No CC Decades Outfits 2.0

1970s Women's Fashion

Everyday looks: 

For women, the 1970s was the decade where pants truly became a thing. I remember my mom telling me how she refused to wear a skirt at work and came to work in pants and later on even jeans. Still, skirts were widely popular, and came in all lengths and shapes. For everyday wear, I've opted for a few versions here in corduroy, the second one here has puff sleeves which was also widely popular. The third and fourth outfits are examples of patterns, as that too was a popular trend. 

Below I've added some other trends, such as turtlenecks, patterned suit jackets and monochrome looks. I've thought of a working woman for all of these.

Next I tried adding some more every day looks for women, working as well as stay-at-home moms. I've opted to keep it to that traditional 70s color palette of oranges and browns coupled with denim. 

Finally some more leisure looks. With the pants we have adding almost any top in the right color work well for the decade. The second is meant to represent the very popular peasant-style look, for which we have next to nothing in game. 

For my last every day looks I went with some iconic styles of the time. Representing the hippie-part of the decade (the three first) and a black-power inspired outfit for the last one. The first three could probably work well towards the end of the 60s as well as the hippie period spans part of both decades. 

Winter looks: 

For winter we have some more options now than previous decades. I made the first two with skirts, but the rest with pants to get a variety. The last of these first four looks is a coat I really like. It's not spot on for the 70s but not out of place either. The turtle neck and puff sleeves were common for the time period. 

I also used the new coat we got  for one look. I think it's a really good look for the 1970s although it could work for any decade after as well. The next two are more typically 70s inspired, with coats that would fit the time, and the last works okay and the material would be quite common. 

Summer looks: 

For summer I leaned heavily into the skirts at the time, of various forms, styles and lengths. The first four I think is fairly self explanatory for the time, the latter is my attempt to recreate maxi skirts and the more peasant style fashion that was hugely popular at the time but for which we have limited styles in game (with less decor, I would have used the Romanian outfits, but they were a bit too specific to work). 

For the next four outfits I wanted looks that represented the popularity of ethnic patterns and styles, as well as a nod to the hippie movement. 

The last of the summer outfits makes use of the various forms of shorts and one more dress. 

Swim wear: 

At the beach the bikini had its final breakthrough becoming smaller and showing more skin than before. Swimsuits also featured more bikini-like forms at times as with number 3 below. The two other styles are for those who might not want to show as much skin. The last one was made with the new top from Secret sanctuary. I might have gone a bit overboard with that one today, especially in the party section. 

Athletic wear: 

For sports, women too wore the popular tulip style shorts, as well as the more unisex jogging suits. However, the leotards kept on being popular throughout the decade, especially for dance training and for working out at home on the new work out equipment that started to be sold. 

Formal, semi-formal and club wear: 

Formal dresses are a bit hard for the decade. Though these four looks give us some idea of some of the many styles of the time. One of the predominant one, the peasant style, with lots of ruffles and laces , is missing and try as I might I could not recreate it from tops and skirts. 

For the semi-formal and clubbing outfits, I went with fairly traditional outfits for the first few, and then might have gone a bit overboard with that new top of the disco outfits. It just has the perfect shape and sheen to it and might be my new favourite item in CAS. Every single one of the disco "dresses" I have seen in pictures over the last few days and they fit the style very well. 

My final four for this outfit category is all focused on disco-style and the use of pants. Yes it's a lot of sparkles, but in what other decade can you allow yourself to shine like this? 

Sleepwear and underwear: 

In the 70s bras moved away from the cone shape of the 50s and 60s and became more like what we know today. The movement away from bras in general also created softer shapes. For sleeping, there is a lot of options, I just picked a few here to represent the variation of styles.