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How To Achieve The Retro Look

Looking at old photographs of people taken in bygone decades can be a great source of inspiration for finding retro clothes that still look good today. Of course every era is not without its fashion howlers – certain trends are best left forgotten – but some items of vintage clothing still endure as classics for today. Retro pieces can sell for a lot of money on internet auction sites and in vintage clothes shops; other items from the past get reinvented with a more modern look to suit today’s fashion conscious person.

Blue jeans and black leather jackets that first appeared on the fashion scene in the 1950s are two enduring style classics from the era that still look cool today. These were made poplar by screen idols like James Dean and Marlon Brando in his film The Wild One; singer Elvis Presley also made the look popular. This look is easy to recreate without the need for scouring vintage resources, as the style is so effortlessly classic it has stood the test of time.

Men’s suits became slimmer and cooler looking with the birth of the Mod movement in the early 1960s. Jackets, trousers, shirt collars and ties all became narrower and this sharp suited and booted look still endures today. Before the 1960s the rule was that a shirt was worn under a blazer but the Beatnik movement saw men wearing black turtleneck jumpers under their blazers – another look that still stands the test of time. However in the latter part of the 60s the hippie movement spawned a whole new look of velvet bell bottomed trousers teamed with kaftans and ponchos – a look that is perhaps best left in the past!

The 70s is often described as the decade best left forgotten by fashion and to be honest it is hard to find items from this decade that have endured as well as those from other decades. In the 1980s the simple jeans and white t-shirt look from the fifties made a comeback helped by fashion designer Calvin Klein. And 501 jeans once again becoming popular fuelled by an ultra cool advertising campaign. Trainers or sneakers were really popular in the 1980s with the emergence of the Hip Hop music scene and many of these styles have either been reproduced for modern times or are much coveted as original vintage items of footwear.

Sportswear and particularly trainers continued to be popular in the early 1990s influenced by both the Hip Hop music scene and the dance/clubbing scene. Trainers from this era will still fetch good money when sold as vintage with the Nike brand being particularly popular at this time. The grunge music scene also influenced fashion and the flannel, plaid shirts, ripped jeans and big boots from this time still endure as a cool look for the aspiring rockers of today.

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