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What is old school fashion? Its ingredients The media was the spark that lit the fire that
are that of fashions from the 1970s through brought this revival. But where is the fuel? I
1980s. Our fashion conscious young adults suppose the truth of the matter would be
and teens are the source for bringing back that some of us like the old school fashion. It
Old School Fashion. We all can remember helps us reconnect with a past which was
the top hats and numerous petticoats era of not nearly as complicated. I believe this to be
our past and you can be assured that Fashion THE reason why it continues to resurface
Trends have definitely come a long way. because each time it does we find that we
Some you might say “thank goodness” for actually liked it. As this happens it becomes
that and yet others would say bring our quite popular and even sexy.
history of fashions back for another run.
Let’s face it; old school fashion was designed
While fashions of today are definitely more to show off the human body. Everything
of a combination of function while pleasing was fitted, shirts, pants, not to mention cool
to the eye, some would think it’s due to patterns and designs and fabrics, these are
progress made in the area of fashion, and the trademarks of our past, a past which
would not dare look back to our past. Reality young people of today have not experi-
has a way of denying what we all think. But enced. Most of us think old school fashion to
whether you are pleased to see it happen or be very cool, especially with today’s technol-
otherwise, we will be and are experiencing a ogy and comfortable fabrics, these designs
revival of the popular fashion styles from can showy and casual at the same time.
our past. And so you see, Old School Fashion
has a way of coming back. Now Old school You still ask; why is old school fashion
fashion is not merely clothing but also it is coming back? Some of us would say we are
apparent in our accessories and even our merely trying to claim a past that never
hairstyles (we all remember the beehive or really existed for us. Others would say
you may remember it as the B-52). It is also they are trying to extract the best things
evident in the attitude of our youth. Okay, out of the past. I suppose it is inherent that
okay the big question is why? Why is old “Come to think of it old school fashion was brought into today
school fashion coming back? because we never really brought all the
I also found myself thinking about the Old School Fashion is bad memories with it. So Old school
beauty regimen of these decades, and even portrayed in our fashion’s existence is either due to
grasping the beautiful past or it is simply a
realizing that it's so fantastically accessible.
Although I love '20s fashion, too, not choice of automobiles shrewd metaphor for selective amnesia.
One thing for sure is you will find yourself
everyone can pull off a bob, and you can't facing that question yourselves.
wear sequin dresses all over the place. The but we won’t touch on
beauty and fashion of the '50s and '60s, I've always been obsessed with the trends
however, has a simplicity to it. It's not hard that this go around.” of these two decades without ever
or time consuming to put on some eyeliner stopping to think why that is. Sure, my
and red lipstick. Curling your hair isn't that dad was absolutely enamored with
difficult, either, if you have some good hot Marilyn and Bettie, and so I always had
rollers or are skilled with an iron. And it's the that influence. But I like to think I formu-
kind of makeup and hair you can rock late my own opinions and tastes on things
everywhere no matter the occasion. based on who I am and not solely on what
There are numerous reasons why we all play my parents liked when I was a kid.
our part in bringing back old school fashion. I definitely love the pinup, vintage look,
I suppose mostly it is the fascination with but because it seems everyone likes it
our past. And what’s more it all started with too all of a sudden, I've finally stopped
television. Perhaps what you don’t know is to think what it is about these particular
that those of you that are fascinated with our decades that so attracts people.
past are the same people that grew up watch- As for the clothes, I just can't imagine pinup
ing reruns of old shows such as Happy Days dresses looking bad on anyone. They hug
for instance. And those of us (You know your boobs and your waist in the most flatter-
who we are) also enjoy watching That 70’s ing of ways. They have a softness to them
Show. There is something nostalgic about that isn't too girly, and they're just fun. And
those shows that just send us back to that they're all about flattering the curves. As
era. We’ve been shown so much old school Grimshaw-Mitchell told me about why she
fashion; let’s face it-it’s in our media, so loves the classic styles, "I suit more
movies, old TV and even at the cinema. tailored looks and I love the ladylike feel to
We all remember watching shows like vintage!" It's a common thread.
Starsky and Hutch and Charlie’s Angels.
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