Kathy Loghry Blogspot

Karen, like the other members of the K Club (1) dominated the world of catalog modeling for a long, long time. She was born in Seattle but grew up in New York and got involved in modeling when she was just 15.

I assume that the $60 is her hourly rate? If so, that is pretty good for back then. However, I admit that I do not understand what the"5-6-7" and the 7 1/2b mean. They must be measurements of some kind, perhaps some kind of shorthand?

She appeared in some girls magazines in the 60s like so many of the better known models did back then.

Is that Colleen in the bottom pic? Probably so, she was on practically every page of those mags back then!

Of course, like the other K Clubbers, she was literally everywhere in print media during the 70s.

Here, she is in one of the sewing rags called Columbia Minerva (whose awesome displays of 70s fashions have been explored before and will be found on this blog in the future)!

Like the other K Clubbers, she appeared in a lot of other print ads besides catalogs.

A really nice pic of Karen!

In addition to her popularity in catalogs, she was probably best known being one of the iconic Black Velvet girls.

This is the one and only pic of any of the K Clubbers (that I have found so far) in a liquor or tobacco ad. Naturally, that gives me the opportunity to comment on the complete ridiculousness of these ads. Does anyone really think that by drinking second rate scotch, that a beautiful women will fall all over you? However, I like the Black Velvet approach of ONLY showing the girl - instead of some dude with 2 or 3 women draped over him (2). It makes me think that "Heck yeah, maybe that girl really is available and wants me to drink with her all night, well maybe?!?".

Of course, for us, Karen is best known for being everywhere in the catalogs of the 70s. She was often paired with Kathy. At times they seemed like sisters!

Kathy and Karen displaying the groovy fashions of the 70s! How many times have we seen that! That jumpsuit with the matching purse? / handbag? / giant beer kuzie? is sooooo 70s!!

Karen (along with Wendy Hill) on the cover of JCPenney's 1976 Spring Summer big book catalog!

Like I said before, her career was a long one. Here is a pic from 1978 (3)!

Unfortunately, I must end this post on a sad note. As many of you probably already know, Karen passed away in 2010 at the age of 59. Below is a photo of her from 2000 and a link to her obit which gives a pretty good rundown of her career.

http://www.silive.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2010/03/karen_bruun_danser_59.html

footnotes:

(1) For those of you that just stumbled across this incredibly awesome site, K Club is the term I use for four of the catalog models of 70s: Kathy Loghry, Karen Bruun, Kay Campbell, and Colleen Corby. Their names all begin with a hard K sound, hence the name.

(2) These old liquor ads are a hoot! I wish the K Clubbers were in more of them because that would make for one fantastic post! Back then, these ads were all serious like. Remember that time wasn't that far removed from the Mad Men days of the 60s. Nowadays, alcohol ads spoof these old ads with good effect as in "The Most Interesting Man in the World". I have an old print liquor ad from the early 70s that I swear is the guy that Dos Equis copied that idea from.

(3) Actually I have a pic of Karen from the early 80s which perfectly captures the spirit of THAT decade. I almost included it here, but it fits better with another subject.

"Hey Grandpa, back in the early 70s, did you and Grandma do all those crazy aerobic tapes?"

"Dear child, no, no. Jane Fonda's tapes didn't come out until the 80s, besides we didn't even have VCRs back in the 70s."

"What's a V-C-R, Grandpa?"

"Uh, never mind, I'll explain that later. Anyway, the Mad Men days of the 60s with their 3 martini lunches and offices filled with tobacco smoke were giving way to a more health conscious America. Dr Cooper's book Aerobics had just come out, and Americans were interested in shedding the pounds to look good in the discotheques!"

"Uh, What's a disc-o-tech, Grandpa - some kind of cool computer game?"

"Oh boy, kid, did YOUR generation miss out on some living!"

"Grandpa, I bet like everything else in the 70s, the fashions for exercise wear were CRAZY too."

"Well child, actually no. People were still new to the whole idea of exercise to get in shape, so they were doing that mostly at home. The fashions were actually fairly lame."

"Mostly exercise fashions were taken from the world of dance, so they consisted of plain leotards. It wasn't until the Flashdance craze of the 80s that exercise fashions really started to take off.. Like I said, the average person was just beginning to warm to the idea of exercise to get in shape. Prior to that the only people that 'worked out' were athletes."

"Exercise in the early 70s still emphasized gentle, stretching moves and the fashions reflected that. Of course people were trying to amp up their workouts. After all, they had to get their Aerobic points (1) in each week."

"Naturally, people turned to their Big Book catalogs to supply them with groovy (and obviously well made!) stationary bicycles!" "They even came with illustrations on how they simulated rowing a boat or riding a horse!"

"Grandpa, what's a catalog?"

"Kid, you're really getting on my nerves." "One of the things that really took off in the 70s was jogging. Before Aerobics, the idea of running just to run might land one in a mental institution. I still remember when my dad took off running around the neighborhood one day (in tennis shoes and black socks no less). We thought he had lost his mind!"

"Even for running, the fashions of the 70s were basic - plain warm up suits without any company logos on them." "However, just like today, people were looking for shortcuts to get in shape and the Big Books willingly offered them."

"I remember they sold these bumpy roller things that looked uncomfortable as heck. Also they really pushed these belt machines where you would just stand there while the inches melted away."

"Grandpa, did they work?"

"Yeah, sure, they worked great for Sears and JCP. They made a ton of money off of them!" One could even buy a home sauna!"

"Now child, I must add that not all health products offered in the Big Book catalogs were sane. Some of them were wrong, just so wrong..."

"Just so wrong, wrong, wrong......"

footnotes: (Yes even for exercise, we have them footnotes!)

(1) For those of you that may have forgot, Dr Cooper's book "Aerobics" prescribed a minimum number of "points" that a person had to get each week to be considered "in shape". As I recall from memory, for a guy, it was the equivalent of running 2 miles at a 8 minute a mile pace, three times a week. Of course for other activities such as cycling, etc. the numbers were different. The numbers faded from view, but the term "Aerobics" stuck like glue - dance aerobics, step aerobics, water aerobics, and on, an on....

Ahh, yes, summer is now in full swing. Back in the 70s, one could always count on the summer catalog from all the major department stores to display the latest in casual summer fashion. Now, I'm not talking about the Big Book catalogs that came out twice a year (Spring /Summer and Fall / Winter). No, in addition to those, retailers like Sears, JCPenney, and the rest also put out smaller seasonal catalogs for the summer and Christmas to sort of fill the gaps, if you will.

So, I thought we'd take a look back at some of the offerings from these "little book" catalogs and check out all the happening summer fashions from the 70s. And to spice things up, I thought we would make it a little contest between Sears and JCPenney!

