Late 70s/80s fashion

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Photos of fits and just the style of this era. Anything goes. Just some inspiration since I've become pretty enamored by it recently.

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>>17544201
>actual good idea for a thread is just coomer bait

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>>17544392
Stay out of the '70s thread if you don't want to see girls with farrah fawcett hair wearing daisy dukes

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>>17544201
80s Yakuza in the summer is peak effay. Best clothes (both formal and casual), best cars.

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>>17544201
People with Gen X parents be dropping their jaws at the immense swag at mom and pops’ effortlessly cool old Polaroids while we are afraid to shoot with our dumb modern Polaroids because film is like $2 a shot so we mostly use cringey digital film noise filters. My dad had an ‘82 Camaro Z28 and I’m so jealous, and mom was a cheerleader. Must’ve been good
>t. salty “born in le wrong generation” 24yr old

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>>17545477
Sick ride but that car gives it away as 90s

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>>17544201
70s were ultra kino in all aspects.
80s got a little gay, but was still cool too.

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>>17545897
Cops look like such bitches now when compared to their past counterparts.

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>>17545899
they are bitches too

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>>17545899
The 70s were pure kino.

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>>17545899
I'm currently reading LA Confidential. So, midcentury cops are my vibe right now. particularly hard-nosed ones who are unravelling a conspiracy

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There's something about these pics. People look more casually carefree. Something that is lacking on most current pics people post on social media.

>>17545456
Hunk. I want those shoes.

>>17545491
Had to double-check this was not my dad in 78

>>17545916
Oof. I came

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>YWN special order your custom Ford Gran Torino and live comfortably in your mobile home that you ordered through a catalog in a quiet rural burb.
>YWN pick up chicks looking like Farrah Fawcett or Linda Carter in it and taking them to your place
Why even live at this point?

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>>17546381
in fifty years from now, people will nostalgically imagine how well they could live if they were alive today

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>>17546381
ID on the car?

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>>17546413
People in 1965 didn't think like that about 1915 because 1965 was much better.

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This is a nice era because fashion was casualized but the extravagance of the late 60s/70s had become passe, and it was still common to wear high-waisted pants and shirts tucked in. So people had a cool casual look while still having good proportions and form-flattering clothes.

>>17545899
Probably because most cops and most people in general are obese now.
>>17546413
How do you know they won't be correct?

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>>17546428
Ford Elite or some Mercury derivative maybe. fucking hideous tho sorry

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>>17546816
>Ford Elite or some Mercury
nope

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>>17546413
I doubt it, most nostalgia has had a pretty hard cut off of sometime around the millennium. Look at music too, people are still in love with the 80s and 1980 was already over 40 years ago, and you can sure as fuck bet people in the 80s weren't going around unironically listening to 40s music.

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>>17546902
According to the original flickr upload, it's a 1974 Ford Gran Torino Brougham.
Ginger Glow with tan vinyl top.
Looks bitching.

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>>17547475
Go and google: 'swing revival'. Because you have no idea what you're talking about. And the millennium is not a hard cutoff. clearly the tik tok zoomers who dress like bratz dolls have pushed trough it

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>>17547476
Thanks bro!

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>>17545470
My own dad used drive one of these Opel Manta A's back in the late 70's - early 80's. Very rare car at the time in Ireland, had put a 1.9L Rekord engine in it and had her red with a black bonnet with a black pinstripe running down the sides.
Got wrecked after some clown drove into the back of it.
>>17545491
Kinda dress like this lad myself

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Dumping my album, have some pretty based fits, ngl.

Starting with Robert Redford.

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Moving on to Sylvester Stallone. Love the way he wore his cowboy boots. For anyone looking to try this style, a good pair of cowboy boots are a great anchor. I have a pair of oxblood Lucchese boots I found for $40 in a thrift store in Wyoming and I wear the fuck out them.

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Bruce Springsteen

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On to Richard Gere

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>>17548021
What material do you reckon those pants are? It looks like they have fading and texture like denim but they dont look like jeans.

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>>17548021
Not sure, I think they might actually be jeans. Back in those days pleated jeans were kinda common. But you could be right, I'll see if I can find a color pic of this fit so we can take a closer look.

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Found it, they appear to just be pleated jeans.

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Mel Gibson. Another great use of cowboy boots.

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Constantly miring 80's Mel hair.

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Jack Nicholson had some fits back in the day. A little bit outside of the parameters of the thread, but check out Five Easy Pieces for some peak late 60s/early 70s fits from Nicholson.

