Does anyone else remember...
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YkcorCal
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Everyone I worked with in the Seventies wore field jackets
I did until someone stole mine out of my car. I'm 6'5" so how many people could it fit???
I had both, a navy pea coat 1st and later a field jacket. Then even later, a bomber jacket. Then I think I graduated to a "Leisure Suit". Years later, a "Members Only" jacket.
Today, jeans and tee shirts. All day every day.
Never had Earth shoes or crocks,.......... but I think I did have some friends who wore "Platform" or "Elevator" shoes in the 70's. (With their polyester leisure suits of course)
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That might be Ft. Knox,....... where tankers used to be trained. I live about 30 miles away as the crow flies, and those tank rounds will sometimes rattle my windows.
We have soupy clay mud like that here in Ky.
I had earth shoes, a pair of muck boots. They weren't very comfortable and always covered in mud and cow manure.
Took me a minute to get,/. duh
In the 70's I remember an urban clothing store that ran this radio ad:
"Your mama call you short? Well, slide on down to Mr. B's for some elevator shoes...
Three inch heel for sex appeal!"
Cdog
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I wore many trendy clothes, shoes, etc in the 70's. Those along with sandals were a bridge I refused to cross.
I did wear cowboy boots, Converse and Pro Keds.
There's one pair of shoes I had in the mid 70's that were super comfortable, but an awful color. I remember them as being homely looking. I had some good times during that ugly shoe era.
I did wear cowboy boots, Converse and Pro Keds.
There's one pair of shoes I had in the mid 70's that were super comfortable, but an awful color. I remember them as being homely looking. I had some good times during that ugly shoe era.
REFORGER, in the vicinity of Kemnath, near the Fichtelgebirge, 24 km southeast of Bayreuth.
Got a pair and hated them so I moved on to desert boots. Ankle high swede type leather with what looked like a gum sole. They were comfortable, but the soles wore out in no time at all.
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DWalt
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I forgot all about desert boots, I once had a pair of those also, but that must have been while I was in high school. I wondered how they got that name.
No idea, but I wore those with my bell bottom jeans and wide collared puffy shirts through most of high school. Man, I had bad taste.
No earth shoes for me, but I do remember some horrific platform "saddle" shoes. Wore them with my brightly colored striped bell bottoms. Holy moley were those ugly.
And yes, I had leisure suits. One in burnt orange and one in powder blue. Makes me want to puke just thinking about them today. I sure hope those never come back in style. Not that I keep up with styles anymore. I'm pretty much a jeans and hiking boots guy these days (other than at work, of course.)
And yes, I had leisure suits. One in burnt orange and one in powder blue. Makes me want to puke just thinking about them today. I sure hope those never come back in style. Not that I keep up with styles anymore. I'm pretty much a jeans and hiking boots guy these days (other than at work, of course.)
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Ruger Nut
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I don't remember "earth shoes", but there were worse ideas back in the '70's. At least you didn't risk breaking your ankle wearing them. 
Guaranteed to give infantry sergeants major apoplexy, going on main post wearing your tanker boots and a tankers jacket
twodog max
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I had the field jacket and a liner for warmth. I wore that thing out I wore it so much. Never was interested in Earth Shoes and am even less interested in Crocs. Look like shower shoes to me.
Back in the late 70s my wife slipped on the kitchen floor while wearing platform sandals. I offered to take her to the er,but she's a tough little polish Italian and waved me off. At 3am she shook me awake and said "let's go"
She had broken a bone in her foot ��
She had broken a bone in her foot ��
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DWalt
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I think Leisure suits hit their peak in the mid to late 1970s. I had two. One was lime green, one was sort of khaki brown, worn with matching shiny Paisley print open neck shirts. Some wore gold neck chains, but not me. In the mid to late 1980s it seemed most of the young buck executive wannabes favored pinstripe dark blue pants, blue shirts with wide ties, and gaudy multicolor striped suspenders. By that time I was too old to carry that off.
