Seventies

“What hempen home-spuns have we swaggering here,”

In Indian cheesecloth thigh-length shirts,

White wide flares, corduroys, straight legs ripped,

Denim dark-blue tucked at the ankle

Trimmed with tartan or spattered in lime,

Ballooning lapels with open stitch hems,

Clogs, gymboots, RMs, punk and platform?

Or these, in lace maxis, swathes and plunges,

Patterned with dreamscapes or Miller check,

Pastel jumpsuits, Fair Isle, feral boho chic,

Silk bow blouses, pocket vests and batik,

Tie-up sandals, knee-high boots and uggs?

Once were Seventies closer now to seventy,

Bangled, necklaced, tasselled and ear-ringed

 Dancing to Fleetwood Mac down on the beach.

Bridie's costumes for (l to r) Bottom, Flute, Quince, Snout, Hermia, and Helena. "Hempen home-spuns": Puck's description of the acting troupe.