{"product_id":"9781784423049-fashion-in-the-1970s","title":"Fashion in the 1970s","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a definitive overview of fashion in the 1970s, featuring platform heels, hotpants, punks and New Romantics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1970s was a decade of style contrasts: every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnkle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-coloured ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes – for men and women alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore so than at any other time, fashion looked backwards in order to dress the future with quirkily ironic retro looks, while alternative street-style movements such as Punk used appearance to startle and challenge the establishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Daniel Milford-Cottam uses colourful photographs to illustrate an eye-opening introduction to the bold fashions that still have such resonance today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945480106081,"sku":"9781784423049","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27915914.jpg?v=1722156399","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784423049-fashion-in-the-1970s","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}