They’re all living in the ’70s

Greg Wane
The 1970s is often referred to as the decade when fashion forgot. A period when there were so many fashion faux pas that all combined to become high fashion of the era.
Safari suits, kaftans, business shorts with long white socks, huge aerodynamic collars and Staggers jeans became the look.
Jeans were tight and volumiously flared from the knee down and worn with figure-hugging, nylon body shirts that forced the invention of underarm deodorant.
Later in the decade came the Sharpies with their waist-high stovies, moccassins and short-cropped hair cuts. It was a daggy era, possibly the daggiest in history.
According to fashionistas, the 1970s-look is popular again and young devotees comb through local op shops for genuine 70s gear.
To celebrate the era New-comb’s Mill Markets ran a 1970s dress-up fashion competition on Easter Saturday and asked Bay FM’s Paula Kontelj, a child of the 70s herself, to compere and judge the event.
Wandering among the preloved treasures of past decades were dozens of people looking like they had been transported over time in a 1970 Dr Who Tardis to the present.
From kaftans to safari suits, hand-made leather bags, cord pants and kilos of plastic beads all made an encore appearance.