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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by TheSilentNickel@feddit.org to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works
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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

And afterwards Sears sucked the lifeblood out of senior citizens until that business plan eventually forced them to go out of business.

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I once wore bell bottom pants, fake camel hair full length coat, red white and blue platform shoes back in the 70’s.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

I think in the 70's I was rocking a bowl cut and corduroys. But my parents are to blame for that.

[-] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I got to grow my hair out when I was 12. Joke was on them. I am whiter than a hotel towel and I had a full 100% Afro.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I had a very similar suit, in the same color, but it was Levis and it had a matching vest.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Some people aren't fans of the 1980s, and I ask those people to at last appreciate that it would have just kept being the 1970s had it not been for the 1980s.

[-] antler@feddit.online 1 points 7 months ago

I'm showing my lack of sophistication here, but what are the differences between the two outfits to the left?

[-] rockandsock@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

If you zoom in the top two pictures the man has on checkered pants.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's a four-piece consisting of a blazer, an overshirt and two trousers.

The description is made in this order:

Left bottom: business suit (blazer with matching trousers)
Left top: sports suit (blazer with contrasting trousers)
Right bottom: solid casual (overshirt with matching trousers)
Right top: contrasting casual (overshirt with contrasting trousers)

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 7 months ago

You could still pull this off.

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