The fashion trends of the 60's and 7o's went from the sublime to the ridiculous. I remember you could have a ladies dress (not that I personally did, you understand) and a pair of curtains or wallpaper with virtually the same design on. My mother used to partially disappear into the decor on a regular basis because her dress and pinny (kitchen apron) blended seamlessly into the domestic surroundings! I set the trend for wearing a tea-cozy on my head as a small boy. A tea-cosy, for anyone not familiar with the term is a knitted (in this case, a psychedelically knitted) 'hat' for your teapot to keep it extra warm and cozy, complete with a hole for the spout to protrude out of. But did I care, hell no, as far as I was concerned the yellow, brown, orange, floral woolen tea-cozy was a crash helmet to protect me when 'racing' my peddle car. I would pretend to be Grand Prix legends Jackie Stewart or Graham Hill (I actually drew with black marker pen, what I thought was a splendid moustache under my nose, to re-enforce the effect of looking like Graham Hill! In hindsight I must of looked a right bleedin' idiot, parading round the neighbourhood with false 'tash and psychedelic tea-pot warmer on my head. When you're young you do these odd things that on reflection seem ridiculous, but who cares, no harm done. Have you done something you look back on and think...what, did I really do that! Please let me know, thanks...
...Actually, I've just remembered a fashion folly that my dad told me about many years ago when he was a bus driver. The Bay City Rollers were no.1 in the pop charts with Bye, Bye, Baby in the mid 70's and were a hugely popular Scottish 'bubble gum' band feat
uring tartan trimmed trousers and other truly terrifying 70's fashion statements. My dad's friend was a hugely unpopular member of the bus company as far as the management was concerned when he repeatedly clocked-on to work with tartan inserts sewn into his company uniform pants. He also got his sister to widen them at the base to make them...'wider than the back wheels of the bus, son', as I distinctly recall my fathers words describing the flared atrocity. The company didn't take to kindly to his sister interfering with his pants, this and his insistence on wearing platform shoes, gave the company no option (fearing an accident induced by his trousers etc) to say...Bye, Bye, Baby!
...Actually, I've just remembered a fashion folly that my dad told me about many years ago when he was a bus driver. The Bay City Rollers were no.1 in the pop charts with Bye, Bye, Baby in the mid 70's and were a hugely popular Scottish 'bubble gum' band feat
uring tartan trimmed trousers and other truly terrifying 70's fashion statements. My dad's friend was a hugely unpopular member of the bus company as far as the management was concerned when he repeatedly clocked-on to work with tartan inserts sewn into his company uniform pants. He also got his sister to widen them at the base to make them...'wider than the back wheels of the bus, son', as I distinctly recall my fathers words describing the flared atrocity. The company didn't take to kindly to his sister interfering with his pants, this and his insistence on wearing platform shoes, gave the company no option (fearing an accident induced by his trousers etc) to say...Bye, Bye, Baby!
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