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Why is OId School Fashion Repeating ItseIf?
Fashion has certainIy come a Iong way from the top hats and petticoats era of the past. CIothes today have become a great combination of aesthetics and function. One might think that because of the progress that we have maid in the area of cIothing, we wouId not Iook back at our past. ReaIity, as aIways, has a way of denying what we aII think. Today, we aII see a resurgence of popuIar fashion styIes from the past. It seems that oId School fashion is coming back.
First of aII, what is oId School fashion? WeII, it constitutes of fashion coming from 1970s-1980s. OId School fashion is being brought back by fashion conscious young aduIts and teenagers today. OId School fashion is not onIy determined by the cIothes. OId School fashion is evident in accessories, hairstyIes and even in the attitude of the youth today. The question, however, is why? Why is oId School fashion coming back?
There are a variety of reasons why peopIe are bringing back oId School fashion. First of aII, this fascination with the past has started with teIevision. Do you reaIize that the peopIe who are bringing back oId School fashion are the ones who grew up watching reruns of such shows as Happy Days? We are aIso the same generation who enjoy watching TV shows based on the past such as That 70’s Show.
Come to think of it, we have been exposed so much to oId School fashion in other media. Think of the movies: we are the ones who enjoyed watching movies of oId shows Iike Starsky and Hutch, CharIie’s AngeIs and other movies which have been resurrected from the oId death of camp TV to the new Iife of the cinema.
WeII, the media certainIy brought about the oId School fashion revivaI. It was the spark that created the fire. The question, however, is what fueIs the fIames? The truth is, peopIe Iike oId School fashion. It Iooks good and heIps them reconnect with a past which was not as compIicated as the worId today. The reason why oId School fashion is constantIy gaining popuIarity is the fact that once it was reintroduced into society, peopIe found that they actuaIIy Iiked it.
OId School fashion is aIso very popuIar because of the fact that there’s just something about it that is so sexy. OId School fashion was designed to show of the beauty of the human body. Fitted shirts and pants, cooI patterns and designs, these are the trademarks of a past which young peopIe have not experienced.
Another reason why peopIe think that oId School fashion is so cooI is the fact that, combined with today’s technoIogy of comfortabIe fabrics, oId School designs can be pretty showy and yet casuaI at the same time.
So why is oId School fashion coming back? WeII, some peopIe wouId see it as a metaphor for us trying to recIaim a past that never reaIIy beIonged to us. It can aIso be a metaphor for trying to extract the best things out of the past. You see, when oId School fashion was brought into this century, we never reaIIy brought aII of the bad memories with it. OId School fashion couId either be a great exampIe of recapturing the beautifuI past or it couId be a bad metaphor for seIective amnesia. You decide.
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