à la mode

 I think I was born in the wrong decade. 

I'm in love with the fashion, the photographs and beauty of the 1930s & 40s.

Thats why I will always fall in love with movies and the vintage clothing from those years (I also have a sliight love of guys in suits...)

Have you ever asked yourself what the iconic ‘look’ of today is? What we’ll be wearing in 30 years when we are attending dress up parties, the theme, ’20 hundreds?’ Fashion trends used to last a decade, now they merely last a season and you’re left with thinking that if you don’t get every issue of Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar, you will be left behind with last month’s trend, that is till it rolls back around in 10 years or so.  Fashion trends from previous decades have been pulled back into stores, being the ‘must-have’ items of now. The ‘cloche’ and ‘fedora’ hats, iconic from the 1920s era, are constantly making an appearance in stores and on the runway. Similarly, bright colours and prints, a new trend in the 1970s, have also made a comeback. One-piece swimsuits have also re-appeared, being snatched off shelves as quickly as the iPad 2.

The Fashion industry has certainly been shaken up with the likes of Lady Gaga and her personal style, a kind of rebellion against the norms of accepted fashion, to change the fashion world forever. This type of ‘out there fashion’ has not been successfully recognised since the likes of Madonna and her iconic cone bra in the 1980s. 

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