The contest will work like this. There will be three rounds. At the right side of the post, you can vote for the winner of each round in a poll. The poll will run for one week, and then we'll see who the winner is!

Let's start with round 1!
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First up to serve is JCPenney. What will they open with?

Some very nice knit tops which, naturally, make "striking statements". Not bad from JCPenney, not bad at all. How will Sears respond to that opening salvo?

Wow, Sears decided to counter with a blinding "White with Brights" display featuring Kathy, Karen, and Colleen. Geez, this is a tough one to pick. I didn't say this was going to be easy!

Now for round 2.

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To make it fair, we'll let Sears go first this time.

Okay! Sears has decided to get down to business and show a bit more skin with the halter and short skirts. It looks like Sears is taking this contest seriously! JCPenney what do you have to match that?

Interesting counter! JCPenney has decided to stay upscale a bit with stylish "middie" skirts topped with some scarfs to add some dramatic contrast. Perhaps we are seeing the battle for skirt lengths being played out here. JCP's strategy is bold - it may work great or backfire completely. We'll have to see how it works out for them.

The competition is really heating up! Let's see what the two competitors can come up with in the third and final round!

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First up for round 3 is JCPenney

Zowee! JCPenney has really let down their hair with a trio of summer fashions featuring Kathy in a very attractive halter and Colleen and Kay in summer casual pant outfits.

What will Sears do to match that move?!?

Sears has decided to pull out all the stops with Kathy modeling four different kinds of short summer dresses! This third and final round is shaping up to be the most difficult to choose yet!

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Summer in the 70s certainly produced its share of fascinating fashions as these two summer catalogs show. The competition should prove to be a close one. I know I'm glad I'm not the judge!

See last weeks poll results at bottom (1)!
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Shows you what I know! What started out as, I thought, a single post on the subject has become one of the most popular subjects yet on this blog. Well I SHOULD have known, dag nab it! After all, nothing quite says 70s fashions as much as "His N' Hers" matching outfits! So let's get to it!

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free....Okay, since it IS the 4th of July week, let's start off with a little flashback to the summer of 1976 - which was the big Bicentennial year. I remember that as a "sort of" big deal (2). However, and I make this comment purely as an apolitical, dispassionate observer, when I peruse the catalogs of that year, what I see is a rather subdued (by today's standard anyway) set of offerings on the event. This pic here is about as "rah, rah" as you can find and even this focuses more on heritage than pure "USA, USA". Like I said, not making a judgement either way, just saying...

Serious stuff aside, now this is more like it. Kathy is with a guy who has pigs on his shirt?!?!?!? Say what?!?!?! I can't really tell what the picture is on Kathy's shirt, but I really don't want to know at this point . The gal in the upper pic is Jayne Modean who was a big model in the mid to late 70s and, I do believe, that this is her first appearance in this blog - congrats, I guess? As far as the three guy "couple" n the lower right, no comment, not that type of blog.

I'm sorry, but this pic disturbs me greatly. Why is the couple in the groove-o-delic shirts holding a baseball bat? Otherwise, it looks like an ordinary 70s "key party" scene except for that odd fact - images of the cult movie "Eating Raul" somehow come to mind. Like I said - disturbing, subliminally disturbing.

While we are on the "fun-a-delic" theme...

Fun Fare! Yeah Baby! Check out the happenin' hats, vests, and booties here! Yep - that's so 70s!, but wait there's more!!!!

You want "rustic", yep we can "Make it Rustic" and Kathy can pull that look off too! The lesson here is that, if a guy wears flannel, expect to be single - even in a catalog.

Finally, to round out this summer edition of couples fashions....

Eke gads, summertime stripes to the max baby! Let's roll to the beach in these smashing sand n' surf fashions with mega stripes! Let's shoot the Bonzi Pipeline in style baby!

Footnotes:

(1) Well, in a bit of a surprise (At least from my perspective) the results of last week's poll are thus: Sears walloped JCP, winning 2 of the 3 rounds with the third round ending in a draw. Congrats (35 years after the fact) to Sears.

(2) I know, I know, you can't delve into any kind of comment that is remotely political without pissing someone off. However, these comments were made PURELY in my role as a historical blogger - you can read your own political prejudices into them, whatever. If you MUST know my political affiliation, it is this - a pox on all of them (okay NSA, I mean Skynet, I mean The Borg, just kidding - really, just kidding around here, just a silly little blog, no harm no foul, right, RIGHT, I know resistance is futile, AHHHHHH!).

Yeah, I know what you're thinking "Hey dummy, don't you look at your blogger stats? Don't you know that the first post on 70s maternity wear was the worst viewed yet on this bog?!?! Hello?!?" To that, all I have to say is this "Duh, I know that, but this is the KATHY LOGHRY blogspot and she did a heck of a lot of modeling maternity wear in her time. Also, it's not like I can do swimsuit posts EVERY week, so what am I to do?" (1)

Oh wait, I see, I can post a pic of MATERNITY swimwear and kind of have it both ways. Hey, let's face it, Kathy is absolutely smoking it in this pic - maternity or not. I love the photo in the upper left with the bandanna. It is like "Okay, I'll wear this to make me look like I'm suffering through pregnancy, but I know I'm still rockin' it!, yeah!" The pic on the right is awesome, no more commentary needed.

Plaids while "waiting", yeah baby. I love the title "machine washable partners make the waiting easy" Of course!, like the main thing a pregnant gal is worried about is the "washability" of her clothes. It's like "oh gawd, I'm miserable, but thank goodness for these JCPenney 'machine washable' maternity clothes, that make the waiting easy!"

Of course "Moms-to-be" enjoy the wait (who wouldn't) in "with-it" styles. Yeah, that's the most important thing to be "in style". Still, like always, Kathy (and Kay) impress in their ability to pull off the cute look in any genre of clothing.

"Great, new sportive" look while expecting. Why of course! no reason to not be "sportive" during this "special" time!

"The look is bright", why are they always trying to cheer these gals up, like they've done something wrong? Oh wait, maybe they did, my bad there.

"The look is natural", what the heck is that supposed to mean? Once again, standard maternity stuff. Why don't they just come out and say "Hey, you're pregnant, good luck with that!"

Finally, because we are always looking for the most awesomeness fashions...

Just because you're pregnant doesn't mean yo can't wear groovy 70s "gull wings" on your formal dress! Imagine stepping out in this creation at the local country club party. With those wings, nobody will notice that you are wearing maternity clothes!

footnotes:

(1) Also, I would like to remind my gentle readership of the important mission of this blog - that of the proper historical chronicling of all fashion trends from the 70s Big Book catalogs (including maternity wear) for future scholarship and research into this important, and defining, time period in the ongoing evolution of human civilization. That, and having a good time checking out the groovy fashions!

