Or as the Cher ear worm I now have: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
After I showed the dress in #2 (early 70s) I went through old photos to collect dresses I'd worn in the 70s. Not everything I wore was what we called peasant or hippie, but I had plenty of them. Seems to me this was too early for Laura Ashly, but I could be wrong.
Can you call it a peasant dress when it's made of polyester? We did have a lot of weird things to choose from. I don't find any of these particularly funny now, although someone else might, Of course, men and boys also wore some outfits they wouldn't want shown now.
Most of these photos are faded, or else didn't turn out at all. Probably a good thing.
#1--a long, diagonal plaid skirt. Not really the style we're talking about, but I dip my toe in to the idea of a long skirt after a decade of above the knee and miniskirts.
#2 My dress with shawl & granny boots.
#3-5 The middle 70s.A velveteen dress bought at the Treasury, a JC Penney attempt to be like K Mart. Worn with thick soled oxfords. Well, I couldn't wear brown with black. What style that brown dress was I couldn't say. The pink dress was called a "patio dress," and for some reason Mr. M thought it was great to do diagonal photos.
# 6-7 The pink puffy sleeve was a long dress.
I had a long black dress with ruffles and a hippie air. No long shot.of either.
8-9 My sister's wedding. She told me I could wear anything I wanted, so I turned up in the only non-ruffly, knee-length outfit. My sisters, Mom, and niece.
# 10 I wore this ruffly dress to the "prom," or as some called it, "dog and pony show." It was the annual dress up event for Mr.'s Big 8 CPA firm, (now defunct.) It bears a vague resemblance to my sister's wedding dress, so why didn't I just borrow hers?
11-12 Definitely a "peasant dress" from the late 70s. Mr. M thought I should wear it to work on a Friday--we were just beginning the era of dress-down-Friday. Only female associate in a stodgy old law firm? I think not.
13 And another polyester "peasant dress" that I may have worn to Prom another year. That's my older son all spiffied up for church. I had a similar one in pale pink--but no photos.
14. My favorite look from that era, signaling the end. Just call me the Farmer's Wife. I loved that skirt. I keep looking for another one similar to it.
Anyone else willing to share photos from a bygone era?
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