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Anna Kosmanovski explores this question, possibly going off tangent…
I was sitting in a funky café when Morgan Connoley – one of the brain children behind this blog – asked me a question.
“What kind of coffee would you like?” she asked.
For a moment I was awestruck, rendered speechless; a distracted fashion-gazing mute.
For Miss Morgan was dressed immaculately.
She wore shorts, had love-child streaming locks of hair and was wearing a black blazer. The outfit was something like what Forrest Gump’s love interest Jenny ‘Je-ni’ wore in the film meets Bridgette Bardot meets Charlie Angels.
As I was musing on the very vintage and fashionable look that was in front of me, I was reminded of the obvious presence of the 70s today.
To those parents, those eternal music lovers, those Austin Powers shakers and anyone else who has said, “The 70s? They never went out of fashion” I take my (metaphorical and likely 70s inspired hat) off to you.
It’s true – either the 70s never went out fashion or they’re back,
or something in between the two because, baby, they’re all around us.
Go to any music festival and they’re you’ll see the 70s.
Recently, a little band called Wolfmother (yes the kind-hearted canine maternal influence of a wolf!) played a concert in Melbourne and any music novice, upon hearing the WolfieMother’s music for the first time, could spot the influence from the 70s. Absolutely.
That’s just one example: our music drips of the 70s and often when bands declare their “new” sound, there can be a 70s influence around.
Even just on a micro level, notice the influence of a vintage era in women’s accessories trends. Love beads anyone? And even – for those who don’t have love beads – wearing rosary beads is (apparently) cool.
Also, look at the cute little trucker Puffin’ Billy hats kids
(including your observant narrator) wear these days as well…. You know the Kiera Knightly cute hat look, small brim pulled low over your forehead and a “don’t care – I belong in a bygone era” attitude. Seems very 70s inspired to me.
The 70s were a time of love child peace out man flowing making flowing hugging things. And in 2011, it seems being green and tree-noticing and “let’s not offend anyone, man – make love not war” vibe has come back in fashion. 70s push bikes are back in fashion, even (for the right-wing 70s dressers) flowered bathing caps are back in vogue.
Thankfully, there’s not a lot of those weird brown orange tan disregarded couch type colours around and – no-one goes to the beach anymore armed with baby oil, reflecters and bandeu bikinis. Then, do they? I don’t get out that much.
Yet, times HAVE changed since the 1970s.
Skin cancer is now around, smoking will no longer make you seem suave or relax you (I’m talking to you, Marlborough man) and we don’t usually give fondue sets for Christmas.
Yep, I do reckon the 70s is still very much present today. Layered with the past with makes it what it is, this much-loved decade still continually revamps itself in our modern day and – I suspect – will continue to. It’s both ironic and delightful –just when a fashion label, band or designer – says: “YES I’ve made something DIFFERENT. Something fresh, something hip, something [awkwardly you finish their sentence for them because you know what they’re going to say) … something GROOVY BABY YEAH!” you can glimpse the influence of this awesome period of time, uniquely wedged between its unique and wide-spanning friends: the 60s and the 80s.
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