January 27, 2017
There were lots of trends I saw in New York last week, and one of them was a refit of the 80's - not those HUGE shoulder pads...this is a refit of the 80's. When we come back to a trend of the past it's always a new look.
When my generation did shoulder pads, we were inspired by those from the 40's
We thought these were the absolute end....but took it a different way.
The difference was the focus on the waist....the shoulder pad was to make the waist smaller and much more hourglass. The shoulder pads of the 40's weren't that focused on the waist.
The pants of the 1920's were horrifically daring.
But then so was the Le Smoking look from Yves St. Laurent who was accused of dressing women like men but the look led to the power suit era for women (and from a person point,I couldn't see the fuss cause I loved it at the time)
The truth is that when we come back to these styles, they are always reconfigured and reworked just enough that they are new.
The glitzy glamour of the 1920's in the 2013 The Great Gatsby movie were elegantly and opulently beaded and detailed with lots of ornamentation.
But when revisited in the 80's, the look was just as opulent, but completely different.
In it's own way this was just as opulent as the 20's, but you wouldn't ever mistake them for the same style at all.
The interesting thing is that all of these styles are making a comeback of sorts in today's fashion. The looser fuller leg in pans, the shoulder pad and the glitzier look. They are all coming into vogue again.
It's that they will be in a different way that how we saw it last. So get your beads, shoulder pads (no they don't have to be the ones for the defensive line in football), and the looser pant leg. And watch how these will peak into today's fashion.
I'll be watching!!!
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