Wow! You've heard the old saying about fashion - don't throw it out, it will be back in style again some day. Well, for all you fans of the 70s "body suit" (and I know that at lot of you ladies out there just adored them!), I've got great news. They're Back!!! (more on that at the end of this post). But first, let's review some classic body suits from the 70s!

Kay, Karen, and Kathy all in some really nice body suits / body shirts / whatever they are called. Why is everyone so introspective and reflective looking? Is body suit fashions really such a serious business? Where did all the big smiles go (I guess they saved the smile for the smile insert pic?)? Still it is a great pic, perhaps the photographer was going for a more wistful look from the models. You know, trying to be all artsy and all.

Still such a serious look from everyone! I mean even the dog has his game face on. What's up with that? What I really love is the fixed poses by all the models going off in different directions - classic catalog modeling shot (somehow only the dog ends up looking at the camera)!

And I just noticed the background (I guess I was distracted by the dog). It looks like a prop from a science fiction set or something. It really looks like they were trying hard to pull off the great artistic shot - perhaps a little too hard.

That's better! At least Kathy has her smile going here. And no wonder, who wouldn't be happy visiting the "Sears Body Suit Shop" (there's a bad joke in there somewhere, and I can't quite put my finger on it, probably for the best).

Okay, back to the serious look. I mean how can you be all serious in a pink body shirt with gigantic ruffles, or the body shirt with the giant pointy collars?!?

Now everyone seems a little happier (and they are all looking at the camera)! Kay has another ruffled body shirt on in the left pic, and let's face it - she looks super sweet in both pics (as do Dottie and Kathy)! All these gals from that era certainly had the ability to pull off that very natural, friendly look, and they did it effortlessly. You don't see that so much these days from models.

Now at last we can see how these things we're supposed to be used! The smaller pics of Kathy show off the versatility of the body suit. You can wear them with a long skirt, short skirt, or even pants! I still admit that I don't get it. Why the body suit? Why not just wear a blouse with a skirt? Of course I'm a little dense when it comes to things like that!

A virtual plethora of options to choose! Pink or blue body suits that go with pink and blue skirts, pull over dresses, and pants. My, my, where does one begin to choose? Kathy looks uber cute in this pic, and everyone is smiling and looking at the camera (I know that I worry about these things too much). Well everyone is smiling except for Colleen, but, hey, that's pretty normal.

Oh yeah, about body suits making a comeback. Well, supposedly they are. Check this out...

http://magazine.foxnews.com/style-beauty/style-obsession-bringing-bodysuit-back

I'm sure all you fans of the body suit are thrilled!

Finally, we got some rain! I mean it's been like TWO years since we we've had some significant rainfall where I'm at (we count anything over 1" as "significant", which is sad)! And what better way to celebrate than looking back on some groovy 70s rain gear fashions!

Riders on the storm.....Ah, yes, why not start out with some smashing 70s wet weather gear featuring Kathy and another model in some long all weather coats! Oh, wait, Kathy isn't wearing a coat, exactly. Noooo, it's a long, oversized cape with holes in it so that you can stick out your arms (and it has the groovy 70s-style collar and plenty of buttons!). So it was kinda like a high-fashion version of a poncho - with arm holes. I bet THAT didn't look strange or anything! Of course, these gals wouldn't quite be ready to be out-on-the-town without the knit hat and groovy go-go style boots (complete with racing stripes). Just because it's sloppy outside is certainly no excuse to not be stylish!

Raindrops keep falling on my head...Not so fast there! Those pesky raindrops won't bother Kay, Kathy and the gang here. Why? Well because they are sporting the best of 70s raingear. What? you say. "How does one make raingear groovy in that special 70s way?" Well, easy. Throw on some happenin' scarfs - which match the umbrella - and some awesomely oversized handbags - which also match - and presto! You've got 70s grooviness that'll light up the world regardless of the gloomy skies!

You're Looking at VALUE, you betcha! Once again, more scarfs. I guess they are added protection in case the umbrella leaks or something. The hats are also stylish for any rain storm - Kathy's hat smartly matching her raincoat! And as a special 70s bonus, you gotta love the double collars on these "Simply Smashing" all weather short coats.

Okay, the next two pics go together. They are the left and right halves of the same spread. First the left half..

Yes "Some Call them All-Weather Coats". Well yes, I guess, what else would you call them?

Now the right half......

Oh, so JCPenney elects to call them "What to wear Anywhere, Anytime". Actually "All Weather Coats" is a bit more succinct wouldn't you say?

Nevertheless, all these coats are simply smashing. On the first pic, you gotta love the crushed blue velvet jacket (which looks a little big on Kathy?). It kinda looks like a cross between something a ship's captain would wear and something you'd see in a Barry Manilow video. Also, the model in the white coat keeps looking up. Maybe checking the weather perhaps?

On the bottom pic, Karen is decked out in Native American garb (which I'm SURE is authentic. After all, JCP wouldn't put out anything that wasn't authentic, would it?). See, she even has pigtails to match! Of course the strawberry blonde hair doesn't look EXACTLY in character.

Colleen models "The Rain Dodgers". No not the LA Dodgers. Of course if these models had the groovy monogrammed umbrellas from the second pic, they wouldn't have to dodge the rain!

Here, Colleen looks ready for a stylish safari (no, not surfin' safari, a regular one) in "The Pac-Jac". The side pack goes with the jacket and can be either attached to the jacket (hence the name) or removed and worn like a handbag. Also, we are assured that both are treated with ZePel to resist water and oily stains - perfect for the on-the-go gal dashing from the subway terminal to her job in the busy city. Well, perfect except that the concept never really caught on.

As a bonus, you may notice a teeney, tiny pic of Kathy (in a wig). I didn't even see that until I uploaded the photo.

It's a "Rainclassic" for sure! You'll stay dry from head to toe in that thing for sure! I guess they are expecting some cool spring weather with that turtle neck! I'm not sure that outfit would work in 100 deg + days we've been having this summer!

So I hope that wherever ya'll are, that you are not in a massive drought like us. Remember to keep the groovy 70s raingear handy just in case!

For our third in our series of "K Club Specials" (1) we feature Colleen Corby (2) (3). Now Colleen was crazy wild in the catalog modeling, but before that she was awesomely huge in the teen magazine world. Like all the other "K Clubbers", her career was Looonnnnnggggg!! However, her's was particularly so. She started professionally modelling in late 50s and continued into the early 80s! Are you freaking kidding me?!?!?

So let's check out her career! Here are some EARLY pics.

From 1962! Man, does she look incredible or what!

Yeah, she was in a HECK of a lot of print ads in the 60s, like the above and below...

Of course, she was probably more well known in the 60s for her appearance in teen mags than anything else. She was, literally, a heroine to millions of young teens in the 60s. Here are just a FEW samples....

And here...

