How would you define the style of the 80's through to today?

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How would you define the style of the 80\'s through to today?

I would say retro. I would say that what comes around goes around. During this time period we resurrected the shoulder pads, bellbottoms(70's),ponchos(70's), gouchos(70's),peddle pushers or capris as they are called today(50's) ethnic (60's) now boho,power suits(40's). This has happened because designers are not designing for the comman man,except for Mizrachi. Most designers are copycats. So nothing is really new under the sun in the designs world.
 
Well, i look at the 90s and 2000's as a real "fin de siele/ciel" (don't know how to spell it, but a real "review" of the last century.

However, i do seperate the early to mid 80s from "present time" as it was truly, for me anyways, a distinct fashion style of its own. Sure, there were recycled elements like the "80s doing 50s" look, but i think that some of the couture styles and new wave styles were things onto themselves. (of course everything borrows from ever decade), but it was a very distinct look that is seperate and itself is now being recycled.

If you look back at any decade, everything has been borrowed just about aside from breaktrhoughs in new materials that make things possible. Platform shoes were in the 70s, in the 40s, but go back to even Shakespeare's day i believe. The "ethnic" look was very big now and in the 60s, but it was huge in the 1920s as well, and if you want to go farther back in time, the Romans were doing it....borrowing the exotic looks from different places their armies went and bringing it to the well turned out house wife or lady of society. so many styles we think are unoriginal these days, were not original to begin with. its the way they combine the elements, and it is just our invidual eyes noticing it more the more we learn about fashion and continue to learn about decades and centuries in the past. :)
 
One thing I have noticed is that street fashion hasn't altered in 15 years. People are still wearing tracksuit bottoms and junpers with hoods on them. I am surprised that this look has lasted so long considering todays throw away society where everything has to be new and trendy. Can an item be trendy after 15 years of use?
Just checked out Vogue and was very disappointed by the Fall Look. Very depressing and dour I thought. Not much that suited the models let alone people who eat more then one lettuce leaf a week. Womens clothing retail sales are way down and I think this is the fault of the shop buyers and designers. I haven't bought any new clothes since November when I bought a Wolford merino bodysuit.
Todays trousers have such a masculine cut that they make my butt look square LOL
Louise
 
I heard that it's really only the retailers that are making clothing that women can wear to work who are doing well. I used to shop at Fairweather & Reitmans for work clothes (don't know if they exist outside Canada) and last time I tried getting clothes there was enough to put me off those chains for life.

Deb
 
Another thing - recently I've been watching the Live Aid dvd's and getting reacquainted with the styles of the 80's. I actually really liked those styles - smart and casual at the same time.

Deb
 
Relaxed.

Compared with the 50's to mid-60's which required serious foundation garments to make everything even remotely wearable.

Even my DDs who have the body shape that most would kill for cannot wear even the most common 50's garments. Because even their rib cages are too large for what fits in the bust, waist, and hips. They have never worn a girdle or bodyshaper (although the new generation of these things is beginning to show up).

At this point, they refuse to suffer the constraints of undergarments which would allow wearing beautiful collectibles. The discomfort overrides the beauty.

Even the DD who is a dancer and always in bodyhugging attire refuses anything with boning and the heavy, heavy rubber of years past.

Relaxed.

Bren
 
How sad is this... I don't even remember the fashions of the 90s! Was there anything special about it? Did it have any memorable traits? For me, appearantly not!

I agree about the 80s fashion comments that Chris and Deb made. I pick up 80s stuff when I see something cool. It may not always sell now, but it will soon!

I did have an interesting moment at a thrift shop yesterday. I always go and check out the sewing patterns but this time when I got there, a woman was already going through them. I look at what she had and she was pulling out a bunch of very cool 50s and 60s patterns. I was miffed that she got there first but I commented to her how cool they where and she asked to see a dress I was carrying (which I'll post later!).

Anyway, after she was done pawing and pilfering I wandered back over to go through them myself. Naturally all the 50s and 60s were gone. I noticed she had left all the 70s patterns and at first I was disgusted and ready to walk away. But then I thought, No. Don't leave them. The 70s styles were just as fun and one day they will also be highly sought after - so I grabbed them all.

I may not sell them tomorrow, but one day people will be wanting them!

I felt comforted after that. Isn't that odd.

~Maureen
 
I agree that there was a lot of revivals but there were some newer trends, like the Japanese influences of Issey Miyake et al... also the Belgian influences of deconstructivism
 
You don't remember the "90s doing 70s" platform shoes, Maureen? and the hippie revival. (not the "rich desert boho" but hippie but maybe that was very late 80s into the 90s).

the other thing in the early 90s was black, black, black. 3/4 length jackets and miniskirts in the same suit, and boycuts for ladies.
 
90s - jeans with crotches down to the knees and big overshirts. Snow / skate board / hip hop wear. 80s stuff with the shoulder pads removed. That's all I can think of.

Deb
 
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