Where to Find 1970s Clothing

Video Transcript

"Do the hustle. Now that I have got that out of my system, my name is Rachel and I'm from austinstylewatch.com Street Fashion Site and I'm also a freelance fashion reporter and today we are going to talk about how to find clothes from the 70's so I myself am in a little 70's get up today and one of the things I think from the 70's and it was kind of a little landmark to the era was disco. So this is sort of a disco look it is a one piece polyester. There was a lot of polyester in the 70's so a lot of what you are going to be looking for and finding when you are looking for 70's clothes is going to be the polyester. It is going to be that disco era kind of polyester studio 54 look so there are a couple of different looks from the 70's if you have ever watched "That 70's Show". There is a little bit of hippie vibe mixed in with a little bit of disco vibe so what you are going to find and what you are going to be looking for for 70's clothes really kind of depends whether you are going to be looking for something a little more costumy or whether you are just a real big fan of the era and want to kind of dress to that. So what I am primarily going to talk about today is kind of the discoey looks. One of the first places you are going to want to look to find stuff nowadays is the internet. Wherever you are in the world you have got a great 70's vintage shop it is on line so if you are in some larger towns you might be able to find vintage boutiques that carry great 70's stuff and screen it for quality and everything but if you are in a smaller town you might need to turn to the internet. My first recommendation would be e-bay. A lot of stores nowadays are starting their own e-bay stores and if you look on there you can find a lot of great shopping options. Locally there is a store called Feathers in Austin, Texas that also has an e-bay store. Search Feathers on e-bay and they have some great stuff that is well screened. You are not going to find any holes or cigarette burns in your old clothes. Other places to find good 70's clothes and in fact where I got this wonderful one piece tangerine disco jumpsuit, Good Will. Good Will is a little bit harder to search through there is a lot of stuff there but if you go through and look for the polyester, look for the one pieces, look for sometimes lace was big in the 70's. It kind of was mixed with a lot of hippier looks, kind of antique kind of hippy look and another thing we are probably going to find for our 70's look are the platform shoes, the shoes that are always seen in movies and everything the ones with the fish in them, the big gold fish platforms. These don't exactly have gold fish in them but a lot of shoes you are going to find from the 70's have big platform feet, big thick high heels and big thick wedges on the bottom. It was kind of a look of the era and again that Studio 54 look. So disco, one pieces, platform shoes, e-bay, Good Will and Vintage stores. These are places to find your 70's clothes."