That's one Seventeen cover, but there are about 100 more to chose from. Man was she dominant in the day!

Naturally, we know Colleen best from the Big Book catalogs, and it is a testament to her career that she modeled in the catalogs after she had made it big otherwise...

A classic Colleen pose from 1971. She had the unique ability to hit that serious, high fashion look and yet maintain that sweet innocence that was the mark of the K Clubbers and their associates. She was the perfect transition model from the 60s to the early 70s, but wait even with that she is not done yet!

A smiling Colleen, I'm always looking for those pics. She normally went for the high fashion, serious poses, but she looks absolutely fabulous when she flashes that big smile!

Classic Colleen catalog posing, beautiful, such an iconically pretty gal! Both of the above pics are from 1976, near the end of her career.

Karen and Colleen in a gorgeous pic, precious. These gals rocked it big time back in the day (4)!

A final pic for this first post featuring Colleen. For this I picked a personal favorite. Here, she looks so soft and sweet and SEXY!, YEAH! (Oh yeah, she was a hottie!).

Colleen retired in 1978 but made a brief comback in 1980. After that, she retired for good. Later, she made two more public apperances. The last one being on the Oprah show in the mid-90s. Oprah related how Colleen was her favorite model growing up.

Colleen in 2008.

footnotes:

(1) For those of you who are new to this site, "K Club" is term that I use for four of the main catalog models in from the 70s: Kay Campbell, Karen Bruun, Colleen Corby, and, of course, Kathy Loghry. All of their names begin with a hard K sound, hence the name.

(2) I'm sure some of you astute readers are thinking "Hmmm, he has done three K Club Special posts highlighting the careers of a different K Clubber. I wonder who is only one left?" And I'm also sure that these same astute readers are thinking "Hey, each of these K Club Special posts are spaced about 6-7 weeks apart, and well, what-do-you-know! in 6 weeks is the one year anniversary of this blog!" I'm sure it is all just a coincidence.

(3) There are a TON of pics of Colleen out there on the internet especially compared to the other K Clubbers. In addition, she has a couple of fan sites out there already. So I tried to include some original pics here for all you Colleen fans.

(4) Please look at this pic closely again, it is pure art! One of the things I've learned in doing this blog is how incredible some of the photos were from those old catalogs. The look of Karen and Colleen playing off of each other is absolutely brilliant! (yeah, this photo rocks it!). I hope this blog does a little to preserve these classic pics before they are lost to time.

Okay, okay, now the different categories are blurring together. Is this a swimwear post, Part 4 or a print ad post, Part 3? Heck, WHO CARES. Let's check 'em out!!!!

Sears had an ad campaign in the 70s for their swimsuits where you "Buy the top that fits / Buy the bottom that fits." At the time I admit that I didn't get that that they meant the STYLE not the actually swimsuit. At the time I asked myself "Why would anyone want a red top with a blue bottom?" Yeah, I guess I was a bit of a doufus (but give me a break, I was just a kid).

And how did Sears advertise this concept? Why of they had the models stand in waist deep water, side by side (yeah, you see that everyday at the beach) and stare into a blindly bright sun! These gals are trying their best, but let's face it - they look in pain! While they appear to be laughing, they are actually thinking "Hey, photographer, hurry up already, will ya!" However, our Kathy bravely risks her eyesight for her art as she fixes her gaze straight ahead!

Another similar shot. However this time it is Colleen grimacing in the straight away pose. Kathy and the other model (1) have elected to try and save her eyesight by looking off the right.

Now, finally, they decided "Hey, why don't you gals look AWAY from the sun!" They all look MUCH more at ease in this one (and Kathy looks absolutely amazing! Was she smokin' hot or what!?!). Still, three beautiful models, arm-in-arm, standing in waist deep water, soooo natural (yeah, right).

Looks like the sun isn't quite so bright in this shot, and the models seem so much more at ease. In fact, they are so happy that we have, not one, not two, but three of them doing the famous "flamingo" pose in response (2).

FINALLY, someone said "Hey, why don't the models wear sunglasses? That might make it easier to pose while facing the sun while we get the shot." Once again, Kathy absolutely kills this shot. Even with sunglasses, her smile outshines the sun!

footnotes:

(1) The model in the middle is Joyce Ingalls.

(2) The "flamingo" pose was aptly named in a previous post by astute reader LBP! We'll be on the lookout for similar poses in the future!

Well, why not follow up a summer themed post on swimsuits with our first look at 70s Fall Fashions! I mean is that allowed? We'll I guess, it's not like anyone is going to stop us! The Big Book Fall / Winter editions were filled with lots of groovy 70s fashions just like their Sping Summer counterparts. However, they had to keep it seasonal. After all, Autumn is a more subdued time of the year compared to summer and everyone had to dress more conservative for back-to-school, so no room for any 70s Random Weirdness. Right?

Well, apparently Not! I'm not sure what those things are on Kathy's dress, but hey, they're kickin' it 70s style for sure! Kinda looks like a cross between some sort of spacesuit and a Roman centurion's armor -except it's green, and it's corduroy. Whatever it is, it is perfect for that first day back at class!

Now that's more like it! Fairly standard stuff. Both Kay and Kathy look uber-cute in their Fall short dresses.

Not all the Fall dresses were short. Here are some examples of some long dresses. Now I ask you, where in the heck would one wear one of these creations? Oh I see, the middle one would be perfect for one of those Rennesaince Fairs. You know, where everyone dresses up in attire from the Middle Ages and talks like Shakespear. Except normally, good looking woman like these are a rarity at those kind of things (actually women, period, are a rarity at those things).

Not all the Fall back-to-school fashions were dresses, no siree! Here, Kathy is absolutely dapper (is that an appropriate adjective to describe a woman?) in some kind of odd red long sleeve shirt with red pants complete with stripes, some kind of yellow scarf and a green knit hat. Whew, that is a lot of "Random 70s Weirdness" to absorb with one pic! Mercifully Karen and the other model (still haven't figured out her name) give us a rest with standard Fall short dresses.

Kathy is really going Randomly Weird with the crazy pants outfits here! Now she is in something with an ENTIRE landscape printed on her outfit. Perfect if one is getting homesick for the great outdoors!

Speaking of pants.....

Ahhhhh, (brwing, brwing, brwing, brwing, brwing, brwooong) Crimson and Clover (brwing, brwing, brwing, brwing, brwing, brwooong) over and over!... These two are really grooving in these ensembles! (1) The tagline is great "You're a girl who makes her own kind of music and who likes jumbled-up patterns..." Huh?!? Well I guess everyone in the 70s liked jumbled-up patterns - especially when tripping out! As an additional Randomly Weird 70s bonus, check out the hip footwear and make-love-not-war rope belts!

Man, I gotta take a break from that - too many bad flashbacks. Let's try to end on something normal, okay?

