ThomasNorris 9 years ago

Looking back; I remember wearing bell bottom jeans do not remember any of the rest; Thank God!!! Looks like grandma did a hell of a lot of crocheting,

0points

NinaWum 9 years ago

Most of those fashions seems so unforgiving for men with beer bellies. ...Okay - except the afghan.

0points

DonMuellerPhd 9 years ago

The great thing about wearing these clothes is that you don't have to tell people that you are gay or even happy.

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TimM 9 years ago

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JonPerry 9 years ago

"Those days people call this 'Funky', today people call this 'Gay', basically it's all matter of perspective and prejudice" Proves a leftatic will find just about anything to complain about.

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