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 fashionable hairstyles and makeup trends”, and 1976 was when the big hair was at its peak (Dirix and Fiell 27). The year of 1977, Baader-Meinhof terrorist’s highjack plane in Somalia. New York-London begins passenger service on Concorde jet. Elvis Presley dies. Safety pins, ripped and torn second-hand clothes, plastic, and leather are what is big in fashion. Barry Miles writes, in the book Hippie, “Girls looked for old-fashioned, second-hand dresses in thrift stores, favouring worn, soft fabrics like lace and velvet and often opting for long granny dresses. If they felt like dressing up then anything went – handmade clothes often tie-dyed in earth colours of psychedelic rainbows, hand strung beads and, if the climate was temperate as in California, bare feet. Maybe even flowers in their hair” (Miles 18). This is the year Saturday Night Fever was released. Marie Claire wrote, “…and the world fell head-over-heels in love with disco. John Travolta’s car-salesman suit and Karen Lynn Gorney’s major commitment to ruffles had everyone reaching for their platforms and dancing their troubles away. Nothing quite says seventies like a disco dancefloor, am I right?” (Leaper). Disco was a huge hit throughout the era as well as disco and hippies went hand in hand with their fashions. The year of 1978, diplomatic relations opened between the US and People’s Republic of China. World’s first test tube baby is born. Marathon running turns into big public events. Tailored coats, unconstructed jackets and padded shoulders came in, in women’s fashion, “Women on both sides of the Atlantic worked outside the home, a more practical yet stylish style of dress was needed…The tailored trouser suit was a response to this need and search” (Dirix and Fiell 27).>