Oh no, from acid tripping in the early 70s to some kind of faux western wear in the mid 70s. That's it! Too much 70s Random Weirdness for me! Maybe all those 70s summer fashions weren't all that out of line after all!

footnotes:

(1) Sorry for the poor scan quality of this pic. Sometimes these old catalogs are rather fragile and difficult to get a good scan. However, in this case I felt the groovy vibe of the material outweighed my limited technological capabilities.

Yippee! Hot Pants again! Last time we looked at Hot Pants, we entered some kind of weird time travel loop where the past wrote the future and the future wrote about the past! You can blame Aldens catalog for that with their "Hot Pants - Kicky" theme. So now we venture into the breech once more with offerings from the other Big Books. What adventures in Hot Pant-ness await this time?

Yippee! Kathy in some stylish blue hot pants ensemble from Spiegel. Definitely a groovy blast from the past that is still mod looking in the present! You gotta love the white go-go boots and nifty knit hat! I'm not sure what Karen is wearing. Those are pants, but with animal prints on them, they are definitely not "hot". Based on her expression, perhaps she just came out of a time travel loop from a previous post?

So Spiegel started us off pretty good. However, I bet JCP and Sears had some "kicky" hot pants also!

Yippee again! Kay in hot pants, and knit ones to boot! Speaking of "boots", it looks like the model on the left lost most of hers!

Yippee again! Here,we have Shelley Hack in "short shorts" and a halter. While short shorts probably deserve to classified in their own category, I'm not sure it is worth quibbling about.

In the mid-70s, short shorts were not just reserved for the "Juniors' section. Oh no, no, no! Here Joan McMonagle and Joanne Vitelli model some really classy shorts!

Well, those are short pants. However, they are pushing the edge as to what can be considered "hot pants" or "short shorts". Perhaps here we have an example of that transition in fashion trends where the short shorts begin to fall way to longer shorts. (Sigh, not all fashion developments were for the better, unfortunately).

Okay, okay, Kathy is in a smashing outfit that kinda of looks like a uniform and not in hot pants. What gives? Well Karen is wearing hot pants, so well that is close enough. Besides Kathy is still kicky hot!

Well that about wraps up this edition of Hot Pants - Kicky". Oh wait, not enough 70s fashion craziness for you? Not enough bizarro hip and happenin' groovy 70s-ness for you? Well let's see what we can do about that!

Wow! (Yippee, I guess?). From right to left we have: Karen (in a wig) in some kinda of German-themed Hot Pants, Kathy (in a wig also) wearing some kind of wild patterned dress, next we have red short shorts (in a nautical theme, no less, complete with white boots/sandals), and finally Karen again wearing something actually fairly lame. If that doesn't get your 70s fashion freak going nothing will!

Well, anyway, everyone seems to be having a good time. And isn't that what 70s fashions were all about?

This week we're going to do something a little different. During the course of my important historical research on the big book catalogs of the early to mid 70s, I have run across a number of images which I cannot positively identify as being Kathy Loghry.

It began back when this blog first began when, during an internet search, I ran across a pic on another site which was labeled as Colleen Corby and Kathy Loghry. At that time, I didn't have many pics of Kathy and, quite frankly, was sort of running out of pics of her to post. So imagine my disappointment when I pulled up this pic...

That is Colleen on the left. However, the blond is definitely NOT Kathy Loghry. Pretty gal, nice pic, and all, but not her. I, myself, have misidentified Colleen on a previous post. People, such sloppiness cannot be tolerated! After all, this is critically important historical work! The fashion trends of the 70s must be PROPERLY chronicled. To not do this thing correctly would be a great disservice to future generations of historians.

That is why I humbly turn to you, gentle readers, to help me in this endeavor. I have listed several pics which I cannot positively identify as Kathy. Please look over them and, if you think a pic is Kathy, please mark the box for that pic on the poll shown on the right (you can make more than one selection). If you do not think any of these pics are Kathy, please mark the "None are Kathy" box (so I know how many votes are cast). I will, naturally, add my own comments to each pic. The poll will run for one week and end on Sept. 5, 2013 at 7:00 PM CDT.

First up is an ad for Lee Jeans....

Typical of these pics, we do not have a clear shot of the face and there is a hat which hinders identification. Further, I haven't found any other pics of Kathy in Lee Jeans ads. Still the face does kinda look like her. I give this one a 50% chance.

Next up is a JCP catalog pic from 1971....

At first glance, one may not think this is Kathy (gal on the upper right). However, Kathy wore her hair in that length and style in other pics from the same catalog. I'm actually fairly certain that this is Kathy but need more confirmation. I'm giving this one a 75% chance of being Kathy. As a bonus, the gal on the left may be Karen?

Next up is a pic from a Sears catalog.....

Such a serious look! "Adventure in Fashion" indeed! Of course what we are serious about is "Is That Kathy". This one I'm not too sure about. Once again we do not have a clear shot of the face and there is head gear present to further complicate identification. There are also several other catalog models that could fit this profile. I give this one only 25%.

The next one is more of a long shot...

Yep, that is Shelley Hack on the right, no doubt (nice hat). However, the blond? Is that Kathy? Once more, a profile shot only and a hat makes our job difficult. I only give this one 10%.

Finally a REAL long shot, but if it is Kathy, what a historical find!

The gal on the left is one in question. This was labeled as being from a 1963 Montgomery Wards catalog. If that date is correct, then Kathy would be way too young. Unless, unless, she started to model at a much younger age than previously thought. If that is true, wow, what a find! It would completely upend the accepted timeline of her career! It would be a game changer! Of course the date could be in error also. Still, I'm giving this less than 5% chance.

So please give me your feedback and vote! Of course, if you know positively about any of these, pelase feel free to comment!

As ya'll probably have figured out, I have carefully avoided re-post pics. However, since this is the last post of the year (yeah it's been one year already!), we'll take a look back at some of our favorites from the last 12 months. It's pretty difficult to choose from all the 70s craziness, but these just sorta stood out.

Be sure to tune in next week (same bat time, same bat channel) when we kick off our second year with our 1st anniversary blowout spectacular! In the mean time, enjoy some of these highlights of year one.....

Of course this pic is going to make the short list! I assume that the lobster was quite tasty!

Nothing says 70s fashion fun quite like this pic!

A really, really nice pic of Kathy and Karen!

Kathy and Kay in evening wear. Yeah!

Bodysuits, always a popular theme (except, based on the comments, from those gals who actually tried to wear them).

Things looked bad when we were sucked into the alternate reality of a Plaid, Plaid World. However, somehow we survived.

Kathy, summertime, 'nuff said.

Fashion as Couples Therapy was a surprise hit. However with awesomely groovy His N' Her coordinates like these, you can see why!

