My cruise group is having a 70s themed party a week from Thursday...

[Hawkeye-X]

and we're trying to find good costumes for us.

It'll be me and my wife.

Please, no Saturday Night Fever ideas - the cruise director is already going to dress up as John Travolta (his name is John and DOES look like John Travolta - here is his photo)

[DoBotherMe]

1. How about flared or bell-bottom jeans

And India-style tunics or shirts and a funky hat. Shoes could be platforms or desert boots or round toed boots. Dana ; )

[Kali]

6. desert boots and wallabies!

I forgot! WANT! those were so comfy if you had to wear shoes

[Kali]

16. I have to add the images

[Pool Hall Ace]

2. Here are some non-disco 70s ideas

Most of the parties I went to in the 70s were not terribly dressy, but here is what I can recall with respect to style:

As far as hair, men's sideburns were usually at least to mid-earlobe, sometimes longer. And occasionally, muttonchops!

Girls preferred their hair to be long, straight, and parted down the middle. I think we all wanted to look like Cher!

I wouldn't give up on the tie-dye idea; we were still doing that in art class. And like I mentioned before, the rock band tees (Led Zep, Aerosmith, Stones, Doobie Bros, Skynyrd, Boston, ELO were all real popular with my friends).

This headband is very early 70's.
http://www.platinumcostumes.com/costumes/Hats-70s-Headband-w-Feathers/2715,72_314

Bandanas were very popular head wear for both males and females. They were also used as an accessory (stuffed into the back pocket of bluejeans). The most popular style was the blue or read paisley, as shown on this page.
http://www.amazon.com/Trainmen-Bandanas-27-X/dp/B000RU001C/ref=pd_sbs_a_2

For footwear, it seemed as if every boy had a pair of Chuck Taylors – especially the black high tops. It didn't matter how old or how athletic you were.
http://www.converse.com/

Here is the history of women's Dr. Scholl's exercise sandals. They come in a much bigger variety of styles now; price ranges, too.
http://www.drschollsshoes.com/content.aspx?contentID=history

This party sounds like a lot of fun! Have a great time on your cruise, and post pics!

[Kali]

7. oh yeah those wooden Dr Scholls!

why am I remembering all these shoes now? I am usually barefoot.

remember those funky wave bottom shoes? - I think there is a new version out now, some kind of exercise torture things

[Pool Hall Ace]

11. Were they Earth Shoes? I believe Skechers now makes

the exercise torture things you're talking about. :rofl:

[Kali]

13. no - those were the ones that had negative heels

the ones I'm thinking of had like 4 rounded "waves" on the sole

found them! Famolare !!!

[Pool Hall Ace]

21. Oh yes! I remember the print ad: Footloose and Famolare!

Ah, memories! :D

[Kali]

15. and Buffalo sandals! remember?

ouch that is big let's see if there is a smaller version

[Pool Hall Ace]

22. Oh yes; what a walk down memory lane!

[madmom]

3. You can make you old jeans into bigger bells by slitting up the out side seam and

sewing in really bright, busy pattern material. We did this when we were younger (in the 70's). Make a halter top by cutting a triangle piece of material large enough to tie around your wife's midriff (where ever you want it to end) cut the top point off so it's flat, sew a hem, thread a piece of material through the hem and tie around neck. I made tons of those way back when.:hippie:

[Kali]

5. oh yeah - and remember making skirts and purses out of old jeans too?

I even made a bikini once:rofl:

[Kali]

4. early 70's: big bell levis

or frayed cut-offs, long hair parted in the middle - head bands (just a string of leather or a folded bandana
baby doll/poet/peasant blouses (and dresses), halter tops (warm weather, females) - leather fringe jackets (cool weather) (don't forget the patchouli oil)

moccasin boots, motorcycle boots, (and those square toed boots with the straps - name escapes me at the moment) gladiator sandals, low top converse

later (mid to late 70's) came high waisted baggy pants for women, coulottes, bass sandals,
concert tee shirts started showing up , guys started wearing straight leg levies again and then mom jeans showed up (urg) designer jeans too

there was a western spaz for a while too - urban cowboy

[Pool Hall Ace]

12. Frye boots? I remember a lot of people having those.

http://www.amazon.com/FRYE-Womens-Harness-12R-Boot/dp/B001814SM6

I always lusted after those.

Oh yes, and the fringe. I remember rockin' that look in junior high. :blush:

[Kali]

14. oh the fryes I wanted were the yellowish tan round toes

I think they had a little band of stamping at the top - probably like these:



http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8Un38jw3oQ/S3YaY37oGuI/AAAAAAAABAA/NM79bZSooVU/s400/z+-+Frye.jpg



I think the men's I was thinking of were Dingos, like the ones in your link (these are Durangos - I seem to remember them as usually black):

[jmowreader]

8. I don't know why we're discussing this...

Really, there's nothing to discuss. You have exactly two choices. One is the Disco Look, which you can't do. The other is...



the LEISURE SUIT!

Women's clothes? Polyester doubleknit pantsuits.

Now...having said that, all of which is true, if you REALLY want to be the cool kid at this party start hitting the vintage clothing shops for some HASH Jeans. I'm not kidding, that's what they're called. HASH Jeans are (very, very good quality) blue jeans made in scenic San Francisco by patriotic Americans who, from the price of these things, could actually afford some of the jeans' namesake. Anyway, these are jeans with embroidered back pockets, brass buckles on the back, and probably other things. If you can get some HASH Jeans, you can wear them with a Bay City Rollers or Bee Gees t-shirt and you'll be ready for anything.

And because it seems to be my job to bring this up, the internets are full of "70s makeup styles" but what all the girls actually wore was baby blue eyeshadow over their entire eye from lashes to browbone, bright pink blush right under the cheekbone (don't blend it for the true Seventies Effect) and very thick clear lip gloss with no color under it. If you can find this, the lip gloss she wants comes in a clear glass tube with a roller ball applicator (if you remember roll-on deodorant, it looks like a lipstick-tube-size version of that kind of container), and she needs to put it on frequently--not because she needs it, but because glossing your lips out of this applicator is a seventies thing to do.

[madmom]

10. I think everything you are describing here IS the disco look. The "others" didn't

wear anything but jeans raggedy, at that, t-shirts, halter tops. Most of the women I knew wore little to no make up. It was au-naturel.

[HopeHoops]

9. Dy-no-MITE!

[foxfeet]

17. Go as Sonny and Cher.

Aw, c'mon, you've always wanted to wear a Bob Mackie sequin dress. Admit it. Get the wife a mustache.

[mwdem]

18. How about the Captain and Tenille?

One of my friends had a 70's party based on them.

[Parche]

19. land cruise?

:shrug::hi:

[Hawkeye-X]

23. Nope, taking this ship

[frogmarch]

20. Tie-dye something, or

go psychedelic!

[Hawkeye-X]

24. I did wind up buying a Muppets t-shirt with Kermit the Frog

my wife didn't buy anything (yet)

Trying to figure out how to make this work. I know Kermit is a 70s/80s icon and very easily identifiable.