Picture of woman in a mini skirt. Fashion history and costume history of the 1970s.
In 1970 women chose who they wanted to be and if they felt like wearing a short mini skirt one day and a maxi dress, midi skirt or hot pants the next day - that's what they did.
For evening-wear women would usually wear full length maxi dresses, evening trousers or halter neck catsuits. Some of the dresses oozed Motown glamour, others did not.
The short check flared skirt was very popular and so was the empire style of the diamond check pattern mini dress. Exotic and tropical prints were a reflection of designers gaining inspiration from foreign travel destinations.
For evening in the early seventies, either straight or flared Empire line
dresses with a sequinned fabric bodice and exotic sleeves were the style
for a fancy occasion.
Picture of office girls wearing short mini dresses. Fashion history and costume history of the 1970s.
One mostly worn style was the Granny dress with a high neck. Sometimes the stand neck was pie-crust frilled, or lace trimmed. Often they were made from a floral print design in a warm brushed fabric or viscose rayon crepe which draped and gathered well into empire line styles.
70'S FASHION
For evening-wear women would usually wear full length maxi dresses, evening trousers or halter neck catsuits. Some of the dresses oozed Motown glamour, others did not.
The short check flared skirt was very popular and so was the empire style of the diamond check pattern mini dress. Exotic and tropical prints were a reflection of designers gaining inspiration from foreign travel destinations.
For evening in the early seventies, either straight or flared Empire line
dresses with a sequinned fabric bodice and exotic sleeves were the style
for a fancy occasion.