Known as the fashion symbol for the hippies, these pants surprisingly originated from Navy uniforms. They were then famously worn by folks like Sonny and Cher and even Elvis Presley and became the trademark jeans of the 60s and 70s.
Young boomers loved their bellbottoms, especially when they were paired with beautiful suede or leather boots. That was peak coolness.
Eating Swanson TV Dinners
While these do technically still exist, they are in no way the family fixture they were back in the day. The first Swanson-brand TV dinners were actually created because of a surplus of turkey. The meat, mash, and sweet potato combo was a hit for new working moms.
Families would gather around their state of the art chunky color TVs and dig into the instant meal. It was a staple of the working to middle-class American family.
Getting Mail Twice a Day
For the older boomers, this might be a distant memory, but a memory nonetheless! According to the USPS, mail carriers would actually deliver mail and packages up to twice a day to all residential homes. This happened until about 1950.
The fact that we can now get hundreds of emails every day is kind of crazy too.
Barbie Dolls Dominated
The Barbie doll entered the world during the sixties and, as we know it, became an instant sensation. By the year 1965, sales were valued at $100,000,000. It all happened because creator Ruth Handler witnessed her daughter playing with paper dolls.
Handler named the doll after her beloved daughter, and thus, the phenomenon was created, bringing joys to millions of girls (and boys) around the globe.
Afros Everywhere
The bigger, the better. Back then, that was the look of choice, and if you had curly or thicker hair, then you were in luck. Men and women were walking around town, all sporting their best and wildest afro their hair could muster.
Think of it as today's undercut or man bun. You were simply nobody if you didn't have a thick and puffy afro.