Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[Indiedog]

...I also worked in a nice Men's clothing store in Yonkers in the mid to late 70s and the thing that impressed me was how pervasive fashion was across the range of ages. The young men's section was full of fancy Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Cardin Euro-style slacks (form fitting, few or no pockets), suits, those polyester, wild-print Huck-a-poo shirts that were so trendy in the discos, etc. Guys would spend tons of money. The general section catered to older guys that wore everything from traditional 3-piece suits to the dreaded Leisure suits. Crazy platform shoes sold along with the trad shoes. We sold lots of jewelry and lots of accessories. We sold a ton of stuff.

Guys wanted to stand out, get the girls, look cool, etc. "Fashion" wants you to believe you can only do that with new clothes. It is a machine thats raison d'etre is to separate you from your money, frequently and consistently.

EDIT: Hey Pops, as soon as I posted I figured you were not a youngin. I realized your Avatar is probably...you!
Ha ha. The world is a weird place, isn't it? At least we are free to talk about that here (as opposed to politics).

 

[Richland123]

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[Richland123]

Freddie & The Dreamers Trading Cards

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[The Owl]

Mars Attacks cards

 

[5StringBlues]

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[Joe Nerve]

The same for me. I never had any brand name sneakers as a kid in the 1960s. Converse, P. F. Flyers, Red Ball Jets, etc. were totally out of the question. My parents could not afford much. My mother worked in a department store in town and I would get the budget sneakers and wear them until there were holes in them even when I outgrew them.

They looked like these and I usually had the black sneakers.

These were the cool sneakers to have when I was a kid:

And I had the same deal with my parents as you did with yours. They never got me THOSE pictured. They got me knockoffs. The ones pictured are Pro Keds. There was a store in my neighborhood called Sneaker Circus, and they sold "Pro Cons." They were pretty much the same sneakers, except they only had 1 stripe on the side. A blue one. That extra stripe meant nothing to my parents, and saved them about $10 between me and my brother. They had no idea what that stripe was worth though - to an 8 year old.

 

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[basscooker]

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Wait..... I mean I know I was just a kid, but Vicky Lawrence was a looker?! Huh. Never knew. My parents watched Carol Burnett, as well as Mommas House. I guess it was just before I "noticed" anything like that.

 

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[Michedelic]

Wait..... I mean I know I was just a kid, but Vicky Lawrence was a looker?! Huh. Never knew. My parents watched Carol Burnett, as well as Mommas House. I guess it was just before I "noticed" anything like that.

She’s pretty “augmented” in that pic.

 

[Michedelic]

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That first one kinda promotes cannibalism, huh? What was in that powder, ground up horse bones?

 

[Ostie]

LOL. Did you live through those times or are you quite young still? Because I was in HS in the mid 70s and I sure remember that sort of thing and much, much more outrageous stuff. But I grew up in the NYC and Westchester so perhaps we were just more..."fashion aware."

Now don't get me wrong, I am the guy that didn't wear jeans for 25 years because I thought they were too much of a fashion thang.

I believe you are correct about the Brittney Spears and Lindsay Lohan mixed together girl.

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With a dash of Paris Hilton thrown in for good measure....

 

[Richland123]

Asbestos firefighting suits

 

[Richland123]

Tunnel Catwalk cars are no longer in use but they were a cool way to travel in 1954.
These cars were used in the Lincoln and Holland tunnel that ran from Jersey City, New Jersey to New York City. Cops used these two-wheeled vehicles that ran in a channel section track to monitor tunnel traffic.

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In my short stint trying to make the track team, I remember another kid showing up with the running shoe version of Earth Shoes. Coach sent him home.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

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Those were ugly, no doubt. BUT, what's the deal with the "norm" for shoes being shoes that come to a point in the middle of the front? I have yet to see a human foot that comes to a point in the front.

 

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Those were ugly, no doubt. BUT, what's the deal with the "norm" for shoes being shoes that come to a point in the middle of the front? I have yet to see a human foot that comes to a point in the front.

The, um, point with Earth Shoes was that they were lower in the heel than in the front. And also shaped for the human toeline, in the way you suggest. Not the stuff of glamour.