A St. Patrick’s Day Fashion Moment With Creative Hands
A fashion moment with Creative Hands is long overdue, and in this case, a St. Patrick’s Day fashion moment means, of course, all shades of green. Not that a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day is only about wearing green, but in the realm of fashion it sure is 🙂
Apparently green was not as popular a colour in the 1970’s as I thought it would be. When I started looking through my books, I thought I would find an abundance of olives, but rather I found plenty of tan, harvest gold, blue and cream, with very few images of green sprinkled throughout. These pictures I am sharing here today are the sum of all twenty-one volumes. (Minus one picture of a creepy looking man in a quilted vest!) As with most fashion images from the 1970’s, there are plenty that I would not hesitate to add to my wardrobe today. . . and plenty I would steer clear of too! I hope you enjoy these pictures, and that they put you in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day this Friday!
The fairytale influences were very strong this past season- and I think that they will be with us for a while yet. The dress at the beginning of the post is a beautiful example of a medieval and fairytale inspired garment. I would add this to my wardrobe in a second!
This is another “Collector’s Piece”, which is a section in the books where they showcase textile designers projects. Can you imagine the work that went into this coat? So amazing!
This one looks better in the illustration than in real life, I think, although it’s hard to tell because she is sitting down (and obviously wanting that guy to Leave Her Alone, don’t you think?)
Not only is this an absolutely lovely skirt, and the entire ensemble is perfect for Spring- but let’s also take a moment to appreciate those shoes. Seriously- those shoes!!!
You knew that the pantsuit was coming, didn’t you?
So cute!
Such a classic style of dress- I can see this masquerading very well as the 1940’s with a couple of tweaks- mainly fabric choice and a less pointed collar.
A classic coat never goes out of style. Raise your hand if you want the tapestry coat on the right!
It wouldn’t be the 1970’s without some smocking and flared pants!
And, lastly, this is a really nice green ensemble. I kind of think that fabric might be Fortrel, in which case that is too bad as that stuff is nasty, but I’m not sure if it is. What do you think the fabric looks like?
Which image is your favourite? Would you add any of these pieces to your wardrobe, given the chance? Do you plan on wearing green on Friday, for St. Patrick’s Day?
March 15, 2017 @ 11:30 am
How strange that you had to look so hard to find green. I have owned various 70s green items, in shades of mint, pea and olive (that sounds like a recipe!). None in my collection at present. Some good inspiration here, thanks for sharing x
March 15, 2017 @ 11:29 pm
I immediately think of green when I think of the 70’s too- so yes it was rather strange to see so few items in green. Haha, that does sound like a recipe- the perfect recipe for the 1970’s 😉
March 15, 2017 @ 3:31 pm
How do I not own anything with smocking! Smocking rocks!!! I must keep my eyes out for something. Although I don’t venture as far forward as the 70s, I love these images so much!!
March 15, 2017 @ 11:30 pm
I don’t anything with real smocking- just elastic smocking- but I agree! I love smocking too. I don’t tend to dress in the 1970’s either (by that I mean styled that way) but I do love the inspiration of the era. Glad you enjoyed the images 🙂
March 15, 2017 @ 3:49 pm
I am seriously appreciating this post. The 70’s were a ‘special’ time in history, and so well captured in Creative Hands.
March 15, 2017 @ 11:31 pm
They were special alright. Very “unique” 😉 Glad you liked the post!
March 15, 2017 @ 4:51 pm
I love that classic dress and that tapestry coat. i also like that green ensemble,but if that material is nasty,forget it,my skin is sensitive. I intend to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day.
Marilyn
March 15, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
So many pretty outfits I agree! That green dress could potentially be wool, but I think it is Fortrel, which is a stiff polyester blend, just because they loved that fabric in the 70’s. I stay away from that fabric too!
Hope you have fun wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day 🙂
March 15, 2017 @ 7:55 pm
So 70s! Very fun.
March 15, 2017 @ 11:34 pm
Totally!