1970s Retro Bell Bottoms

Video Transcript

"So now I am going to talk a little bit about everyday fashion in the 70's. Now I am wearing the #1 thing to come out of the 70's and they were worn in the 60's too but really gained prominence then and that is bell bottom jeans. Now bell bottom means it goes out from below the knee and you might be seeing these and say why are they retro, people wear these today. Well the thing is that people did not wear these in the 80's and the 90's and the bell bottoms and flares that we wear today come directly from the 70's fashion. The other thing that I want to point out on these jeans is that they have a higher rise than we are used to seeing today and this isn't anywhere near as high as they were in the 70's. In the 70's they would be up to here and people actually had to lie down on their beds and take pliers to pull the jeans up because the jeans were so tight and that was really the trend and you always tucked your stuff in. You always tucked your shirts in and that is just how it was. Also I wanted to take a look here. We are still looking at some of the same prints here that you had in the 60's, sort of a retro psychedelic print right here because psychedelic drugs were still being experimented with by many many people in the 70's and I chose it in a vest because the vest was really popular both for men and women and a patterned vest was really important and so it could be buttoned together or it could be left open you could do it either way. Now I am also wearing the jeans with the platform shoes that I talked about before and that was really necessary. I mean if you are going to wear huge jeans and you are going to have to zip them up you want the great shoes to go with them."