Platform boots, leopardskin bikinis, hotpants, rollerskates….
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May 14, 2009 at 10:28pm
Boogie Nights on TCM right now. Well, it certainly beats a xandira politika ‘mtella mill-Awtorita tax-Xandir. And that soundtrack! I believe in miracles, where you from, you sexy thing….Sunny, yesterday my life was full of pain…..99 red balloons….
Roll out the shocking-pink flares and feather boas: I LOVE IT. DIXO! HOT COKOLEJT! BONEY AM! Fabulous.
Does anyone out there remember Afro-combs?
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Pure ’70s … Talking of which … on having a mega-clearout this week, I came across my 1974 wooden “peace sign” pendant, complete with leather thong. (Needless to say, I won’t be getting rid of it.)
I remember watching it at the cinema when I was 15 or 16 (Should I even have been allowed to watch it at that age?). It was fabulous.
And those shoes…..I cannot imagine walking in them, I will surely break an ankle.
The movie seems to have gotten all attention mainly due to the prosthetic scene, but it’s a really fantastic movie. Paul Thomas Anderson is a genius and Mark Wahlberg is actually tolerable for once, not to mention the incredible supporting cast.
Serious question: Does anyone out there have a pair of size 42 or 43 platform shoes or boots I could rent or borrow? I need them for my 70s-themed 50th birthday party.
[Daphne – You should be able to find a pair in Vienna, Tim. There are all kinds of costume and theatrical shops, as I recall.]
Yes, I’ve seen them for sale – at around €100! Give me a break! I’m going to try at a Humana second-hand clothes shop next week. I’ve been told they have a section dedicated to ’60s and ’70s stuff, which would be great. If all else fails, though, I suppose I’ll have to stump up.
Hi Tim,
try this link: http://www.sammeln.at/haendler/50er-60er-70er-jahre.htm
Is Humana a local outlet?
[Daphne – No, it’s an Austrian shoe-shop chain, and it’s actually Humanic. They’re all over Vienna.]
Hi Daphne,
Humana is a second hand/charity clothes chain (I am not sure if they operate all over Europe but I know they exist in Germany and Austria) and Humanic is the shoe company.
[Daphne – I got it.]
Andrea, thanks for the link, though I’m afraid it didn’t help much.
It is such a fantastic film isn’t it. The ambiance, the music, the genre…….and Burt Reynolds is just a fantastic actor. They are all fantastic, actually. This is a seminal film.
You forgot the mellow tunes and fantastic voice of Barry White, Daphne. If you want an afro comb I believe we still have some in the limbo section of one of my pharmacies. You are welcome to have one of them, or all of them if you wish.
[Daphne – I have dead straight hair, Mario. I owned an afro comb circa 1977 just because they were fashionable.]
As for Amanda, were you around in 1974? I think you were a it too young to go around waving your peace sign in 1974. I was eight at the time, and you were younger than me last I looked.
[Daphne – Yes she was and yes she had one, and I did too – to go with our child-size fringed outfits and hot-pants.]
Mario – I was seven at the time.
And our bell-bottoms, Daph. Don’t forget those.
Mario Debono – I clearly remember asking for cork-platform sandals with a psychedelic pattern on the uppers as part of my 5th birthday present. (I got them, of course.) I was probably more fashion-conscious at that age; comfort and practicality are higher on my priority list now …
Did you ruin your feet?
@John – I know you’re just being a prat, but once you asked, yes, I did, though ten years later.
Not at all – it was a serious question. It’s well known that they don’t do growing feet any good at all.
I thought peace signs were from the 1960s hippie era.
Exactly – which is why they ‘arrived’ in Malta in the 1970s.
@Darren – They are, but I was a kid in 1974, so what the heck?
An interesting topic for discussion would be the business acumen of the PL past and present. A failed tour operator business, radio and tv station said to be financially deeply in the red and the latest investment in the mobile market. How can these same people govern successfully?
[Daphne – it’s not those failures that bother me so much as their failures of judgement on major issues like EU membership, the eurozone, VAT, university education….With any divorce and ‘paRRRRRtnership’ law they bring forward, I’m sure we’ll find ourselves with two-and-a-half spouses without even knowing it. But really, it’s the failure of judgement on the EU that bothers me most of all. They could have ruined our lives for generations to come.]
I think you are both right. There is a saying in Maltese, “Min jaghmel qoffa jaghmel qartalla”.
About platform shoes: the guys who liked them most were the short ones. When one of my cousins who is six foot four was with his friends near a Cafe’ in Valletta once and someone remarked to him that his bell bottoms were hiding some three-inch platform shoes, he immediately raised his leg to show his flat shoes while a short waiter with some pastizzi and beer on a tray passed right behind him. No need to tell you that Martin it-Twila had to pay for the contents of that tray.
Found these 1969 photos of village life in Luqa, my home town, http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordie_rover/sets/72157602113377242/
We had a lot of RAF Inglizi living in the village.
The real problem is that, at least on this matter, they haven’t given up trying to ruin our lives. They seem to have a knack at persisting down the wrong side of anything! MEP election line up speaks volumes!
Hi, thought you were discussing the 1970s. How did the subject switch to politics? Must it always…
The tiresome Catholics are at it again – traipsing around town in a procession obstructing the traffic, and mumbo jumbo blaring out of their loudspeakers. I can scarce hear myself think.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their arse’oles.
Ha better the 70s !! I was sweet sixteen. Used to meet my friends at the Fortizza or Golden Seven, organise hikes and discos, wearing platforms and hot pants and dancing jive or listening to Deep Crimson and Pink Floyd. Oh where have those days gone?
[Daphne – Unfortunately, we didn’t only have hotpants. We also had Mintoff and Lorry Sant, and that shrivelled dwarf Wistin Abela.]
Hey! I still use an afro comb!!!!