That's So 70s - Spring Dresses! Part 2

Ahh, Springtime!  It's that special time of year when Winter gives way and everything becomes new again.  And with all the fields and trees turning green and the flowers blooming everywhere, there was one other thing that marked the arrival of Spring - all the young ladies in their springtime dresses!

Yeah I know.  This is somewhat a re-post from the second post of this blog.  However all I had then was the pic of Kathy and Colleen in the lower left.  Thanks to Blue Senshi, we have the rest of it now!

That deserves a closeup....

Why oh why did it take me this long to do a post on the subject again?

Dottie and Shelley show us some classic dresses from Sears.

Karen, Kay, and Kathy are definitely some really good "Fashion Finds."  Wait, I think they are talking about the dresses.

In that second post, Incorrectly called these types of dresses "sundresses" because I didn't know any better.  I stand corrected!  However, the dress that Kay is wearing in the upper left could qualify.

Spring dresses put a smile on everyone's face.  Even Colleen can't resist a big smile here!

Twice the Kathy and twice the Colleen showing us the real "Softer Side of Sears."  Wait, I do believe that we have a third pic of Kathy here....

Very nice!!

Speaking of soft and feminine, Pat, Kathy, and Barbara show us the iconic picture of Spring - three gorgeous gals in beautiful dresses posing in a park setting.  Truly a dream come true!!

And whatever happened to scenes like this?  It seems to me that one doesn't see fashions like this as much anymore.  Truly we need these styles to return again!!

Springtime Sears Sundresses - Part 2

Ahh, sundresses!  The very second post of this blog was on sundresses, and it's about time we do a follow up post, don't you agree?  What an excellent subject, and what a fantastic fashion style for our favorite model, Kathy Loghry, to highlight!.  As I mentioned in the first post on this sweet subject, they are quite simply an unfair advantage of the fairer sex!  How is possible for any red-blooded American male  to resist the charms of young ladies when Spring has sprung and they are in their sundresses - Lord have mercy!

Okay, okay, this is from JCP, not Sears.   I'm not going to get into that whole "alliteration" issue again.  Besides, JCP is about to go belly up, so let's give them a break, already.  Now, I challenge y'all.  Image that you are a young college frosh and deeply concerned about passing your next test on quantum mechanics in your Modern Physics class, and then WHAM! you see this walking down University Row!  Now do you understand how hopelessly unfair these sundresses are?  I mean, come on man!, give me a break already!

Okay, okay, now we have some summertime dresses from Sears.  And once again: WOW! How is a young, studious college man supposed to concentrate on important things like, oh let's say partial differential equations with glorious creatures like these on campus - simply not possible (I know from first hand experience).

So, what exactly constitutes a "sundress".  Well, to tell you the truth, I don't really know, and I don't really care.  Basically, any short dress that was worn in Springtime and knocked my socks off, I privately classified as a sundress.  However, here Sears has, fortunately, told us that these are sundresses right there in the title.  Kathy in that funkadilic scarf? I don't know about that one.

Somehow, I passed all my courses (including Modern Physics and Partial Differential Equations) so I guess those sundresses weren't TOO much of a distraction.  And let's face it, they made college life a little more enjoyable.  I'm going to regress a bit here, but just like these models, girls back then seemed to be a more innocent and sweet (1).  Sigh!, maybe I see the past through rose colored glasses, but still....

Karen, Kathy, and Colleen!   Three of the "K Club" gang in one pic!  I'm not sure these are "sundresses", but who cares?  These gals are rockin' it!  

Why not throw in a final pic of Colleen, Kay, and Wendy Hill for a final "sundress push".  Kay has got some serious "gull wing" collars going on there.  Not that I would have noticed that when I was younger, no probably not  (okay, once again, I may be guilty again of BUI - Blogging Under the Influence - and revealed too much, gotta stop now!).  

footnotes: (they're back after a few weeks off!)

(1) What I mean is that gals back then seemed to know how to be sexy without being overtly hyper-sexualized.  Sundresses were one of their primary weapons, used to good effect often.  Today, girls seem to confuse being sexy with trashy, in-your-face shock treatment.  No, no, no, the old ways that women back then charmed young men were MUCH more effective.  Don't you agree?

Kathy Loghry Sundresses!

Some of my fondest memories from this era was the Sundress!  Oh what a devastating weapon used by young women on men.  Many were the days walking across the college campus in springtime only to be completely undone by the young ladies in their sundresses!

What has happened to this style in fashion?  Here are several pics of Kathy in sundresses.