Thanks chessmont and oh lala, what does your 1970s ones look like, LOL! I love vintage!
I've seen alot of nice ones in the VS catalogues like you have mentioned BUT I have never ordered any clothing pieces and I am not sure of my size... I am usually a 00, 0, and 1, so what exactly is that in VS sizes? Lol.
Hmm, they are now 4 sizes too small, but my faves (I don't really still have them, I was "puling your leg")
Faves were these very cool high waist, trouser-style pockets, sewn in front seams down the leg and with cuffs. Wide leg trouser style. I think I saw some similar in the VS catalogue recently.
Then I had a pair fairly high waist with exposed button fly - loved those! Man, you are taking me back to highschool!
Don't even get me started on making our flares into real bellbottoms by sewing in cool, print fabrics into the side seams down at the bottom to make wide hippie bell-bottoms. (and tight-fitting as can be on top and thigh) And then sometimes we would buy fringe of some other type of fabric, and sew them to the bottom of our flares.
We also wore low waist in the seventies - I could never find them low enough in the stores so my mom somehow altered them to be really really low. (how cool was that!) Then wear with a wide wide belt - gee, it sounds like the last few seasons of this century, eh?
As to VSC fit - it seems pretty true to size. I am a 12 or 14 depending on how I'm doing in the eating dept., and that is also what I wear in VS jeans.
Thanks for the stroll down memory lane!
