Really Retro Fashion...

[3113]

Seems like the more we move into the 21st century--with futuristic technology, medicine, etc.--the more retro we get in fashion. A few years back it was the Mad Man craze with early 60's fashions. Now fashion is jumping back almost forty more years from that. From here:

If the twentysomething guy from the mailroom, your waiter at Mozza and hipster music moguls all seem to be sporting the same haircut -- trimmed buzz-cut short on the sides, left long on the top and swept back from the forehead -- it's not your imagination. It's "Boardwalk Empire." Or, more precisely, it’s a throwback haircut from Prohibition-era America...

http://outspokennyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/images-121x150.jpg

And it's not just haircuts. Between "The Artist," "Hugo" and "Boardwalk Empire" suits for men and dresses for women are all into prohibition, i.e. the years when America outlawed liquor--be it silent flapper years or the early depression years of that time:

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/5x/hbz-greatgatsby-Marc-Jacobs-ss12-091711-de.jpghttp://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/kC/hbz-greatgatsby-Tory-Burch-ss12-091711-de.jpghttp://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/42/hbz-greatgatsby-Derek-Lam-01-ss12-091711-de.jpg

Last time fashion was into this era was back in 1967....

http://www.veto.be/jg26/veto2630/terrasfilms1.jpg

Do we expect to see tommy guns and flasks? Analysis? Thoughts?

 

[OzoneRed]

I wonder how far this trend is going to be carried

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/OzoneRed/MV5BMjAzMDUzODY3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzg5MTUyMQ__V1__SY317_CR40214317_.jpg

 

[TE999]

Prohibition era fashions, huh? Could it be some sorta silent protest against laws prohibiting 'wacky tobaccy' or because fashion designers have temporarily run out of ideas.

 

[3113]

Prohibition era fashions, huh? Could it be some sorta silent protest against laws prohibiting 'wacky tobaccy'

Certainly a more forceful way to protest for marijuana legalization. "Make it legal or we'll go Al Capone on your ass!"

 

[3113]

I wonder how far this trend is going to be carried

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/OzoneRed/MV5BMjAzMDUzODY3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzg5MTUyMQ__V1__SY317_CR40214317_.jpg

Funny you should mention that! Apparently there is an "out-of-Africa" look that is in vogue among designers (no telling if it's going to be picked up by the public yet like the Prohibition era is being picked up).

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/pl/hbz-outofafrica-Kors-ss12-091711-de.jpghttp://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/96/hbz-outofafrica-Donna-Karan-SS12-091711-de.jpg

Maybe I need to think about using the tommy gun to hunt down sabertooths?

 

[TE999]

Funny you should mention that! Apparently there is an "out-of-Africa" look that is in vogue among designers (no telling if it's going to be picked up by the public yet like the Prohibition era is being picked up).

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/pl/hbz-outofafrica-Kors-ss12-091711-de.jpghttp://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/96/hbz-outofafrica-Donna-Karan-SS12-091711-de.jpg

Maybe I need to think about using the tommy gun to hunt down sabertooths?

That would work, but the hides would be perforated.

The model on the left looks like she stepped out of a 'Sheena:Queen of the Jungle' comic book.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

The thirties and forties are generally recognized as the Golden Age of men's fashion and clothing from that era brings pretty fair change in the vintage clothing circles.

And may I point out that fedoras are a growing accessory? Those who keep moaning "why don't men wear hats any more?" obviously didn't look at the last two year's Pitti Internazionale, the most important menswear show on Earth. Yes, that's right, it's in Italy. Men do not wear the travesties put out by fashion designers in France. For mens wear the places are, in order, London, Milan and Hong Kong. Paris ranks somewhere below Lima, Peru, or possibly Pyongyang.

 

[3113]

The model on the left looks like she stepped out of a 'Sheena:Queen of the Jungle' comic book.

Has to be for Sheena. No other woman would wear a safari jacket with their leopard print bathing suit.

 

[Handley_Page]

The thirties and forties are generally recognized as the Golden Age of men's fashion and clothing from that era brings pretty fair change in the vintage clothing circles.

And may I point out that fedoras are a growing accessory? Those who keep moaning "why don't men wear hats any more?" obviously didn't look at the last two year's Pitti Internazionale, the most important menswear show on Earth. Yes, that's right, it's in Italy. Men do not wear the travesties put out by fashion designers in France. For menswear the places are, in order, London, Milan and Hong Kong. Paris ranks somewhere below Lima, Peru, or possibly Pyongyang.

Justifiably.
I'd better not go any further; I'll upset someone by my comments.

And as to that young man image in the first frame, I do wish whoever had organised his tie had first learned what sort of tie goes with the collar. . . .

 

[mynameisben]

I don't think there's much chance of seeing tommy guns as retro fashion accessories (although I think that would be really cool). The day-glo orange muzzles mandated by law would clash with virtually any period ensemble.

 

[TE999]

I don't think there's much chance of seeing tommy guns as retro fashion accessories (although I think that would be really cool). The day-glo orange muzzles mandated by law would clash with virtually any period ensemble.

Wuzzat for? Sounds like a Safety Cone that spits .45 cal slugs.

 

[3113]

And may I point out that fedoras are a growing accessory? Those who keep moaning "why don't men wear hats any more?" obviously didn't look at the last two year's Pitti Internazionale

But let's face it, men's hats are never going to be as ubiquitous as they were in the days when hat racks were everywhere so that men could store away their toppers while, say, on a train ride.

Still, I'll be happy enough to see men's hats come back if someone starts teaching classes in the rules behind wearing such hats

 

[voluptuary_manque]

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/


We know hats!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Justifiably.
I'd better not go any further; I'll upset someone by my comments.

And as to that young man image in the first frame, I do wish whoever had organised his tie had first learned what sort of tie goes with the collar. . . .

A simple fore-in-hand with a spread collar? On a very slim neck? Ewwww . . .

 

[Handley_Page]

A simple fore-in-hand with a spread collar? On a very slim neck? Ewwww . . .

quite.
I fancy one of those "Fedora Lounge" coffee mug.
Don't fancy opening a new account just for a mug though.

Take a peek at this outfitter

http://www.hatsandcaps.co.uk/cid/5YNXY3USPSU7VUR419GXIUGFC44K5V26/Mens-Hats-Cmens_hats/
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