Sears Christmas 1975

[dlazarus6660]

My wife sent me this the other day. I remmember this well. Look close at the corduroy cloths, notice the belt buckles.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/keenan/what-people-wanted-for-christmas-in-1975

 

[Eric1]

My wife sent me this the other day. I remmember this well. Look close at the corduroy cloths, notice the belt buckles.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/keenan/what-people-wanted-for-christmas-in-1975

Me Too, We're OLD! HAHAHA

 

[chadrog]

That's what people were wearing the year I was born? Wow.

 

[troj]

I have class pictures full of those kinds of stylish outfits!

I also remember drooling over all the goodies in the Sears catalog

 

[Eric1]

That's what free Love was about. Our clothes were so ugly we just had to get out of them.

 

[chadrog]

That Evel Kneivel stunt set is pretty sweet.

 

[qquake2k]

This is so cool! My Winchester .22 rifle is in one of the ads. My dad actually bought it for me at a store called Woolco about that time.

 

[kelltym88]

Wow...talk about goin back in time....and those male models...boom chica bow wow...hahaha

 

[sodmeister]

This is so cool! My Winchester .22 rifle is in one of the ads. My dad actually bought it for me at a store called Woolco about that time.

HA....that`s the first thing that caught my eye !

We had Woolco up here in Canada also.


Is it me ,or do those kids in the first picture look like a bunch "Pimp Daddys"

I shouldn`t talk ,since i was born in `61 .

Paul t

 

[GregGleason]

Wow, what a blast from the past. :lol:


PLAID!!!

CORDUROY!!!

BELL BOTTOMS!!!

It's the 70's, Baby!!!

PS: Kojak was big during this time.

Greg

 

[sylvie369]

That's what they were wearing when I was in high school. I think everyone my age deserves a lifetime free pass with respect to fashion sense. Gonna complain about the brown Columbia boots I'm wearing with my black jeans? Well, let me pull out my plaid leisure suit and grow back my porn star mustache, and then tell me you've still got a problem with those boots.

 

[jdud]

That's what people were wearing the year I was born? Wow.

Me too! It's a good thing I got to observe this height of fashion from the comfort of my diapers. However, there was plenty opportunity for me to develop my sense of fashion during the 80's.

 

[chadrog]

That's what they were wearing when I was in high school. I think everyone my age deserves a lifetime free pass with respect to fashion sense. Gonna complain about the brown Columbia boots I'm wearing with my black jeans? Well, let me pull out my plaid leisure suit and grow back my porn star mustache, and then tell me you've still got a problem with those boots.

GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK!

 

[sylvie369]

GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK!

Ain't gonna happen. Here, you can make do with a photo, from 14-AL 1999 (one of the WOOSH contests we used to do every year). That's me and Fred, RIP.

 

[jd2cylman]

You guys crack me up. And, why yes, I do have some class pictures somewhere with me in PLAID (yes they were that loud) pants. Don't know where they are right now and don't really wanna post something that offensive on here :y:

Adrian (born in '66)

 

[Handeman]

I graduated from High School in 1976. I was past those toys by then, but I remember having an erector set! I'm surprised they didn't have a Cassette player offered. It was the new thing, just starting to make a dent in the 8-track market.

 

[Peartree]

The only thing missing is the giant lapels and the very wide neckties (which were also often plaid).

 

[gpoehlein]

Aaahhh my eyes! my eyes! (the plaid suits).

Anyone notice how "Hugo, the man of a thousand faces" looks like Mini-Me?

Hey - no rockets!!!

 

[gpoehlein]

The only thing missing is the giant lapels and the very wide neckties (which were also often plaid).

Naw - the neckties were wide and PAISLEY!!!

 

[JPVegh]

Woolco was the flagship operation of Woolworth's. They were a casualty of the retail wars in the 80s. In Denver the Woolco stores ended up as Target stores. Elsewhere I believe Walmart bought some of the locations.

Woolco and Woolworth's used to sell surplus Mauser rifles for $20 a piece. Many a sportsman purchased these rifles and sportsterized them by cutting back the barrels and stocks. Now a days a Mauser in good original condition will bring a pretty penny and gun nuts would go insane at the thought of sportsterizing one.

Woolworth's and Duckwall's were in competition for the five and dime market and were the fore runners of the Walmart discount model.

I was a highschool freshman in 1975 and had one those denim suits although mine was probably Levis or Wrangler brand and were boot cut not bell bottomed. A lot of us in Colorado wore that stuff before it became a fashion. All of the FFA crowd had well worn denim jackets. I did have my fair share of bell bottoms though as did everyone else.

