Fashion as Couples Therapy (Part 5) What the Heck Let's Have Fun!

Sometimes I have a tendency to over think what I'm going to post.  So this week, after deep soul-searching and contemplation of the historical influence of Platonic philosophy on modern life, I threw up my hands and said "What-the-heck.  Let's have some fun!"   And what is more fun than His 'n Her coordinates from the 70s!! (okay, the 70s swimsuits are pretty freaky awesome too, but it's not quite the season for that yet).

So where are all the "cool" kids going to get their groovy coordinates?  Well they they boogie on down to "The Inn Shop" at Penney's naturally!  Platform shoes, wide collars, uni-color pants and shirts, and extra wide belts with just a hint of bell-bottoms - sooooo 70s!

We're still in "The Inn Shop".  Now with wheels and totally awesomely matched 70s sweaters.  Perfect for a Spring day of cycling with your lady!!

Yeah baby!, the "Inn Shop" is the most groovin', happen' spot in the JCP catalog!!  Forget those nerds with the bicycles!  Now we've got sports cars to impress the gals!

Leaving the Inn Shop, now we must be with the "out" crowd.  And stepping out in style they are.  You may have noticed that the fashions 70s had this thing about uniformity.  Perhaps it was a reaction against the hyper-individuality of the 60s or maybe because it was just so much groovy fun!

So where are the Kathy pics you ask?

Great shot of Kathy, but compared to the previous pics, these His 'n Her coordinates seem a little less flamboyant.

Well, we can change that!  High rise, blindingly yellow pants with disco-crazy shirts - that'll get us back on track.  Wait.  The belts are not matching!! The horror, the horror!!  (1)

This is an old scan that I decided to throw in at the last minute.  What the heck is going on here?  Obviously, the young lady is sweet on the dude on the right, but dufus on the left still thinks he's got a chance in the game.  Oh well.  Sorry, but I don't see it happening man, time to "let it go" and move on.....

Let's end on a pic with Kathy.  I don't know about those matching shirts, but the brown suede pants with the platform shoes are perfect for an afternoon out at the park!

footnotes:

(1) For all you younger viewers, the little pics running down the side are supposed to be like a roll of film.      That was when you had to put actual film in a camera, take the pictures, and then have them developed.  The entire process would take several days.  That was long before the age of instant selfie gratification.  I wonder what Plato would say about that?

Random Weirdness: 70s Photoshop - Magic or Madness? (Part 2)

Wow, it's been over a year since our first post on 70s photoshop technological wizardry.  And as the Wolf Brand Chili ad used to say "Well, pardner, that's too long..." 

For those of you that missed the first post on 70s Photoshop - Magic or Madness, click here:

 http://kathyloghry.blogspot.com/2013/03/random-weirdness-70s-photoshop-magic-or.html

As you can plainly tell, Kathy, Karen and the two brunettes are perfectly attired for a day at the beach riding around in a jeep (which appears to be stuck).  What?, you mean to tell me that the sundresses they're wearing are NOT appropriate?  Oh, dear, JCPenney reached for photoshop magic but I'm afraid they produced madness instead!!

You may be thinking "Why is there a jeep?"  Good question.  Don't worry, the jeep is part of a larger theme for this photo shoot.  We'll get to that later........

I admit that I had to study this pic a long time to figure it out.  It was like "What the.....???"  Finally, I realized that  the background must be a view from inside a plane's cockpit.  What this has to do with the models and their spring fashions completely escapes me.  Not only is this madness, it is pure insanity!!

Bonus points for those of you who know the identity of the model to Shelly Hack's right (in the cute yellow hat).  I won't spoil it for the others...

Yep, that's "her" again next to Shelley.  This is a little better pic than the one above, so you may have an idea by now.  Although this is the other half of the pic above, it's still pure madness!!!!!!

"All Aboard!!"  Karen, Kathy, and the brunette look way too cute to board that boat (which kind of looks like a shrimp boat?!?) in the background.  Yeah, "Knits Go everywhere" except for a shrimp boat.  Once again, this is sheer madness!!

We've had three pic in a row of  70s photoshop madness.  Where, oh where, is the magic??..........

"I'm leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again...."   I'm not sure if these models are supposed to be on the tarmac in front of this plane or what?  Obviously you couldn't do that today.  Of course, air travel was so very different back then.  Is this finally photoshop magic?  Well, it's not quite the madness of the previous pics, but, let's face it, no real magic here.  It's just kind of lame really (despite the gorgeous smiles of these gals).

As you have probably picked up, the overall "theme" of this photoshop series is "travel" .  I guess it is supposed to show how these happin' JCP fashions are perfect for the young, "jet set" crowd or something.

Still, it's kind of hard to explain the next two pics....

Now we've gone from a shrimp boat to a freighter or some kind of tanker?  I'm sorry, but Karen is not suitably dressed for that.  More madness!!

I just had to include the other half of the above pic for one simple reason: Kathy in a long dress in front of the ocean.  Huh???  Maybe the technicians just didn't have anywhere else for this.

As you may recall, we finished the last post on 70s photoshop with Kathy in a long dress with a Oktoberfest look.  Hey, that reminds me.  It's Saturday afternoon, so what the heck.  I think I'll "Roll out the Barrel" again!