When it comes to fashion disasters, the 1970’s have a lot to answer for. It’s easy to laugh at strange fashions from other decades, but I don’t think any managed to date quite so quickly and look so ugly as those from the 70’s. Judging by this first photograph, BDSM and fetish fashion was no exception. That is some seriously ugly leather gear.
On the plus side, when they lost the weird clothes, the 70’s era porn did at least boast some very natural looking naked people. The second shot is of the great Sharon Mitchell. She’s a true porn star, meaning someone who stands out and illuminates, rather than simply a paid performer. I’ve no idea whose face she’s sitting on, but I think it’s a pretty good bet that he’s a hairy gentlemen, probably sporting a beard.
To be honest, I actually don’t know for sure the date of these photographs, but that wallpaper and those hairstyles look awfully 70’s to me. The first came courtesy of the At Her Feet tumblr. The second I found via the Femdom Empire tumblr.
Ha ha ha! I love those old shots! Very amusing! 😉
Glad to entertain hmp! 🙂
I contest! Call me Mr Picky..but I seriously believe the top shot is from the 80’s..albeit the early 80’s..but the 80’s nontheless (seem to recall it unfortunately!)- a decade not only taste also forgot, ( think mullet hair, stonewash denim – still both popular in Germany of course) , mens bubble perms, moustaches..(both still popular in Liverpool of course) puff ball skirts, shoulder pads, etc..but one where decency, manners, honesty and comassion went out of the window too.
I really don’t have any evidence to dispute your claim. I had a hunt around on-line before I published the post, and although I found a few sites featuring the image, none of them had any kind of source for it. It looks late 70’s to me, but I could absolutely believe it was the early 80’s.
I have to admit to having a bit of a soft spot for the 80’s. There were a lot of fashion disasters then as well, but I still kind of like the cool suits and shirts that designers like Armani became famous for in that era. Certainly a greed is good decade in some quarters, but from a fashion/music/food/design perspective, it was interesting. Although I was an impressionable young kid back then, so I’m sure I see it with rose tinted glasses.
-paltego