Channeling 1960

An old boyfriend from college sent me this picture in the mail the other day.  How strange it has been that in the past few months all of these people that I haven't had any contact with for decades are showing up in my life again, even though not a one of them even lives within several hundred miles of me. 

I don't remember when this picture was taken (I swear my memory has an many holes in it these days as a cheese grater) but, from the setting, the costume and my age when the picture was taken, I suspect it was for a New Year's Eve costume party circa 1977 or 1978.  I don't remember the picture being taken, but I do remember the skirt, blouse, belt and shoes as things from my closet in those days.  The purse was borrowed.  I honestly don't remember anything about that amazing hat, the thing that really cliches the outfit.  When I first saw the picture, I felt like I was looking at an audition pic for the first season of Mad Men, which is set in 1960.