Maternity wear wasn't the most popular theme, but nobody can complain about this pic!

Kathy, Karen, and Colleen. White with Brights indeed!

Classic Kathy catalog pic!

Of course I'm going to end with a swimwear pic! Duh!

Many thanks to all the fans and followers of this blog. I admit that this whole thing started off without a whole lot of planning (in other words, late on a Friday night after a few beers). However, I have had great fun doing it. A year ago, I would have never dreamed that this little blog would experience the growth that it has. Once again many thanks to all who made that happen.

I really look forward to year two with more new pics, continuation of our old themes, and perhaps some new themes to explore!

P.S. According to last week's poll, the consensus was that the black and white photo was definitely Kathy. The Lee Jeans ad got some votes. The Woman's Day pic got a vote, but the others were not Kathy according to our readership. Thanks for voting!

Welcome to our 1st Year Anniversary Special? To kick off the 2nd year of this blog in style, we'll complete our initial round of K Club Specials (1) with a look at Kathy!

Enjoy!

We know Kathy mostly from her extensive catalog modeling career. She was everywhere during the early to late 70s in catalogs of all shapes and sizes. Here is a fantastic shot of her from an Aldens catalog. This pic has it all - the effervescent smile, the natural elegance, and the iconic beauty that made Kathy so popular!

Let's take a look back on her career!

The year 1968 was a big one for Kathy. She competed in two major national contests. One has been covered in a previous post - the NCAA Centinnial Queen competition. Although she didn't win, she snared one of the two runner up positions. Here is a link to that post (2).......

http://kathyloghry.blogspot.com/2012/12/kathy-loghry-centennial-princess.html

In addition, she competed that year in a model search competition called Model of the Year that was sponsored by the Stewart Agency. It was kind of a cross between America's Next Top Model and American Idol. She made the finals which were held in NYC and broadcast on TV. The thing was won by someone named Cybil Shepard (yeah, I never heard of her either). However, all the finalists got modeling contracts.

Here's a page from the Seventeen Magazine article on the affair. Kathy is on the second column, third from the bottom.

A closeup......

A color closeup........

That launched her modeling career. (3) Here is an early composite pic of her!

You gotta love the tee-shirt!

Like many of the other models of that era, she did some work for Seventeen magazine....

I'm not sure what this is all about except that there is no way this guy is going to play house (or whatever the heck they are doing) unless there's a pretty gal like Kathy around, just doesn't happen.

Also like the other K-Clubbers, she was in a ton of print ads...

This ad is just awesomeness cubed! Let's set the scene. The dude has a large wiener (the hot dog, not the politician) and is holding it up high and proud . Meanwhile, Kathy has a much, much smaller wiener speared by a pitchfork. And she is shoving that right in the poor shmuck's face while laughing an evil little laugh. The message here is not so subtle - don't fool with a woman while she's taking Midol! Based on the crowd's reaction, it is a total fail on the guy's part!

Kathy was literally everywhere during her career.

I doubt that you'd see the top models of today pop up in places like this! I remember seeing her pic on things like hair care products, etc.

Of course, we here at this blog know Kathy best from all the groovy fashions of the 70s catalogs...

Here is an early pic from Sears...

Such a serious expression!. Where did that million dollar smile go?

There it is! And with the wind (or at least a fan) in her hair!

The last catalog pics that I have of her come from 1979, so that is quite a long career! Here is a pic from near the end of that career in 1978....

Still graceful!

And like many of the other models of that era, when her career ended, she sort of fell from public view. This snippet from National Enquirer 1978 is the only info I have about her besides her photos. Oh well, we still have plenty of groovy pics of her and the other K-Clubbers from the 70s to remember those halcyon days!

footnotes:

(1) For those of you new to this blog, K Club is the name I give to four of the main catalog models of the 70s: Kathy Loghry, Karen Bruun, Kay Campbell, and Colleen Corby. All their names begin with a hard K sound, hence the name. I've a special post on each one's career, and I plan to do more posts on the other catalog models whose names don't begin with a hard K sound (honorary K Club members).

(2) A link to post with more links, yeah I know. However, be sure to read some of the articles in those NCAA Newsletters. They are pretty funny in their own right.

(3) Well it launched her career as far as I know. She may have done some modeling before that but I have no record of any.

Well what better subject to look at this week than that weird little 70s fashion trend - jumpsuits! And not just any jumpsuits, oh no, indeedie no. We're going to explore a fashion within a fashion, an oddity within an oddity, dare I say - a dream within a dream. What the heck am I talking about? Well it's jumpsuits as FORMAL wear. Let's "jump" to it!

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream..... Upon seeing Kathy in this snappy formal jumpsuit set, perhaps they are, indeed, a dream within a dream....

It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma......Yep, that not only applies to foreign policy, but also to jumpsuits as formal wear. "Jump into jumpsuit glamor"? you betcha!

You're once, twice, three times a lady....Three of our K Clubbers elegantly attired with two (Karen and Colleen) in flowingly formal jumpsuits!

Pool party baby, it was a cool party, cool pool party, la, la, la, Pool Party Baby...... Even for poolside events at the country club, jumpsuits were the "in" fashion in formal wear back in the 70s (1). Looks like Karen's jumpsuit is missing some pieces (strategically placed!).

More elegance - jumpsuit style! This time featuring Karen and Kay. Like other formal jumpsuit attire, note the long, flowing, bell-bottomed pant legs.

Jumpsuit Elegance says it all! Speaking of elegance in jumpsuits......

Oh my! I think that they must have worked on Dottie's hair for an hour to get it to stay in that position! Either that or she was jumping around too much!

I know, I know, this post has been a little light on Kathy pics. sooooooo.....

Quoth the Raven, nevermore.....You're probably thinking I've lost my mind (2). What, pray tell, could the tie-in possibly be to that poem. Well, if you must ask, Kathy is in canary yellow, and a canary is a bird (like a raven). Also, I had Edgar Alan Poe on my mind from the quote on the first pic so, voila, The Raven just fell out. That and Kathy is always "raven-ously" beautiful. Okay, okay, time to wrap this post up.

footnotes:

(1) Sharp eyed readers of this blog will recognize the eye catching jumpsuit that Colleen sports here as appearing in the previous post on jumpsuits worn by Kay - must have been popular!

(2) I understand that I've opened myself up to lots of snarky comments with that one. I accept that, it's part of the business of blogging.

Growing up, we were basically a JCPenney and Sears kind of family. Too bad, because looking back they were a bit on the stuffy side. I really missed out by not having the Spiegel and Aldens catalogs around. They were much livelier in their productions. For example, check out Spiegel's Magic Man......

Kathy recoils in horror at the disembodied hand shoving a rabbit in her face. You can just imagine her thinking "Oh gawd, not another creepy guy trying to use lame magic tricks to hit on me. And is that rabbit, like, dead?!?!? Ewwwww!!!"

