25 Vintage Christmas Looks That Ruled in The 70s and 80s

25 Vintage Christmas Looks That Ruled in The 70s and 80s

Do you remember when wearing a puffy-painted sweater with actual jingle bells sewn on was considered the HEIGHT of Christmas fashion? Or when your entire family posed for portraits in matching red turtlenecks and corduroys?Step into the most gloriously excessive, unapologetically bold decades of Christmas style—the 1970s and 80s, when holiday fashion meant bigger hair, brighter colors, louder patterns, and a level of commitment to festive dressing that today's "ugly sweater parties" can only dream of capturing.In this fabulous video, we're rediscovering 25 Christmas fashion trends that dominated the 70s and 80s—looks that weren't ironic, weren't vintage, weren't throwbacks. These were serious style choices that families, teenagers, and even cool kids embraced with zero self-consciousness during the most fashion-forward (and fashion-backward) decades in American history.You'll see again (through Polaroids and Olan Mills portraits):
👗 The velvet prairie dress with lace collar that every girl wore to Christmas dinner
🎅 The Fair Isle sweater that Dad wore unironically (and looked good in)
👔 The Christmas tie collection that grew more elaborate each year
✨ The shimmery, metallic disco-influenced holiday party outfits
🎄 The Sears catalog Christmas pajamas that matched the whole family
🧥 The puffy vest over turtleneck combo that defined casual Christmas
👠 The red and green plaid everything—shirts, dresses, pants, even shoes
🎀 And 18 more looks that made Christmas in the 70s and 80s unmistakably groovy and radicalEach look includes the complete story: what made it distinctly 70s or 80s, why everyone wanted it, what it cost at JCPenney or Sears, the cultural influences behind it, which celebrities made it cool, and when—mercifully or tragically—it disappeared from Christmas gatherings forever.Perfect for anyone who remembers:
🎄 When getting dressed for Christmas meant choosing your BEST turtleneck
🎄 When holiday fashion came from catalog wish lists, not online shopping
🎄 When wearing a Christmas sweater was genuinely stylish—not ironic
🎄 When your Christmas outfit was photographed with a Kodak Instamatic
🎄 When matching your siblings wasn't embarrassing—it was expectedWhether you spent the 70s in bell-bottoms and peasant blouses or the 80s in neon sweaters and acid-wash jeans, this nostalgic journey will remind you that Christmas fashion was once gloriously sincere, delightfully excessive, and captured in thousands of photos your mom still has in shoeboxes somewhere.The 1970s and 80s represented peak Christmas fashion sincerity—the last decades when people dressed up for the holidays without a trace of irony, when catalog fashion dictated what millions of American families wore, and when your Christmas outfit was planned weeks in advance with the same seriousness as a wedding ensemble.Drop a comment below: Which 70s or 80s Christmas look did YOU rock as a kid? Do you have photographic evidence you're proud of or mortified by? What outfit do you wish you could wear again without judgment? Share your fashion stories and let's celebrate the era when Christmas style was BOLD!👉 Like this video? Share it with your siblings who wore matching corduroy outfits in your family's Christmas card photo—and subscribe for more fashionable trips through the decades when style was sincere and hairspray was mandatory.