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[coraa]

Per madam_silvertip's recommendation, I'm watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show, disc 1.

More later, but: is it bad that I think the cuts of the clothes are super cute? I mean, there's way too much brown and yellow for my palette, and I'm not a big fan of paisley or big flower patterns, but the kicky little skirts, the tunics, the knee boots, the dresses with belts and swishy skirts? I ♥.

I'm not sure whether this is a sign of fledgling fashion taste, or merely confirmation that I have no taste.

Comments

[larryhammer]

No, not bad. The first season or two happened to be during the better phase of 70s fashion.

---L.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I cling to the fact that they look more like 60s fashions to me than 70s!

(Which makes sense because, of course, fashions don't break cleanly at the decade break. And I do like stuff from the 50s-60s.)

[porfinn.livejournal.com]

Happy Hotpoint because of her roles in two iconic television shows (Mary Tyler Moore and The Dick Van Dyke Show) is considered a fashion icon, and the clothes she wore in both shows have a timeless quality because those styles keep reappearing in updated colors and forms (supposedly, Michelle Obama's flip hair style is a variation on the Mary Tyler Moore cut). Because television is not as "large" as tv, Mary Tyler Moore doesn't have the same cachet as, say, an Audry Hepburn. But, at least, among the people that care about this sort of thing, Mary Tyler Moore (along with Lucille Ball) fashion is usually considered a classic style (she was one of the first to wear capris on television-- how daring! :)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Not all seventies fashion was polyester pants suits and pimpmobile platform shoes and elephant bells and mullets.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

I'm discovering that! Some of these clothes are really cute and stylish.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

It's probably just as well, because I think MTM cute is more within my grasp than Audrey Hepburn elegant, as much as I admire the latter! But yeah, while I never watched the Mary Tyler Moore show before now, I saw the Dick Van Dyke show when I was a kid, and I remember "Laura Petrie" being stylin'.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

Non-cliched seventies fashion could be quite stylish. I am always amazed when I watch old TV shows how _covered-up_ everyone is - no plunging necklines, no teeny shoulder straps, no TINY minis. It is refreshing.

[paperclippy.livejournal.com]

I <3 that show. Also, if you haven't seen it, check out the Dick Van Dyke Show (where Mary Tyler Moore got her start). My favorite sitcom EVAR.

[shelleycat.livejournal.com]

actually, since the lines of the fashions are classic and hit the body at the right points for golden mean proportions, I'd say your eye is quite right to appreciate them. :) I am not much of a dress wearer beyond ethnic comfy-in-the-sun ones myself, but if I had to for some reason, shirtwaists can be great. And I never say no to boots! Mrow! LOL!