Stretch Knit Shells!!

And kathy i a wig!!!

Cool it While Waiting!!

For teh mother to be, nothing could be more important than to "Cool It!"

Yep, the standard maternity outfits here!!!  Large, tent like shirts and stretch pants.  But in the 70s, at least you had those mode color styles!!

 In addition to being cool, "perky" was the other key factor in maternity fashion choices, apparently.

Just because you're expecting, doesn't mean you have to miss out on the summertime fun (well, at least not ALL of it) with these flower pattern swimsuits.

Or you can get dressed up too!!  Why all the dour looks???  You're supposed to be happy!!

That's better, lots of big similes here.  And why not?? These gals are keeping their cool!!

When Life Was Groovy: The Wedge

You're probably thinking "Huh, what's a Wedge??"

Well it was just the grooviest open toe shoe of the 70s as Colleen and Kathy are emphatically telling Karen!! 

This is such a great pic of those three from 1972.  Why can't we have groovy things like that now?????

What Sort of Man Reads the Kathy Loghry Blogspot???

Good Question, good question indeed.......

He wears his silver hair like he wears his "no-iron" leisure suit from Penneys: boldly, proudly, unabashedly, and without any hint of "irony."  Judge him if you must for he laughs at your timid, meek sense of 70s fashion!!  And why not??? After all, he's getting ready to set sail with the hottest babe at the yacht club!! Confident swagger gets the girl, and in the 70s, this leisure suit collection would make any man a confident, swaggering lady killer!!!

Pic is courtesy of Blue Senshi, thanks!

Penny's Coordinates: The Countdown Continues....

Five, four, and now the magic number is three!!

Three piece knitted wardrobe builder that is!!  Yep, the earth tone movement extended well into mid 70s as we can see here.  Patches (uh polyester patches that is) never looked so good!!

The 70s Were Awesome. Now There's Proof!

Of course, we've always known that the 70s defined awesomeness, but now there is absolute, scientific, irrefutable proof.  You see, there is a website called EveryPixel.com that tells you the probability of a particular picture being awesome.  So, naturally, I had to try this out on some of our favorite Big Book catalog pics from the 70s. And the results? Well, they were pretty gosh darn awesome!

Take this pic of High Rise Pants from last week.  This site's highly sophisticated AI neural net software rates this pic at 73.8% chance of being awesome.  Not bad, not bad at all! (1)

Wow!! What the heck happened here?  You can't tell me that this awesome pic only mustered a 14.0% rating.  Somehow I think this software needs a little more tweaking...

A 99.9% score!  Wow!!

Oh come on!! That score simply must be an error.  How can this pic be called anything but "awesome?"

Well that's better.  At least we're trending in the right direction!

Yep, can't argue about that score!!  Any pic that combines a guy in a three piece suit, Kathy, and a hatchet has to get a high awesomeness score!

Apparently 70s maternity wear was pretty freaking awesome according to the software!!

Well I can't say that I know why the AI spit out this ridiculously low number.  I mean you have Kathy, Karen, and Colleen (in mini skirts no less).  Perhaps the program has something against smoking hot women?!?

Nah, that theory just got shot down.  A 95.5% probability of awesomeness despite the poor picture quality!!

CAUTION:  I must warn you, gentle readers,  Please, PLEASE, do NOT use a picture of yourself in the software.  Unless you are a model like these fine ladies here, the results are somewhat depressing (trust me, I know!!)

We've looked at group pictures.  What about individual shots??

Did you really expect anything else for Kathy??  We've seen a couple of 99.9% scores.  Is it even possible to get a perfect 100%?

Yes, yes it is.  At least if your name is Kathy Loghry.  For the rest of us, well, the numbers are probably a tad bit lower!!

There you have it friends!  Solid, concrete, scientific proof of the awesomeness of the 70s.  Well at least the Big Book catalog models of the 70s!!


footnotes:

(1) Full disclosure here.  I have worked with neural net software in the past and wasn't terribly impressed.  They are highly dependent on the data set that is used to "train" them.  I have no idea how this software was developed.  However, I have noticed that this AI tends to be a bit, well, ahem, sexist??

Let's Get Into Physical (Part 5) - Tennis Time (Part 2)!

Here we pick up on a conversation between a guy and his grandson about tennis in the 70s.  For Part 1 of the story, Check out this link....

http://kathyloghry.blogspot.com/2014/03/lets-get-into-physical-part-2-tennis.html

And now for Part 2 of the story.

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"Well Grandpa, I took your advice and asked a girl out for a tennis 'date'."

"Great son!  How'd it go/"

"Well she thought it was kinda creepy.  I mean.  People don't go out on 'dates' anymore.  That's just weird.  And besides, people don't go outside much anymore.  I mean, why?"

