There was a guy in my neighborhood who kept the 1970s soul train fashion going well into the late 1990s.

He had an afro too.

I think he was special needs, but still.

Is Permanent Press still available?

It definitely kept on going at least until December 31, 1982.

Anonymous wrote:OP you do realize that you posted a bell bottom jumpsuit picture from the very early 1970s and not a style anyone would wear in the 1980s?

(PP, not OP)

I think that was clarified later in the thread.

Did you see the male 100% polyester jumpsuits in the Sears catalog? Someone was buying them, unless you think Sears just happened not to sell any of them in their stores or from the catalog that year.

OP you do realize that you posted a bell bottom jumpsuit picture from the very early 1970s and not a style anyone would wear in the 1980s?

Anonymous wrote:

Those are not polyester, bell bottom jumpsuits.

Those are fabrics like rayon, cotton, cotton blends, etc and are loose to baggy romper type outfits.

You didn't say "No one was wearing polyester bell bottom jumpsuits in the 80s."

You're changing the goalposts, which is fine, but that is in part why people were disagreeing with you. First it was "nobody," then it was "they were only cotton rompers," and now it's "well, not double-knit polyester bell bottoms."

The Streisand Emmy jumpsuit was auctioned off as, you guessed it, a "jumpsuit." It is not cotton or rayon. Rayon is a lightweight fabric. It was embellished polyester.
https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/juliens/barbra-streisand-1981-grammy-worn-jumpsiut-135009

I mean, there are others. There are also second-hand sales and estate auctions with provenance and tags visible, as with the Streisand jumpsuit. And there are other stills from TV shows, like Yuri from Greatest American Hero (1982): dark bronze jumpsuit over bright yellow turtleneck. Other movies. Other home pictures people have posted on flashback sites.

It wasn't everyone, but there were people wearing things they called "jumpsuits" made of "100% polyester." I know -- I was there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Those were called rompers.

They were loose fitting and cotton. Not polyester.

Ahahaha.

Watch the video clips. You think these were cotton?

Those are not polyester, bell bottom jumpsuits.

Those are fabrics like rayon, cotton, cotton blends, etc and are loose to baggy romper type outfits.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the texture and colors of vintage polyester clothing.

You obviously were not alive in the 70s.

No one, and I mean no one, who wore polyester in the 70s would ever say such a thing.

Wrong.

I waa born in 1971 and grew up in polyester. I miss it. Poly/cotton blends were great - no ironing. I hate the ironing required for 100% cotton. The trend towards rayon is even worse. It's just as bad as cotton about wrinkling, but is so delicate that it's prone to developing a sheen when ironed.

For clarification, I was pp who was born in '71. I was not the original pp quoted who talked about "vintage polyester clothing".

Anonymous wrote:
Those were called rompers.

They were loose fitting and cotton. Not polyester.

Ahahaha.

Watch the video clips. You think these were cotton?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the texture and colors of vintage polyester clothing.

You obviously were not alive in the 70s.

No one, and I mean no one, who wore polyester in the 70s would ever say such a thing.

Wrong.

I waa born in 1971 and grew up in polyester. I miss it. Poly/cotton blends were great - no ironing. I hate the ironing required for 100% cotton. The trend towards rayon is even worse. It's just as bad as cotton about wrinkling, but is so delicate that it's prone to developing a sheen when ironed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wore that kind of clothing in 1983, and I was a teenager then. The style you've posted looks like the early 1970s. Looks at the woman's hair; typical early '70s long with a hint of bouffant and a center part. Partridge Family clothes all the way.

The early '80s was all about looking punk, or like Princess Diana. This is not that. And polyester has always been around.

Once again and I mean no disrespect, high schoolers are only a representative of 5 years (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) out of the total human population.

The grownups tried to dress like Dynasty, the Cosby family, Elise from Family Ties, or Princess Di.

No one was wearing polyester jumpsuits in the 80s.

Yeah, they were.

http://www.liketotally80s.com/2010/02/jumpsuits/
Loryn's red polyester jumpsuit in Valley Girl, 1983 -- https://goo.gl/images/5xhXUa
Jamie Lee Curtis padded shoulder bright blue polyester jumpsuit, SNL opening monologue, December 1980 -- https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/jamie-lee-curtis-monologue/n8725
Barbra Streisand's embellished white jumpsuit at the Grammy's, 1981 -- https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/juliens/barbra-streisand-1981-grammy-worn-jumpsiut-135009

Plus all those people in small town middle America keeping Sear's and JC Penny alive.

Those were called rompers.

They were loose fitting and cotton. Not polyester.

Now the Brady Bunch and Partridge Family in the early 70s wore jumpsuits.

PS: Not saying there weren't other clothing trends, just that this was still one of them in the early 80s. I can post more if you want, as there are lots, but -- obviously not nobody. It was still in mass media -- Valley Girl movie, SNL, the Grammy's, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to the Sears catalog of 1981 and the clothes represent pretty well. You can definitely see the Princess Diana influence. There are polyester pantsuits, but definitely no jumpsuits. I'm not digging those men's v-necks, though. I'm pretty sure I owned those embroidered pocket jeans. My mom bought all my clothes out of the Sears catalog and I was extremely unhappy about it.

http://www.retrospace.org/2011/08/catalogs-14-sears-fashion-1981.html

No, there are polyester jumpsuits in that catalogue. They even named them "Traditional Jumpsuits!"

There were definitely some people who looked like this in 1980, 1981 and 1982.

I remember my grandfather wearing a jumpsuit very similar to this in tan. He didn't do it as a fashion choice though. It was his yardwork outfit, picked for function. My other grandfather was a farmer and wore overalls. I think the jumpsuit was the city version of overalls.

For context, I turned 12 in 1983.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody wore that kind of clothing in 1983, and I was a teenager then. The style you've posted looks like the early 1970s. Looks at the woman's hair; typical early '70s long with a hint of bouffant and a center part. Partridge Family clothes all the way.

The early '80s was all about looking punk, or like Princess Diana. This is not that. And polyester has always been around.

Once again and I mean no disrespect, high schoolers are only a representative of 5 years (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) out of the total human population.

The grownups tried to dress like Dynasty, the Cosby family, Elise from Family Ties, or Princess Di.

No one was wearing polyester jumpsuits in the 80s.

Yeah, they were.

http://www.liketotally80s.com/2010/02/jumpsuits/
Loryn's red polyester jumpsuit in Valley Girl, 1983 -- https://goo.gl/images/5xhXUa
Jamie Lee Curtis padded shoulder bright blue polyester jumpsuit, SNL opening monologue, December 1980 -- https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/jamie-lee-curtis-monologue/n8725
Barbra Streisand's embellished white jumpsuit at the Grammy's, 1981 -- https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/juliens/barbra-streisand-1981-grammy-worn-jumpsiut-135009

Plus all those people in small town middle America keeping Sear's and JC Penny alive.