Decade: 1970s

It was the decade that taste forgot-- and judging from the widespread popularity of elephant bellbottoms, afros, wide lapel collars, and leisure suits-- most people would agree.

You'd think that with such a tacky decade, advertising would be equally kitschy. On the contrary, advertising hit a highpoint. Whether a reflection of the more free-wheeling times or a result of everyone smoking pot, ads in the '70s were often creative, interesting, witty and above all, fun. It would be the last time advertising would ever let loose again.