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Al Pacino in Serpico. Godly hair, and all of his fits are peak 70s kino.

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Again with the cowboy boots. If you've never tried them, don't be afraid.

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Patrick Swayze.

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The man could rock a leather jacket

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Gonna do a few one offs before diving into some longer dumps. Mickey Rourke pulling off some nice double denim. Double denim is a hallmark of the era, and not something you should be afraid of. The age of the Canadian tuxedo is long gone.

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Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. More late 60s/early 70s, but these style trends continued into the late 70s and early 80s.

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Another Brad Pitt pic. Probably late 80s-early 90s here, but something you could have easily pulled off in the late 70s/80s.

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Ralph Lauren. His lookbooks from the 80s are a treasure trove of inspo. Love the double denim + cowboy boots + statement belt + tweed blazer. Lots of texture.

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Modern pic, but just goes to show you this style can still be done today.

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Not my favorite pic, but I like the silhouettes and the choice of pieces.

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Another great use of double denim.

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Martin Sheen in Badlands (1973)

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Love the drape on these jeans

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John Travolta.

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Alain Delon. Pretty much a style icon for the ages.

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Alright, getting into some Harrison Ford. Had some godly fits back in the day.

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>>17548136
Fuck, didn't mean to start the Steve McQueen.

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Steve McQueen. Needs no introduction.

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mirin' that ass

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End of the dump for now.

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>>17548178
you've provided a great service mate, many thanks. gonna save most of these. love the harrison ford ones
also, smaller diameter men's watches need to make a comeback, they're kino. >>17548164
made me think of them again

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This may be my own hang up but I envy these larger breasted women being so casually braless. I hate wearing bras in summer and these women look so comfy, but where I live people would cry out like I was legit naked if I did it. As it is I only wear them if I have to go out.

Anyone know if going braless at the time was generally accepted, or if these women were getting socially harassed by normies?

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>>17546104
>There's something about these pics. People look more casually carefree. Something that is lacking on most current pics people post on social media.

personal cameras back then were about catching a natural moment in time. social media is about constructing a moment for internet points. different goals.

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Once I have the money and guts to dress like a truly free man, I will wear exclusively Miami 80s cocaine fashion

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>>17548079
>If you've never tried them, don't be afraid.

I've always been a boot person, but largely wrote off cowboy boots as being something you can only wear if you do, well, cowboy stuff. However after getting into them for work (did land surveying) I realized they're a pretty great piece of gear for anyone that wants something simple, yet still striking in terms of silhouette and wear. Think the formality and fit of a Chelsea boot but far more rugged in use. Also it's pretty damn nice to come home after work and just be able to toss the things off without much trouble.

I would recommend starting with a 10 or 11 inch roper in a standard leather (you still need to learn to take care of them) before branching out into more exotic toe or leather styles, else you might look too much of a goober.

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>>17548344
Yes. Those women were sexually harassed outside. Constantly. But, sexual harassment used to be fun. Enjoyed by all involved. They'd take the compliment. Women weren't told that they should be upset by it until about 1991.

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Prime Bee Gees had some crazy style choices. It's amazing what dudes could pull off in the 70s. Old motherfuckers will be like "kids there days don't dress like men" when they were dressing like this in the 70s.

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Classic Farah Fawcett pic. tfw u will never have a qt 70s gf

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More Bee Gees

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>>17549071
70s were the last time a 30 year old dude could be with a 15 year old and no one cared.

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some more Robert Redford

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Bruce Lee

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last one for now

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>>17548107
Gotta get me one if those statement western belts.

These pics blow oit everything current.

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>>17549191
Agreed, I think having belts as an extra accessorizing element is dope. The shirts are tucked in in almost every single one of these pics, including the ones where they're just wearing t-shirts.

You just gotta love that nothing in these pics feels forced, the people seem so natural and effortless.Take something like this for example. It's basically the exact same fit someone in like 1975 would wear, but it just doesn't work the same way, and you intrinsically know it.

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>>17549297
Or this. I love Austin Butler and the idea of this fit, but for some reason it just ain't working for me chief.

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Love the way they wore suits back in the day, too. Wish we could bring back the casual suit or the casual blazer.

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Another great statement belt. Gotta get me some snakeskin.

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Found a few I forgot to post.

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You can find vintage leather jackets like this in thrift stores pretty often. Not sure what the style is called, but they're pretty dope.

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Pretty sure this is early 90s, but where the hell can I get a leather jacket with this kind of texture/patina? I have a motorcycle jacket like this that's pretty high quality, but it just doesn't have the same kind of weathering/drape.

