Trends and Fads from the 70s
What shiny, reflective glass sphere hung over dance floors during the peak of the 70s dance craze?
Disco ball
What colorful, wide felt skirt decorated with a specific animal patch became a staple fashion trend for teenage girls at high school dances?
Poodle skirt
What piece of jewelry used heat-sensitive liquid crystals to supposedly tell what emotion you were feeling?
Mood ring
What informal school-chaperoned dances required teenagers to take off their street shoes to avoid scuffing up the gymnasium floor?
Sock hops
What towering footwear featured extra-thick soles and high heels to give wearers several extra inches of height?
Platform shoes
What famous 1969 three-day music festival in upstate New York became the defining musical gathering of the counterculture generation?
Woodstock
What trading stamps were collected at grocery stores and gas stations, pasted into booklets, and redeemed for household merchandise?
S&H Green Stamps
What arcade phenomenon featuring a yellow circle-shaped character navigating mazes while dodging ghosts swept the nation starting in 1980?
Pac-Man
These jackets — often worn by high‑school athletes — featured big chenille letters and became a symbol of school pride and teen dating culture.
Letterman jacket (or Varsity jacket)
What line of squishy-faced plush dolls released in 1983 came with individual birth certificates and adoption papers, triggering madness in toy stores?
Cabbage Patch Kids