Mary Richards: Fashionista Or Fashion Disaster? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-12-2011, 12:07 AM

Were you a fan of Mary's style?

catlover79 · 03-12-2011, 12:41 AM

I LOVED Mary's wardrobe!!!

Miss Lisa · 03-12-2011, 12:43 AM

Some of her stuff was cute. I think I liked more of her things in the early seasons rather than towards the end of the show.

SpunkiiMonkii7078 · 03-12-2011, 02:21 PM

I definitely loved her style!!

catlover79 · 03-12-2011, 04:27 PM

Some of the outfits that Mary, Rhoda and even Phyllis wore I would love to have in my wardrobe!!

OH Nuts! · 03-16-2011, 07:37 PM

Mary's clothing seemed to mirror Mary very well: immaculate, smart, tasteful, demonstrating consideration and forethought. While Mary neverlooked liked she stepped right off of Vogue, it wasn't her intention. She still looked very sharp to me.

MaryFan1 · 06-22-2011, 06:28 PM

Mary's clothes rocked! and some of them would fit in today. I loved her suits.

Yong Fang · 06-26-2011, 12:08 PM

To me, a lot of the clothing of the 1970's was really fugly. Polyesters, plaid everything, clothes that to us in the 21st Century doesn't seem to go together.

For example, the advertisement for the box sets above, look at the lower right picture of Mary. She is wearing some wide lapel blouse under a (again) completely fugly outer jacket with four pockets. Or the group photo with the funky red pantsuit and (again) the huge collars. Plaid was in. How many times did one see Murry and especially Ted wear those fugly trousers.

Everyone in that era dressed fugly. There is a discussion (or was) here on the ugly 70's clothes on "The Bob Newhart Show". Again, everyone dressed like that, including common folk like us. Look at old photos from the 1970's. The clothes will make anyone go, "Yikes!" I personally think that a lot of designers were doing cocaine and just let anything fly, and the people who bought the clothes didn't know any difference. Probably 1970's fashion was a big experiement, in any case, thankfully, it did not last.

The funny thing is, probably especially for the women, that the clothes were expensive designer labels, especially with Mary and Rhoda. An average middle class office working woman could not afford those clothes. Still, next to the fine looking and well dressed Laura Petrie of the Kennedy era, bu the time Nixon came along, fashion went to hell.

Cloud9 Lorraine · 06-26-2011, 10:02 PM

With Mary's figure, she looked great in everything. It didn't matter what she wore, it all looked good on her.

03-12-2011, 12:07 AM	#1
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03-12-2011, 04:27 PM	#5
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	Some of the outfits that Mary, Rhoda and even Phyllis wore I would love to have in my wardrobe!!

03-16-2011, 07:37 PM	#6
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Mary's clothing seemed to mirror Mary very well: immaculate, smart, tasteful, demonstrating consideration and forethought. While Mary neverlooked liked she stepped right off of Vogue, it wasn't her intention. She still looked very sharp to me.

06-22-2011, 06:28 PM	#7
MaryFan1 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 20, 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 45	Mary's clothes rocked! and some of them would fit in today. I loved her suits.

06-26-2011, 12:08 PM	#8
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	To me, a lot of the clothing of the 1970's was really fugly. Polyesters, plaid everything, clothes that to us in the 21st Century doesn't seem to go together. For example, the advertisement for the box sets above, look at the lower right picture of Mary. She is wearing some wide lapel blouse under a (again) completely fugly outer jacket with four pockets. Or the group photo with the funky red pantsuit and (again) the huge collars. Plaid was in. How many times did one see Murry and especially Ted wear those fugly trousers. Everyone in that era dressed fugly. There is a discussion (or was) here on the ugly 70's clothes on "The Bob Newhart Show". Again, everyone dressed like that, including common folk like us. Look at old photos from the 1970's. The clothes will make anyone go, "Yikes!" I personally think that a lot of designers were doing cocaine and just let anything fly, and the people who bought the clothes didn't know any difference. Probably 1970's fashion was a big experiement, in any case, thankfully, it did not last. The funny thing is, probably especially for the women, that the clothes were expensive designer labels, especially with Mary and Rhoda. An average middle class office working woman could not afford those clothes. Still, next to the fine looking and well dressed Laura Petrie of the Kennedy era, bu the time Nixon came along, fashion went to hell.

06-26-2011, 10:02 PM	#9
Cloud9 Lorraine Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 10, 2007 Location: NY Posts: 342	With Mary's figure, she looked great in everything. It didn't matter what she wore, it all looked good on her.