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Another Steve McQueen. There's so many godly fits of his that are commonly posted on /fa/, so I tried to find some that get less exposure.

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Well and truly the last one I got. Another great pic of Stallone. Love the fit of his jeans.

I think these pics show us something. 70s-80s fashion is not far from the goofy caricature that we've all seen growing up. You can definitely pull off a lot of these fits today. Maybe not some of the wackier ones like >>17549117 but for the most part, if you've got a good pair of thick jeans (I get a Stallone-style drape with Levi's 511s), some cowboy boots (or vintage sneaks), and a statement piece (belt, glasses, chain, etc.) you can pull off a vintage inspired look pretty easily. I think vintage looks (whether it be from the 70s, 80s, 90s, or even Y2k) are coming back big among the Zoomers, so now more than ever is the time to try it out.

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Also, grow out your hair. Try a beard. Try a mustache. I think the pandemic was truly the death knell of the fade/undercut. Almost every younger dude I see out and about nowadays has longer hair, oftentimes even a mullet. Say what you want about the zoomies, but other than the broccoli top I'm digging their hair trends. As a guy with naturally curly hair, I've kept it short for years, but in the past four months I've been growing it out and loving it. Synergizes quite well with vintage fits, obviously.

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>>17549357
>beard
Pleb tier

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>>17549377
>t. beardlet

But nah I agree, I'm vibing much more with mustaches lately.

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>>17549080
Car is a Simca.

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>>17549313
Got some of the same from here

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BetaMenswear?section_id=36989753

I also found a few you might like

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1445267019/biker-leather-jacket-80s-vintage-leather?click_key=f90b913cc0a1130813e68907976487873b6fbdfb%3A1445267019&click_sum=fa0abb15&ref=shop_home_active_4&sts=1

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1445258269/biker-leather-jacket-80s-vintage-leather?click_key=4778ca2f93746cf05102cdff2ab8644c1626ddab%3A1445258269&click_sum=6a4bb5c5&ref=shop_home_active_5&sts=1

There is more but Betamenswear is actually got great stuff I
Bought a leather jacket there and the same as postmark

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>>17549572
Hell yeah, I love Betamenswear, have bought quite a few pieces from there.

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>>17548889
Different anon but adding on: I live in an east city, I wear cowboy boots and I've received nothing but compliments on them. I even wear them with sport coats, they're more of less the same profile as a sleek Chelsea boot. I'm already tall, the heel on my boots pushes me up to 6'5 so when I wear my boots I loom over people , it's great!

I just thought of something : Short bros should try cowboy boots. Nothing exotic at first, just black or brown. They're manly and sleek and the heels give you another 1.5-2 inches height.

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>>17548936
Now I'm thinking about girls wearing revealing yoga pants/crop tops somewhere mundane like the grocery store. No one say anything to their face about it. So since the prevailing culture for the last 30+ years has been "be upset about SH", then that seems to have translated into SH being less openly done by strangers.

If I go braless to the grocery store, I wonder how many people will have the balls to actually break that norm and say something. And then if they do, I mean common I have my tits out I know what I'm doing, I could just choose to not be mad about it and take the compliment. Interesting stuff to think about, thanks anon.

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They aren't pleated jeans, they're just jeans with a crease ironed in them. This used to be a common practice when "dressing up" jeans, i.e. wearing them with a sportcoat. These photos are from the early 80s, and pleated jeans were more of a late 80s innovation.

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>>17550891
the more you know! i would never had known that. might try it out one of these days

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>>17549981
Got to agree, cowboy boots are unsung heroes. I live in a pretty urban area and get complimented on mine all the time. You don't have to wear them in a Western style by any means.Got my eye on some suede Tecovas, but I'd also love a pair of black cowboy boots seeing all the ways they're getting pulled off in this thread.

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I love this pic because I just think it's so fucking cool.

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>>17551992
Glad to be helpful

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Life was kino in the 80s.

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>>17552555
Based, love the glasses

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>>17544416
fuck you

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>>17544201
i jsut really love hold old cars look.
I am sure they don't handle all that well but man they look fucking good. today's car look like shit.

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>>17554072
He's right, retard.

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>>17554161
>I am sure they don't handle all that well
Dependent on the era.
I used to own a '84 Berlinetta that shat on almost every modern car I've driven in terms of maneuverability.
But I've driven a 70s Ford LTD and that thing was actually awful. Surprised they were used as cop cars.