1970s Childhood

by Liza Hollinghurst

Overview

The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts: every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-colored ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes—for men and women alike. More so than at any other time, fashion looked backwards in order to dress the future with quirkily ironic retro looks, while alternative street-style movements such as Punk used appearance to startle and challenge the establishment. In this book, Daniel Milford-Cottam uses colorful photographs to illustrate an eye-opening introduction to the bold fashions that still have such resonance today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784423285
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Series:	Shire Library
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 8.18(h) x 0.16(d)

About the Author

Liza Hollinghurst, herself a child of the 1970s, has had over thirty magazine articles published since 2013, specializing in twentieth-century social history and vintage lifestyle. Liza's first book, Vintage Knitting, was published by Shire in 2015.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Welcome Home: Family Life

The Best Days of Your Life: School

Extra Helpings: Food and Drink

Running Free: Recreation

Page-Turners: Books and Magazines

Switched on: Television

The Beat Goes On: Popular Music

You Wear it Well: Fashion

Epilogue

Further Reading

Image Acknowledgements

Places to Visit

Index