Fashion in the third third of the century

• 1970: Polyester was the material of choice and bright colours were everywhere.  By 1973, most women were wearing high cut boots and low cut pants. By the late 1970s the pant suit, leisure suit and track suit was common. Tunics, culottes and robes were also very popular. There is one common theme throughout fashion in the 1970s: pants were tight fitting. And it is probably the first full decade in which women could be seen wearing pants in every walk of life.

• 1980: Blocky shapes were everywhere and dressing like a tennis player was the cool thing to do. Bright coloured accessories like sunglasses, bangles and hoop earrings were a necessity. Teased hair, loud makeup and neon were an important part of this style. 

• 1990: Fashion in the early 1990s was generally loose fitting and colorful. Boys and girls both wore baseball caps in many different ways.Teens were digging through dad’s box of old clothes to get their hands on some authentic hole-ridden jeans to wear over top of their long john stockings.  In the early nineties fashions worn by hip-hop artists were becoming increasingly mainstream. Starting in the mid-90s, industrial and military styles crept into mainstream fashion. By the late 90s, rave culture swept through and people were looking for clothes that were more glamorous again.