"Son, what could be 'creepy' about playing tennis/"

"Huh, well, yeah, Those guys are a little creepy, but that's not normally what you saw at the tennis center back when I played in the 70s.  I remember the guys being on their best behavior...." (1)

"Take for example, this fine lad with the good posture. See son, if you dress sharp and are polite and respectful, you'll have all kinds of ladies hovering around you!"

"Grandpa, that guy looks like a dork.  And no, dorks don't get the girls.  Besides, I think the blonde is telling him to get lost."

"Son, back then tennis was cool I tell you.  Tennis stars were famous and everyone wanted to buy all the tennis gear that they endorsed in the Big Book catalogs."

"Rod Laver?!? Never heard of him.  Hey, check out those hilarious old school roller skates!!  Man you guys had it rough Grandpa - no cell phones, wooden tennis rackets, and stone age era roller skates.  We got it much better with our cool skate boards!!"

"Son, I'm not too sure about that.  After all the ladies back then still showed a lot of class, no matter what the situation."

"See son, no weird tattoos, piercings, or unnatural hair colors.  All the ladies were elegant and classy.  And the best part about tennis is that the gals wore mini skirts!" (2)

"You got me there Grandpa.  The mini skirts are the one 70s thing that I do wish would make a comeback!  Still I can't imagine tennis being such a big deal."

"Well son it was HUGELY popular for a while.  They even advertised tennis vacations."

"And naturally, all the gals had to be decked out in the latest tennis fashions." (3)

"Even the teen magazines had articles on tennis.  After all the girls had to be ready when the guys asked them out on the tennis dates!  Son, son, what are you doing??  Stop playing with that darn cell phone and pay attention.  You might learn something!"

"Sorry Grandpa. You mean teenagers actually READ magazines??  Geez, that sounds horrible!!"

"And I still can't get over the fact that the guys had to dress like dweebs.  I mean they even wore sleeveless sweaters!!"

"Son you could look macho when playing tennis."

"Uhh, yeah right Grandpa.  Hey, Grandpa, isn't this supposed to be the 'Kathy Loghry Blogspot'?  I mean we've only seen one pic of her so far!"

"Good point son....."

"There, that's much better.  I guess I got so busy trying to convince you that tennis was cool, I forget the best part were the ladies like Kathy!" (2)

"Hey Grandpa, isn't that guy with Kathy staring at her......."

"Ahhh son, that's quite enough, we don't need to go there.  Perhaps that's enough about the good old days when tennis was cool.  Until next time........"


footnotes:

(1) Yeah I know that this pic is a re-post from an earlier post, but it just fit the story line so well I couldn't resist.

(2) This pic is courtesy of Blue Senshi.  Thanks!

(3)  Be sure to check out the gals in the lower right.  I think one of them could be Jayne Modean.  I zoomed in to find out, but couldn't make a positive ID.

Sometimes A Single Pic

Says it all....

Not much that words can add for this pic.  Happy New Year!!

Pic is courtesy of Blue Senshi.  Thanks!

Spring Break Ski Memories! (1)

"Hey son, next week is Spring Break.  What are your plans?"

"I dunno Grandpa, probably just chill at the beach with some friends.

"Well, that seems pretty tame.  Of course, I remember all the Spring Breaks from my college days."

"Uhhh, you went to all those rowdy places like Panama City and South Padre?  Grandpa, I can't really picture you doing that"

"Hey kid, I was young once.  And yes, most of my classmates went off to those warm weather ports for a week of drunken, baccalaurean debauchery.  However, a small, albeit hardy, minority of us cool kids would trek off in the opposite direction towards the ski slopes!"

"And you never had to wonder where to turn to get the grooviest His 'n Her coordinated ski fashions!"

"Where Grandpa?"

"Why the Big Book catalogs from Sears and JCPenney of course. Son, what are you doing on that on that smartphone?"

"I'm looking up ski fashions on the internet.  See Grandpa, no need to lug around those big catalogs anymore."

"Well, son, that may be true.  Still I miss all those Big Book catalogs.  There's something about having everything in one book that was special.  You could find everything you needed to outfit your big ski trip."

"Still, Grandpa, why go skiing on Spring Break?  I mean how did you stay warm?"

"Oh we managed, especially in groovy, goose down liners from JCPenney!

"You could even outfit the entire family for fun on the slopes."

"I don't know Grandpa.  You're telling me that you'd rather miss out on all the 'sizzlin' by the shore' bikini action at the beaches in order to go skiing?"

"Well, son, the beach scene is great, but there were plenty of cute gals on the slopes as well."

Back at the chalet, all is well.  Very, very, well.....

A sampling of the, ahem, wildlife inhabiting the upper reaches of the Mid-Rocky Mountain region of the USA (eat your hearts out beach bums!) (2)

Hey, is that Kathy on the left?!?!?!  Wow! (3)

"I see what you mean Grandpa.  But skiing is such hard work.  Wouldn't you rather just lay out in the sun?"