 

[Cosmotiger]

I had one of those blue plastic stop lights. As a kid, I was strangely obsessed with road signs and stop lights.

I remember seeing advertisements for "Hugo, the man of a thousand faces," but I had no desire to ask for a toy that creepy.

 

[Rocketeer Gator]

Ya know I was 5 at the time of this ad,I didn't smoke cigs then so why the hell would I have needed flame-resistant PJs?!?!?!?!?!:bangpan:

 

[sylvie369]

Ya know I was 5 at the time of this ad,I didn't smoke cigs then so why the hell would I have needed flame-resistant PJs?!?!?!?!?!:bangpan:

Because everyone around you smoked, we didn't have smoke detectors on every flat surface like they do today, and people who smoked pot were also really into candles. And remember, they grew up breathing fumes from leaded gasoline and playing with little globs of mercury with their bare hands. Indoor fire and brain damage - a risky combination, to say the least.

Those of us who were born in the early 60s and are still around are all utter geniuses. We have to be - all the not-as-smart people our age were weeded out by the crazy things everyone did back then. :wink:

 

[Pem Tech]

This is so cool! My Winchester .22 rifle is in one of the ads. My dad actually bought it for me at a store called Woolco about that time.

And I got that Ted Williams shotgun for my 13th Birthday.Believe it or else, I still have it.

 

[MarkII]

Just because those products were in the Sears catalog, it shouldn't be assumed that people in 1975 actually wanted them.

I DO NOT recall ever seeing any kids wearing those loud plaid outfits. Even back then, Sears wasn't exactly the epitome of fashion.

The Erector set, the toys, the CB radio and the guns most likely sold very well. Also the pre-washed denim. What can I say? Flared pants were the style and everyone wore them. They had been in style for years by 1975. They started going out of style soon afterward, though.

Yeah, corduroy was still moderately popular then, as it had been since the early 60s. The adult clothing shown would have been regarded as OK, but not anything that was particularly dazzling or special. In 1975 the big hot fashion trend was what we now call "disco clothes" but at that point they were still too fresh and trendy for the Sears catalog.

I have no idea how well the other products sold. Something tells me the the Pizza Hut edition Easy-Bake Oven wasn't exactly a chart-buster.

If these things didn't sell, then it indicates that most of us back in 1975 did NOT want them for Christmas.

 

[MarkII]

This is so cool! My Winchester .22 rifle is in one of the ads. My dad actually bought it for me at a store called Woolco about that time.

Hey, I remember Woolco! It was Woolworth's venture in big box-type department stores.

 

[MarkII]

The only thing missing is the giant lapels and the very wide neckties (which were also often plaid).

No, the neckties usually had paisley or floral prints. More conservative were stripes and foulard patterns (neither of which have ever gone out of style). Plaid ties were an 80s thing.

 

[Scotty Dog]

Just because those products were in the Sears catalog, it shouldn't be assumed that people in 1975 actually wanted them.

I DO NOT recall ever seeing any kids wearing those loud plaid outfits. Even back then, Sears wasn't exactly the epitome of fashion.

The Erector set, the toys, the CB radio and the guns most likely sold very well. Also the pre-washed denim. What can I say? Flared pants were the style and everyone wore them. They had been in style for years by 1975. They started going out of style soon afterward, though.

Yeah, corduroy was still moderately popular then, as it had been since the early 60s. The adult clothing shown would have been regarded as OK, but not anything that was particularly dazzling or special. In 1975 the big hot fashion trend was what we now call "disco clothes" but at that point they were still too fresh and trendy for the Sears catalog.

I have no idea how well the other products sold. Something tells me the the Pizza Hut edition Easy-Bake Oven wasn't exactly a chart-buster.

If these things didn't sell, then it indicates that most of us back in 1975 did NOT want them for Christmas.

Hey, I remember Woolco! It was Woolworth's venture in big box-type department stores.

No, the neckties usually had paisley or floral prints. More conservative were stripes and foulard patterns (neither of which have ever gone out of style). Plaid ties were an 80s thing.

 

[plano-doug]

That's what free Love was about. Our clothes were so ugly we just had to get out of them.

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Doug

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[G2Rockets]

In 1975 my family lived in the davey crocket forest of Texas. We lived in a trailer house, and back then when there were tornados they said to stay in your trailer. I watched the roof fly off the neighbors barn as our trailer house rocked back in forth. I think my plaid Herb paint protected me from the storm.