Are the 70's back?

What we feel ugly today was in trend in those days. Maybe those oldies think todays fashion is awful and that their style had grace and comfort. With the rate of inflation up everywhere, there will be some changes in the lifestyle of people.

Various aspects of the 70's clothing styles have been creeping back into fashion for the past 15 years. I was wearing "flare leg" pants in high school (not quite full bell bottoms but those were available at higher end stores). The hippie look is usually associated with the late 60's but if you think about it, the "Summer of Love" was 1969 so I'm sure much of that carried into the 70's as well. I just think now the styling is less subtle than in previous years. When the economy goes bad consumers are less concerned with fashion. This results in a sales drop which prompts the fashion industry to create more and more "noticeable" clothing to try to gain the consumers attention. Also they need to reduce their costs to produce more affordable clothing...which tends to result in lower quality but consumers have to take what they can get. Some "cheap fashions" work out beautifully, others leave us all scratching our heads.