1985 British sitcom 'Full House'. Suzi Jerome wearing a long shiny black PVC mac.

[rothbhoy]

Great find, don't remember the series, but remember that style of mac, made from PU my girlfriend had one !

Cheers Ali! Yes, I remember that style of mac too. I'm pretty sure you could buy them at C&A stores in the mid-eighties.

C&A oh how wonderful they were from the 60’s to the late 80’s I think when they closed as a steady source of fashionable plastic macs. I returned to the UK in 1978 to find that translucent hooded macs were everywhere, both jelly jackets and full length cats. I have a Sunday Times Colour Supplement which reviewed fashion highlights over a number of years,and, it showed a lovely woman in a stunning translucent Mac as the sensation for that year. In 1985, my wife and I were shopping in the Southampton C&A where she saw a big rack of wonderful pastel coloured macs, and ( I have to admit with some encouragement from me) she bought a green one, which incidentally had a wonderful effect on our nights. I can’t remember ever seeing black macs, and I admit to visiting their rainwear racks as frequently as I could.

I’m away from home at the mo, but I will scan and post the Times article when I am next back.

Yeah Priscilla - C&A really was 'Paradise on Earth' then - LOVED IT!

[Priscilla]

Okay, I am now home, and as I promised, here is the "article" that appeared in the Sunday Times Special 25 Anniversary edition on 21 February 1987, when lovely soft plastic macs were still available, if not at C&A any longer. Indeed there were two articles under the heading "The Way we Wore", one for 1969 showing the red mac, and my favourite for 1976. I was out of the country from 1975 till 1978, so missed the start, but came back to a veritable feast, with plastic macs sold , and more importantly worn EVERYWHERE. Wonderful days

https://ibb.co/DWs3sgm

https://ibb.co/WkSzCqy

[rothbhoy]

Okay, I am now home, and as I promised, here is the "article" that appeared in the Sunday Times Special 25 Anniversary edition on 21 February 1987, when lovely soft plastic macs were still available, if not at C&A any longer. Indeed there were two articles under the heading "The Way we Wore", one for 1969 showing the red mac, and my favourite for 1976. I was out of the country from 1975 till 1978, so missed the start, but came back to a veritable feast, with plastic macs sold , and more importantly worn EVERYWHERE. Wonderful days

https://ibb.co/DWs3sgm

https://ibb.co/WkSzCqy

Cheers for the articles/pics Priscilla. Very interesting - thanks so much for posting them. They were indeed WONDERFUL days!

[rothbhoy]

Okay, I am now home, and as I promised, here is the "article" that appeared in the Sunday Times Special 25 Anniversary edition on 21 February 1987, when lovely soft plastic macs were still available, if not at C&A any longer. Indeed there were two articles under the heading "The Way we Wore", one for 1969 showing the red mac, and my favourite for 1976. I was out of the country from 1975 till 1978, so missed the start, but came back to a veritable feast, with plastic macs sold , and more importantly worn EVERYWHERE. Wonderful days

https://ibb.co/DWs3sgm

https://ibb.co/WkSzCqy

Mm! Sunday Times (1987). Not a paper I bought regularly I must say but I'm sure I've seen that photo elsewhere - maybe someone uploaded it to Pinterest of Flickr. Well, whatever - it's a GREAT pic!

[raincoatgirl23]

Okay, I am now home, and as I promised, here is the "article" that appeared in the Sunday Times Special 25 Anniversary edition on 21 February 1987, when lovely soft plastic macs were still available, if not at C&A any longer. Indeed there were two articles under the heading "The Way we Wore", one for 1969 showing the red mac, and my favourite for 1976. I was out of the country from 1975 till 1978, so missed the start, but came back to a veritable feast, with plastic macs sold , and more importantly worn EVERYWHERE. Wonderful days

https://ibb.co/DWs3sgm

https://ibb.co/WkSzCqy

thanks i love it

[rothbhoy]

Okay, I am now home, and as I promised, here is the "article" that appeared in the Sunday Times Special 25 Anniversary edition on 21 February 1987, when lovely soft plastic macs were still available, if not at C&A any longer. Indeed there were two articles under the heading "The Way we Wore", one for 1969 showing the red mac, and my favourite for 1976. I was out of the country from 1975 till 1978, so missed the start, but came back to a veritable feast, with plastic macs sold , and more importantly worn EVERYWHERE. Wonderful days

https://ibb.co/DWs3sgm

https://ibb.co/WkSzCqy

thanks i love it

Cheers Raincoatgirl. Yeah, it's a really nice clip - love it too!