"Yes son, skiing involves, well how do I delicately put this, actually physical exertion.  I know that concept is almost anathema to your generation. Basically we skied our behinds off the first day.  That reduced our muscles to a quivering, lumpen mass of jello.  We'd then spend the rest of week trying to recover."

"And that is supposed to be fun?  yeah right."

"Well, we cheated sometimes.  A snowmobile ride was a great way to rest the body and have a blast, especially with that special someone."

"Grandpa, why are you smiling?  GRANDPA!"

"Oh sorry, I sorta wandered off there.  I was just reminiscing about the 'apres ski.'"

"Apricot what?"

"No, no, 'apres ski'.  That was sorta the whole point about going skiing in the first place!  The slopes were great, but it was what was waiting for you back at the lodge that mattered."

"Ohhh, I think I understand now Grandpa.  I do believe that I'll try skiing next Spring Break!" (4)


footnotes:

(1)  This post started out as a "Fashion as Couples Therapy" post, but it sort took on a life of its own.

(2)  Re-blogged from styleandthestartup.com

(3)  If anyone can confirm whether this is, indeed, Kathy or not, please let me know.  The year is right (1972) and it sure looks like her!  The pic is from a Conde Nast magazine.  Re-blogged form poppygall.com

(4)  Re-blogged from fourties-fifties-sixties-love.com

K Club Special Part 4 - Kathy Loghry!

Welcome to our 1st Year Anniversary Special?  To kick off the 2nd year of this blog in style, we'll complete our initial round of K Club Specials (1) with a look at Kathy!

Enjoy!

We know Kathy mostly from her extensive catalog modeling career.  She was everywhere during the early to late 70s in catalogs of all shapes and sizes.  Here is a fantastic shot of her from an Aldens catalog.  This pic has it all - the effervescent smile, the natural elegance, and the iconic beauty that made Kathy so popular!

Let's take a look back on her career!

The year 1968 was a big one for Kathy. She competed in two major national contests.  One has been covered in a previous post - the NCAA Centinnial Queen competition.  Although she didn't win, she snared one of the two runner up positions.  Here is a link to that post (2).......

http://kathyloghry.blogspot.com/2012/12/kathy-loghry-centennial-princess.html

In addition, she competed that year in a model search competition called Model of the Year that was sponsored by the Stewart Agency.  It was kind of a cross between America's Next Top Model and American Idol.  She made the finals which were held in NYC and broadcast on TV.  The thing was won by someone named Cybil Shepard (yeah, I never heard of her either).   However, all the finalists got modeling contracts.

Here's a page from the Seventeen Magazine article on the affair.  Kathy is on the second column, third from the bottom.

A closeup......

A color closeup........

That launched her modeling career. (3)  Here is an early composite pic of her!

You gotta love the tee-shirt!

Like many of the other models of that era, she did some work for Seventeen magazine....

I'm not sure what this is all about except that there is no way this guy is going to play house (or whatever the heck they are doing) unless there's a pretty gal like Kathy around, just doesn't happen.

Also like the other K-Clubbers, she was in a ton of print ads...

This ad is just awesomeness cubed!  Let's set the scene.  The dude has a large wiener (the hot dog, not the politician) and is holding it up high and proud . Meanwhile, Kathy has a much, much smaller wiener speared by a pitchfork.  And she is shoving that right in the poor shmuck's face while laughing an evil little laugh.  The message here is not so subtle - don't fool with a woman while she's taking Midol!  Based on the crowd's reaction, it is a total fail on the guy's part!

Kathy was literally everywhere during her career.  

I doubt that you'd see the top models of today pop up in places like this!  I remember seeing her pic on things like hair care products, etc.  

Of course, we here at this blog know Kathy best from all the groovy fashions of the 70s catalogs...

Here is an early pic from Sears...

Such a serious expression!.  Where did that million dollar smile go?

There it is! And with the wind (or at least a fan) in her hair!

The last catalog pics that I have of her come from 1979, so that is quite a long career!  Here is a pic from near the end of that career in 1978....

Still graceful!

And like many of the other models of that era, when her career ended, she sort of fell from public view.  This snippet from National Enquirer 1978 is the only info I have about her besides her photos.  Oh well, we still have plenty of groovy pics of her and the other K-Clubbers from the 70s to remember those halcyon days!

footnotes:

(1) For those of you new to this blog, K Club is the name I give to four of the main catalog models of the 70s: Kathy Loghry, Karen Bruun, Kay Campbell, and Colleen Corby.  All their names begin with a hard K sound, hence the name.  I've a special post on each one's career, and I plan to do more posts on the other catalog models whose names don't begin with a hard K sound (honorary K Club members).

(2) A link to post with more links, yeah I know.  However, be sure to read some of the articles in those NCAA Newsletters.  They are pretty funny in their own right.

(3) Well it launched her career as far as I know.  She may have done some modeling before that but I have no record of any.