Creepy Magic Man (toupee included) can't take a hint and doesn't leave. This time he's trying to impress them with the floating ball trick. Kathy is probably thinking "Great, is he ever going to go away? Am I supposed to not notice the 'invisible' wires? Maybe I can pawn him off on the brunette?"

Apparently the gals did their own magic trick and made the creepy guy go away. Kathy is kicking up her heels with joy.

Oh no, Magic Man is back and up to his old tricks of making animals appear - this time a dove. All the gals seem pleased, perhaps because this time, he didn't accidentally kill it. Check out his outfit. I guess he figured if the magic didn't make the ladies swoon, his keen fashion sense would win them over.

Oh, so much for the "magic". Kathy is simply handing him the doves. Maybe he decided to not take any chances after the fiasco with Fluffy the Rabbit.

Finally, Magic Man gives up trying to impress the ladies with his sleight of hand trickery. Was it the dead rabbit that turned them off? Or maybe the not-so-hidden invisible wires? Or maybe the fact that Kathy was just handing him the doves? Or his toupee? Or his impeccable fashion style? Well, we'll never know. The gals seem relieved not to have him bugging them anymore. Wait, what's that smell? WHAT, he left the dead rabbit behind! Ewwwwwww!

I admit that I had a plethora of choices for the title of this week's post. For example: What Happened in the 70s, Stays in the 70s, or Random Weirdness: Boogie Nights. It was a tough choice. Nevertheless, I persevered and now, bring to you, Dear Readers, the ultimate 70s banchelor pad.......

Oh dear, Kathy has apparently fallen for the wily charms of this "smooth operator" as he has lured Kathy down to his "totally happening" 70s Lair of Seduction. Yes, the Spiegel Magic Man (1) has nothing on this Lady Killer Extrodinaire for he can truly create magic in his 70s "Love Chamber" (are you taking notes Paco Camino Man?). Here, smartly outfitted in his sweater with shirt collars out, he conjures up any magic elixir that a "Young Modern" (2) woman like Kathy could desire (as long as it is a gin martini - note that there are only two bottles on the shelf) (3).

Oh wait, scratch all that. He is actually in the basement of his parent's house. "Oh rats, I heard my parents open the garage door, they'll , like, TOTALLY KILL me if they find out I've gotten into their liquor cabinet, quick, down your drink, QUICK!!".

Multi-colored mushroom seats, bean bag chairs, and a....dog statue? What more does one need in their swinging pad? Oh, yeah, the two blondes in repose on the velvet furniture - that would surely be the good life!

Now wait one cotton pickin' minute on that one. Apparently for "The Good Life" you also need cool sign clocks, laminated Formica tables, and a .....pachinko machine?!?! (Note: blonde NOT included with purchase).

Let's not forget the sound activated black lights, moonbeam light machine, and rainbow swirlee fun lamp for some Mood Magic (Spiegel's Magic Man is slapping his forehead thinking "Oh so THAT's the 70s magic that gets the ladies. I KNEW I shouldn't have tried that rabbit-out-of-a-hat trick with Fluffy.)

So what else does a 70s bachelor pad need to win over the ladies?

Why stop with a dog statue when you can equip your pad with a real life puppy. You can just see the ladies melting when they see your sensitive side. After all no gal can resist a.......Wait a minute! You mean to tell me you could order a DOG from a mail order catalog?!?!? REALLY? A dog?!?!? REALLY??????? This just doesn't seem to be a good idea to me - haunting images of Fluffy the Rabbitt come to mind. The fine print should probably say "Not available for international orders".

So whatever happened to Kathy? Last time we saw her, she has being romanced by "Senior Suave".

Well, it looks like she was able to ditch that dude and now she is enjoying The Good Life in her own pad!! And as for what happened to the poor guy, well, instead of an evening of amore, he got grounded for a week for getting into his parent's liquor stash. Better luck next time, maybe he should take some magic lessons from the Speigel Magic Man!

footnotes:

(1) See last week's post for reference to The Spiegel Magic Man.

(2) See the first post on "Crazy Stuff You Could Buy From a Catalog" for reference.

(3) If you look closely, you'll notice that one of the two bottles is clearly Tanqueray gin, so I guess all the guy could make was a gin martini. Which brings up an interesting question. Are the models in the pic actually drinking real juice on the set? This is the 70s after all, so why not?

Somewhere between regular clothes and sleepwear is a strange class that is sort of a little of each. Called loungewear (or is it lounge wear?), it is not quite sleepwear, but not quite something you'd wear out of the house (note the classic image of the old, fat guy dressed in nothing but a bathrobe out to get the morning paper. Wait scratch that, bad mental imagery to start a post).

Okay, this pic should clear out any bad memories from that bathrobe reference. Kathy and Kay definitely take care of that by looking absolutely lovely as they get ready for an evening of lounging.

Now here loungewear looks a lot more like sleepwear. So what gives with the jewelry? Are we going to sleep in that? And are those slippers made for lounging? Once again there seems to be a confusion of purpose here.

Lounging is all about being "Snug and Cozy". Somehow Kay has the same pose as the previous pic. I guess that was her special lounge wear pose. Oh wait, what's that between the two ladies on the right? Why it is one of our four legged friends. I hope he wasn't ordered from that catalog from last week!

"All Dressed Up for a Lovely Lounge-In" Huh? You have to get dressed up to relax? This is what I mean about loungewear, it occupies this strange inbetween state. You gotta love those two lounge jumpsuits on the left (maybe they are loungesuits?).

Now we're back to loungewear that is more similar to sleepwear. Standing outside dressed like that is probably not a good idea. I guess they were going for more of a "dream" state on this one. However, the models are dreamy enough if you ask me!

Dogs seem to be common props for selling the loungewear. I suppose that they evoke an image of snuggling up with family or something. However, this mutt seems to have a bit of an attitude. He's the only one looking at the camera! Maybe the camera crew has got some food for him or something. Or, perhaps, perish the thought, he's peeved about being ordered from that Spiegel catalog from last week's post!

Loungewear is often associated with the winter months. I guess the idea of dressing up in a robe makes more sense when it is colder outside. Note that these robes are "Poodle Textured Pile" and they included a ....poodle of course! However, this guy seems to be a bit more laid back than the previous canine. He's probably thinking "Hey this is a pretty good gig, hanging out with gorgeous models, getting pampered between sets, and the food isn't half bad also!"

A final thought, loungewear is something that, generally speaking, women are into. Yes, yes, I know they have robes for guys also. However, it is well known that 97% of robes for men are purchased by women as gifts. I got a bunch from my mom and grandparents, generally at Christmas. They should have come with a label saying "Send Straight to Goodwill".

