Choose wisely and your 70s fancy dress costume will make your evening special. Clothes in this decade were glitzy, bold and cool which is exactly how you should feel on the night.
Ladies eat your heart out, because our seventies fancy dress for men is just fabulous, and if you don’t like the flamboyant pimps and glam rockers outfits, check out the suave disco dudes.
Ideas for a mens 70s costume include:
- Disco suits
- Frilled Lycra all in ones (mamma mia Pierce Brosnan style)
- Glam Rockers
- Pimps
- Village People
- Hippy Psychedelic
- Rocket Man
- Cop kit
White mens disco suit
Saturday Night Fever made the three piece suit fashionable, and you will certainly be remembered for wearing this white disco man’s suit.
It has a waistcoat, lined jacket and pair of ample flares. Just add a frilled or silky shirt, to emulate John Travolta. Black seems to be the popular choice, but Travolta sported all kinds of colours and patterns.
Black frilled shirt ![]()
Frilled shirt
The seventies man wore his shirts tight, with a couple of buttons undone to show off his hairy chest. So, if you want to stand out, wear the hairy chest, gold medallion and a 70 s wig.
Disco Dracula Costume
Disco Dracula - trendy and devilish
A twist on a theme, but still within the boundaries, is the Disco Dracula suit. Made in glorious purples and black it’s a vampires dream.
The shirt, trousers and cape come with cummerbund and pendant, good enough to grace any dance floor. John Travolta would have approved.
Glam rocker
Glam Rock
If you decide on the glam rocker costume, be sure to wear glam make up and a rock style wig to finish it off. No glam rocker would be seen on stage without his full make up.
There are lots of options in the accessory department, including black greasepaint or the well known Snazaroo glitter gel. If you want a few tips for face painting, just check out the brash T Rex, David Bowie and Sweet stage make up. Gorgeous.
Rocket man
Like the idea of being a pop star for the night? The Rocket Man suit is sleek and glam. Elton John’s fame in the 70s was phenomenal and hasn’t diminished.
This classic white suit with trousers and tie just needs a wig and some funky glasses. A good singing voice would help, but isn’t compulsory.
Hippy
Hippie
Drop outs and retro hippies in the early nineteen seventies wore clothing from the previous sixties era. It was something of a protest against unpopular wars and social inequality. People scoured charity and second hand shops to find an eclectic collection of clothing.
Denim, patches, knits and Native American clothing were all the rage. Hand made jumpers and cardigans were fashionable, one of the more famous pieces being the knitted cardigan from the Starsky and Hutch show, which was also recreated for the 2004 film.
70s rock wig
70s Flare Trousers & Wig
Want to keep it effortless? Simple clothes with a rock wig can have great impact. Team the 70s Flare Trousers with a tight fitting T shirt, and add a wig and glasses. This was a typical look for the cool dude rockers of the day. Rock on!
This era threw style out of the window and concentrated on extremes. So enjoy choosing your costumes; whether you fancy glamour, punks or disco you’ll always get it right.
...And keep everyone happy with our new 70s group fancy dress tool!
Don't forget to check out our group page for lots of ideas for your team or group outfit. You can add as many people as you like to your group and then view the image to see what you will look like on the night. We created this team of five, to give you an idea of what you can preview in this new tool.
Have fun!
written by Lucy Bond
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