The year of 1972, President Nixon visits Beijing, China. Black September terrorists murder Israeli athletes at Munich Olympics. David Bowie releases Ziggy Stardust album. US bans use of pesticide DDT. Widely flared bell bottoms, hand painted leather bags, silk shirts, pants tucked into knee high boots, and colorful cropped sleeveless pullovers take over fashion. The year of 1973, US military draft ends and troops are withdrawn from Vietnam. Arab states raise oil prices and embargo oil in US. Middle East peace talks open in Geneva. Senate opens Watergate hearings. Fashion trends of this year consisted of: embroidered kaftans, Indian shirts, gauze smocks, new synthetic jersey dresses, political slogans printed on t-shirts boom. Marie Claire magazine wrote about 1970’s fashion stating, “The poster girl of hippie chic, Joni Mitchell was undoubtedly one of the seventies’ ultimate style icons – and with good reason. She wore tie dye blouses, earth-goddess hair and billowing kaftans like no other, usually completing her trademark look with bare feet and a guitar in hand” (Leaper). The year of 1974, President Nixon resigns. India explodes its first atom bomb. Granny clothes and grandfather shirts are in fashion, as well as suede creeper shoes with thick soles. This was the year the hair trend was really defined by famous stars. As Marie Claire states, “But really, Marie Osmond’s hair in 1974! Hair everywhere reached new heights in the 1970s as full-on perms and disco afros became de rigueur” (Leaper). The year of 1975, communists take over Cambodia and South Vietnam. Americans leave as Saigon falls. Britain introduced Sex Discrimination Act. Bruce Springsteen releases “Born to Run”, which becomes his first hit. Radical and cheap chic hits fashion. Second-hand baseball jackets, army khaki camouflage, Fiorucci clothing, tight dresses that flare out below the knee, faux fur becomes increasingly popular as people lobby real fur. Giorgio Armani becomes a design consultant. The year of 1976, US observes Bicentennial. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine guerrilla’s highjack airline at Entebbe, Uganda. Riots break out in Soweto, South Africa. Gases from spray cans reported to damage the ozone layer. Exercise clothing and Lycra leotards become a new fad. Clothing and textile manufacturing in developing countries expands. Authors of Fashion in the ‘70s: The Definitive Sourcebook, Emmmanuelle Dirix and Charlotte Fiell state that, “The Seventies evidenced a wide range of fashionabl>