Retro Look - Current Fashion

[Linn]

Following up on the Old Navy Maxi dress, I've noticed that a lot of clothing in the stores right now is "Retro" inspired. I found this '50's look Calvin Klein this week - at Ross! :

Here it is in a solid color from Macy's:

It's a looser fit and longer on me - but still reminds me of a dress I might have owned some time ago!

Linn

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

that's a cute dress! I like the print.

Nicole

 

[joules]

I've noticed too Linn, and I'm loving it as a trend.
I'll always be a teenager at heart, and I just bought a number of pieces from Charlotte Ronson's junior line for JC Penney, which has quite a bit of retro appeal (for me it does, anyway), yet updated.

That's a really nice dress!

 

[MyVintageCocktail]

Yes, Linn, I was "window" shopping in Ross the other day, and noticed several retro-look pieces. There was a shirtwaist dress by Anne Klein that I loved and which looked very 50s inspired.

I just listed a Talbot's vintie-inspired shirtwaist on eBay last night...

 

[Jonathan]

I was walking through the 'Bay' (Canadian department store -- well not anymore - Lord and Taylor bought them out last year... so its now an American department store IN Canada) and the impression I got walking through the women's department was that I was in a vintage clothing store - all the pieces looked like they were direct rip-offs of some vintage piece that someone copied for modern retail: late 60s rain coats, 80s belts, early 70s tops and blouses, late 70s wrap around dresses, mid 60s suit jackets, late 50s cocktail dresses... EVERYTHING looked like it was copied line for line from an original piece of vintage clothing. THe colour palette was the only thing that looked altered from the original.

 

[Coutureallure]

Can you imagine the confusion this will cause in 25 years? Think about all those young wannabe vintage dealers who will be selling stuff from the 2000-2009 as much older vintage because modern designers can't come up with their own spin on things. Ralph Lauren has been copying right out of the 30's for several years now.