70s design.. obsessed!

jenny retro

anytime i see anything from the 70s or replicated from 70s design i want it.. sometimes i know its hideous.. (patterns involving yellow and brown..!) but i love it.. if that makes sense?!?

anybody else like this?!

bus77

You would love the Swedish! They have a thing for that. Like old wallpaper designs. They wear it, put it on seat covers, bags. Everything!

biko

Ask in you video shop for Together (Tillsammans) Great film!

Hoochiemama

Go to the wild child furniture shop... excellent, 60's/70's couches, tables and chairs, rugs & wallpaper... its a retro's delight...

Also, they're clothes shop in temple bar. they get all their second colthes in from paris, amsterdam, etc.... some lovely 70s clothes in there

jenny retro

i live in galway.. all i gots is the 2nd hand shops unfortunately. i do miss the old wild child though.. the new one's way too small

barneysplash

Here is an ad from the 70's when men were men and women knew their place!!!!

Dig on that Polyester!

jenny retro

just watched together, really good. always nice to see a film thats not as slick as all the hollywood ****e but in a good way!!!

70s tastic!!

DublinWriter

jenny retro wrote: »

anybody else like this?!

Nope. I grew up in the 70's surrounded by wall-paper designed by people who were doing some serious acid.

The thought of Polyester and Bri-Nylon makes me physically sick.

But I have to say I enjoyed 'Life on Mars'. They got most of the grim and druggy look of the 70's spot-on.

barneysplash

Back when men were men....

topper75

Was watching a clock-work Orange last night - supposed to be set in near-future Britain. LOL. Super-70s decor.

Some shocking scenes. And the rape and violence scenes are pretty heavy too!

WindSock

I love the decor in Father Teds house. The trippy pink wallpaper in the bathroom is fab

stovelid

jenny retro wrote: »

anytime i see anything from the 70s or replicated from 70s design i want it.. sometimes i know its hideous.. (patterns involving yellow and brown..!) but i love it.. if that makes sense?!?
!

It's all part of being a student - relax.

jenny retro

not just since i became a student!! since i was younger..got the name "retro ted" when i was like 16.. always did love that tacky orange and brown carpet in my granny's house...!

yeah some of the stuff in fr ted's house is pretty class alright!!

they had some really nice 70s style stuff in h&m at the end of last summer, thought it was gonna come back in a big way,.. not yet, but soon im sure!:D

EVGR

What about some textile from IKEA?



http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/P40116720

RoundyMooney

It doesn't get any more 70s than this.

I used to have one, same age as me

Kipperhell

A lot of "70s" design is in fact from the 50s and 60s. Mass production of the 70s made some designs get classed as 70s. I recommend getting the Taschen books on the 60s and 70s if you love the design.

Go to ebay and look at the German version and look up the 70s stuff there. The cheap shipping they do means it is quite affordable for some classic designs. Wildchild import the stuff by the container load from Europe put labels on them about the designers and then quadruple the price.

I got a set of these for €160 about a year ago delivered from Germany.

I have two 70s brown Paulin type loungers if you are interested. (like the lounge chairs in 2001)

jenny retro

i have the taschen 70s book got it for like a fiver new.

http://file042a.bebo.com/3/large/2008/02/28/19/6920849a7021949863l.jpg

them's my curtains. they make my room look like the sun is shining every day. fun times.

DublinWriter

jenny retro wrote: »

i have the taschen 70s book got it for like a fiver new.

http://file042a.bebo.com/3/large/2008/02/28/19/6920849a7021949863l.jpg

them's my curtains. they make my room look like the sun is shining every day. fun times.

They make me feel ill, only because I remember them the first time around.

Beanstalk

Jeez i haven't laughed so hard in a long time! Check out those funky white slacks!



Yeah baby!

bobbysands81

Great website for 70's style shirts!

www.chenaski.de

carchaeologist

Heres my datsun,about as 70s as you will get(apart from maybe a cortina with a brown interior:D)

mike65

Groovy.

bullets

barneysplash wrote: »

Oh Dear! I had a bottle of Blue Stratos as a teenager
as a friend convinced me that his Dad said that it was
a real lady puller!!! (Horrid stuff) and how wrong he was.
It was nearly as bad as the the nasty 12gauge Aftershave
robbed from my uncle that was in the shape of a 12g shotgun cartridge and was like white spirits.

~B

mike65

Its good in a mix for engine coolant.

geraardo

carchaeologist wrote: »

Heres my datsun,about as 70s as you will get(apart from maybe a cortina with a brown interior:D)

My first girlfriends father had one of those cool car i was only six at the time didnt know what liked more her or the car?

geraardo

barneysplash wrote: »

Back when men were men....

The guy in the middle is Nick Nolte

VintageIreland

Jenny, hope you know about the Vintage Fair, Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire Dublin Sun 18th April 2010. You will find lots of funky 60's and 70's decor there. details on www.VintageIreland.Eu

RandolphEsq

My dad has loads of ties from the 70s and 80s which I have taken possession of and wear everyday! Love the funky styles on them. They definitely do not make ties as stylish as they used to. That is a life goal for me; to create a tie company specialising in retro ties

VintageIreland

Randolph, if you go to the vintage fair in the Royal Marine, make sure to wear one of your vintage ties.