Mahdavi recently let us sort through several boxes of official tourism slides taken in Iran during the 1960s and 70s — and we've reproduced two dozen of our favorites in the gallery above. Some of the ...

"It's a nostalgic joy ride back to the '70s and '80s era of Jell-o everything, yellow dye #5, BHT, preservatives and margarine-laced!" she tells us. We begin by asking Torti what it was like ...

Looking back at the most innovative styles from the '70s—many of the photos below are from editorial shoots, and are representative of cutting-edge trends at the time—it's clear how modern ...