Yee Haw ya'll!! All you cowboys and cowgirls saddle up to some high falutin' His 'N Her fashions - countrified (sort of) from the 70s! I'm not sure why western styles were so popular as couples fashions. Perhaps it was because both could wear jeans, or maybe because dressing up western style was just so much dad bern tootin' fun!!

So when the world starts spinnin' and your head hurts, There's cheap bourbon whiskey and pearl snap shirts.....Somehow matching Western shirts just scream "Both of ya'll need to git yer country thang on by wearing the same dad gum shirts!" Even without pearl snap buttons on those shirts, it looks like Kathy and friend are all ready for a night at the hootenanny! (1)

Yep, "be pardners in saddlebacks" I guess spelling it as "pardners" instead "partners" makes it all seem so authentically "western". However, I'm not sure about these pants, maybe if you're going for that hip new western look perhaps, .....perhaps not.

Here is a clear violation of the "denim-on-denim" rule. (2) And not only that, it is the same shade of denim-on-denim. This definitely is a fashion faux pas - here committed by these "Urban Cowboy" newbies!

I've been looking for love in all the wrong places....Okay that is almost TOO easy of a song reference for this post. However, that purdy gal looking back (oblivious to her partner) while tipping her hat seductively kinda brings back memories of the many nights I wasted my youth in the local honky tonks! Ahh the memories - and those clothes, well those don't really bring back any memories. They're about as "Urban Cowboy" as you can get!

When you see them purdy little country queens. Man you gotta admit that it's in them jeans (or is it spelled genes, get it?)....Those shirts are western style, but the white jeans?? That's SO 70s.

This couple definitely looks the part! Perfectly attired in matching slacks, the guy sports a never-seen-a-real-farm cowboy hat while the gal has the obligatory Indian bead handbag. It looks like they just stepped out of the ranch home, or more likely, the ranch style suburbian house. And those shirts have "pearlized" buttons. Hey there pardners, they are either genuine pearl snaps or not! dabnabit!!

So how did the big dance competition at the hootenanny turn out?

I don't know if any of these couples won the dance competition, but they all placed in the "Mixing 70s Disco with Western Wear" category!

Now how did the 70s cowboys and cowgirls accessorize their His 'N Her Western couples fashions?

Oh my, is that couple sporting the real Urban Cowboy look or what? Hey this isn't Halloween (well it almost is). And what self respectin', root n' tootin, real hombre of a cowpoke would be caught dead with a....LEATHER PURSE?!?!?!? Oh wait, I forgot. It's not a purse, it's "European".

footnotes:

(1) If you knew what a "hootenanny" was without looking it up, then congrats. You must be a real cowboy or cowgirl. Now if you've actually been at a hootenanny, well I have no words....

(2) The "denim-on-denim" rule is that one must not wear two articles of denim at the same time - especially denim shirt and jeans. The only exceptions are: you're a real cowboy in the act of doing real cowboy things (like roping calves), or you're John Wayne.

Okay, okay, Dottie doesn't have a name that begins with a hard K sound (like the original foursome: Kathy, Kay, Kare, and Colleen) but we are going to be branching out and doing specials on some of the other popular catalog models fo the 70s this year.

So first up is Dottie!

Elegance is the word that best sums up Dottie's modeling style. She was a very popular catalog model in the 70s, and often appeared in the women's section modeling some of the higher end fashions (at least higher end for mail order catalogs) for ladies like here. She had that certain look that just seemed to go with that genre of fashion.

Dottie was a finalist in 1968 Model of the Year competition held by The Stewart Agency. As you may recall, Kathy was also one of the 16 finalists in that same competition. Her bio, shown here from Seventeen Magazine, gives us a little bit of info. It states that she did some television commercials, so she must have done some modeling before 1968.

Like so many of the other models, Dottie appeared in numerous print ads. This one isn't so great. However, I do have a positive ID that is her in the pic.

A much, much better ad featuring Dottie from Revlon.

Another Revlon ad. Very Nice!

And, of course, she made numerous appearances in magazines too. With a smile like that, you can see why!

Like I previously mentioned, Dottie's catalog modeling career had a different emphasis that the other K Clubbers. She was often featured in the Women's section as opposed to the Juniors section. Elegant was indeed the word to describe her look.

Dottie in some super sexy 70s sleepwear with Karen (Colleen and Joanne make an appearance also).

Oh, this cannot be good! I've warned those guys in the Production Department about politically sensitive material! I apologize to anyone offended. I promise that heads will roll over this! (1)

Nevertheless, as a historical blogger, I must cover all the fashion happenings of that era. Regardless of how you feel on the subject, you have to admit that social norms have changed quite a bit. Some things that were frowned upon back then are not now. And others - such as wearing fur - will get you assulted today! (2)

That's a little better! No one should be offended here. Sorry for the poor scan quality - had a hard time getting the page to lay flat without damaging the catalog spine.

Wow, that's quite a gold medallion there! I thought the guys were the only ones with the gold chains?

Now that's a 70s style caftan for sure! With that crazy pattern, I'm not sure how one is supposed to sleep in that thing. Oh wait I forgot, this was the 70s, nobody did much sleeping anyway.

Well, I wish that I could give you an update on Dottie, but I really don't have any info or pics of her after about 1978. If anyone out there has any info they would like to share, I'm sure that many of our readers would be interested. After all, she was one of the more popular and successful catalog models of the 70s!

footnotes:

(1) This makes TWO weeks in a row that we've had an issue with the Production Department! As some of you may have noticed, last week we got the title misspelled (Westerward?). It should have been Westward. And now this! I'm telling you, those guys in Production are skating on thin ice now for sure!

(2) You may want to check out the price tag on that fox coat that Dottie is sporting - $499!! Nobody said that being politically incorrect was cheap!

K Club Special Part 2 - Karen Bruun

That's So 70s: Let's Get Into Physical!

70s Summer Wear Showdown: Sears vs. JCP

That's So 70s: Fashion as Couples Therapy - Part 3!

What to Expect When You're Expecting - Part 2

Body Suits / Body Shirts / Whatever - Part 3

Let It Rain!

K Club Special Part 3 - Colleen Corby

Sizzlin' Sears Swimsuits - Part 4, Print Ads - Part 3

Random Weirdness: 70s Fall Fashion Fun - Part 1!

Hot Pants - Still Kicky (Part 2)

Is That Kathy?

The Year in Review

K Club Special Part 4 - Kathy Loghry!

That's So 70s: Jaunty Jumpsuits - Part 2!

Random Weirdness: The Magic Man

Crazy Catalog Stuff - Part 2: Pimp My Pad

Lovely Loungewear - Part 1

Westerward Ho! Fashion as Couples Therapy Part 4!

K Club Special Part 5 - Dottie Harris