If you were alive in the '70s can you explain what it is I'm seeing here

[Rikurzhen]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

 

[Gracie]

At one time, yes. On the neck or around the head like a bandana.

 

[Pogo]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

Nope, sure can't, and nope, they weren't.

I believe that's Bobby Sherman though, for what it's worth. Which isn't much.

 

[Indeependent]

As a NYC native I would have to say no.
It was apparently a failed attempt at starting a fad.

 

[Darlene]

People do it today, not just in the 70's.

 

[tinydancer]

It was a punk fashion statement. Very trendy at the time.Especially spiked.or multi studded.

That picture cracks me up. This is what a dog collar should look like in punk fashion. Smaller versions of the collars were worn as bracelets .

Great example. Quite nice. You get a sweet cross over fashion from goth to softer punk as well.

 

[Darlene]

Not all of them are dog collars. Some are just chokers.

 

[Gracie]

They were the in thing, in California.

 

[Oldstyle]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The first thing you should always remember is that the 70's were without question the worst fashion faux pas decade probably in the history of mankind.

 

[Pogo]

It was a punk fashion statement. Very trendy at the time.Especially spiked.or multi studded.

That picture cracks me up. This is what a dog collar should look like in punk fashion. Smaller versions of the collars were worn as bracelets .

Great example. Quite nice. You get a sweet cross over fashion from goth to softer punk as well.

I think punk would have been a bit after Bobby Sherman's time though. That pic looks like early '70s at the latest. And he definitely didn't do punk.

 

[Pogo]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The first thing you should always remember is that the 70's were without question the worst fashion faux pas decade probably in the history of mankind.

Nah, I wouldn't go that far..

 

[whitehall]

The dirty little secret was that there were forensic psychologists who analyzed the bucks that could be made by celebrities if they adhered to certain fashion fads.

 

[Pop23]

Damn it, I thought this was a thread about tube tops and hot pants!

 

[percysunshine]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The show program hair stylists must have spent hours on this project.

.

 

[Rikurzhen]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The show program hair stylists must have spent hours on this project.

.

That's hair? I thought it was the new Army Kevlar Helmet.

 

[Oldstyle]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The first thing you should always remember is that the 70's were without question the worst fashion faux pas decade probably in the history of mankind.

Nah, I wouldn't go that far..

I remember a kid stealing a ladies purse off an outside cafe table in Boston and then taking off running...his pants kept falling down and I caught the little bugger. Not the sharpest tool in the shed!

 

[Zoom-boing]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The show program hair stylists must have spent hours on this project.

.

That's hair? I thought it was the new Army Kevlar Helmet.

That's a type of choker necklace, popular back in the day. I loved Bobby Sherman ... anyone remember Here Come the Brides? Long hair on guys

 

[Moonglow]

I didn't like him....But my sis sure did....

 

[Rikurzhen]

I noticed something odd in one of the episodes, Danny Partridge told his mom that he was going up to his room to pray.

For the life of me I can't recall a character in any episode of TV in the last few decades which so forthrightly acknowledged praying. I guess that they talked about that in 7th Heaven but I never watched that show.

There was another episode of the Partridges going to church.

It's kind of shocking to see how normal this behavior was back in the early 70s, assuming that the Partridge Family wasn't some kind of religious show. Nowadays religion has really been denormalized, kind of like men wearing dog collars, which I never see anywhere.

 

[Oldstyle]

So I had the opportunity to watch an old Partridge Family episode and the guest star was wearing a dog collar on his neck.

What's going on with this? Were dog collars big fashion statements for men, or what?

The show program hair stylists must have spent hours on this project.

.

That's hair? I thought it was the new Army Kevlar Helmet.

That's a type of choker necklace, popular back in the day. I loved Bobby Sherman ... anyone remember Here Come the Brides? Long hair on guys

I do remember that show. I also remember having hair just a little shorter than Bobby Sherman's and that being considered VERY short! I remember bell bottoms, I remember fabric belts with the two rings, I remember Apache moccasins! But then Saturday Night Fever hit and everyone started wearing polyester. Scary times...lol.