Because to get it right, you have to either get lucky with vintage finds or you have to make it yourself and it’s genuinely hard to truly recreate old mass produced stuff. Patterns for the clothes are easy to find but who’s manufacturing fabrics like that hideous green/gold plaid in the the last photo now? The fabrics of the 70s were different than what’s available today, both in print and in texture. You can’t just make a pair of tights like that as a one off, so you look for something close. Shoes are so very often wrong, because are you really going to try to spend money and time making a pair of shoes that look exactly like something I bought in 1976 for $16 or are you going to try to find a modern pair of chunky platform sandals that looks close?
Plus, no one really wants accuracy in movies about the past. They want something that looks different and close to history, but also appeals to the current aesthetic. That usually explains the differences in hair and makeup (especially eyebrows, which usually conform to current fashion). It’s more subtle than that thing where pioneer women have no body hair in Westerns, but it’s the same principle.
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