Jumpsuits! (Lana Lobell, Summer 1979)

 If there's one fashion that defines the seventies—apart from polyester, pantsuits, platform shoes, long pointy collars and flared pants —it's the jumpsuit.  Better yet, jumpsuits made out of polyester!  Imagine my joy, then, when I discovered a whole lot of polyester jumpsuits lurking in the pages of the Summer 1979 Lana Lobell catalog.  Here, straight from the age of disco, are a few of the jumpsuit gems.

This is a "sophisticated" jumpsuit in washable polyester with a front zip.  Since it appeared on a spread full of evening wear we can assume that this jumpsuit was made to boogie!

From the opposite page: a sleeveless jumpsuit in "lustrous interlock polyester knit" with its own cotton fishnet "cocoon" jacket.  Just the thing to wear when you've got disco fever!

Designed for "playtime", this jumpsuit is in a polyester/cotton blend.  A natural fibre!  Whatever next?  This one appears on a page full of outdoor leisurewear.

We're back to the "washable polyester doubleknit" with this jumpsuit!  Lana Lobell goes "mad for plaid", using it to trim pockets, collar and "muscle sleeves".  The jumpsuit shares a page with a 5 piece set of seersucker separates (try saying that rapidly five times!) so it's probably safe to say that it falls somewhere between the disco glamour of my first two pictures and the outdoorsy casualness of the third.