If you went to a 70’s disco party, what are you wearing/hairstyle?

[Pea-n-Me]

The history of the track (jogging) suit:

https://www.gameplan-a.com/2021/10/the-history-of-the-tracksuit-from-athletes-to-athleisure/

 

[fla4fun]

Would you go to a modern disco party?

I think I can remember how to do the Hustle, so sure, I would go.

 

[1420Elexismc]

I have really short, curly hair now(big chop in 2017 after having a ton of hair) so picking it out and mini afro it is
Probably wearing some sort of fun jumpsuit

 

[easyas123]

We wore Candies

Oh how I wanted those when I was a kid!

As far as my hair, probably a afro. I've been fighting it for years and finally I wouldn't have to anymore

 

[fly girl]

Oh, no doubt I would be rockin' the Farrah hairdo.

Clothes sparkle dress either gold or multi-color.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Disco was the thing when I was a kid. I remember very clearly asking for a leotard top with a wrap around skirt and Candies shoes just like Donna Summer's for Christmas 1977 or 8. I did not get this gift, probably because I was 9 years old and there was nowhere for me to disco down.

I remember going to wedding receptions in the 70s and doing the Hustle. Fun times, even if I didn't have the correct outfit.

 

[luvthatduke]

Disco was the thing when I was a kid. I remember very clearly asking for a leotard top with a wrap around skirt and Candies shoes just like Donna Summer's for Christmas 1977 or 8. I did not get this gift, probably because I was 9 years old and there was nowhere for me to disco down.

I remember going to wedding receptions in the 70s and doing the Hustle. Fun times, even if I didn't have the correct outfit.

You beat me to it - this is exactly what I'd be wearing.
Although I'd be rocking the frizzy perm - the kind we used to call "fire hazard."

 

[Planogirl]

Bell bottoms, leather vest with beads and fringe, platform shoes and puka shells. Also my hair would be ironed super straight.

 

[Cadiewampus]

We wore Candies, elephant bells and as a pp mentioned, wings in our hair.

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And did you wear Loves Baby Soft Perfume ?

 

[Titanium]

Platform shoes, Nik Nik shirt and polyester bell bottoms. Curly blonde hair picked out into a 'fro. I'll have to dig out my Grad Night '75 photos and see what I wore to the MK that night.

 

[disneyseniors]

LOL, this brings back memories
I think the polyester suits for the men, and in our crowd, it was a flashy dress with heels.
Hair do's were farrah faucet type hair or later, long straight hair.
Thanks for the memories.

 

[loves to dive]

I was a teenager in the 70s and lived in New Mexico. If I followed what I wore then, I would wear bell bottoms with really big bells and a shirt with bell sleeves. Since this is a party I'm going to I'm probably not going to be wearing denim and the bottom of my pants aren't going to be frayed, in my every day life they were frayed. Probably a fringe vest of some kind. My hair would be long and straight parted in the middle, with one little braid on each side. I would have on some sort of dangling ear rings, probably something with a feather in them and I would have at least one feather in my braids. I would have rings on at least 3 fingers of each hand, long nails most likely painted some weird color. Blue eye shadow but not much other make up. Platform shoes.

In real life in the 70s, you never knew what I'd have on. One day it might be a maxi skirt with appliques on the bottom, or a mini skirt way to short, or bell bottoms and a midriff top, or even a jumpsuit. I wore culottes a lot (our version of skorts) that usually had more than one pattern on them since Mama made most of my clothes and she would use left overs so I might have the legs one material and the front and back flaps another. I also wore gaucho pants a lot. There were a lot of fringe ponchos in my wardrobe, it was New Mexico. I had lots of boots, most with fringe, some thigh high. My hair was always long, almost to my bottom and it was always either just hanging down with little braids in it or in side braids (think native American). True story - I was in the drama club and one play I was in I played a lady of the night. I wore clothes from my closet. I had on a pair of short shorts, a midriff top, thigh high blue shiny boots, think Pretty Woman long before it came out.

 

[BayouQueen]

Nobody has mentioned this, so I'm wondering if it was a Southern California thing.
We used to wear leotard tops (usually short-sleeve Danskin ones) with bell bottoms. It was a very sleek look. Manohman did you have to be thin to pull it off.

 

[LuvOrlando]

 

[Pea-n-Me]

And did you wear Loves Baby Soft Perfume ?

No, my favorite was Jovan Grass Oil. (Less popular than Jovan Musk.) I wish I could find the Grass Oil again!

 

[Cadiewampus]

No, my favorite was Jovan Grass Oil. (Less popular than Jovan Musk.) I wish I could find the Grass Oil again!

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I don't remember the Grass oil. My go to was either British Sterling, Brut or Old spice.

 

[jimmymc]

I have a white blazer I use pretty much exclusively for parties. I'll wear that over a bright shirt and black pants.

 

[Babs Johnson]

I’d dig my orange leisure suit out of mothballs. Hopefully it hasn’t shrunk hanging in the closet for 45 years.



And I’d need at least a month’s notice before the party to grow a proper 70s porn mustache.

( I had two leisure suits, more of a rusty orange and navy blue. 100% genuine polyester.)