Fashions Come and Go and Come Again
0 Comments Published by CMV on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 6:17 AM.
By Christina VanGinkel
We have all heard the old adage that everything old is new again. I never believed this until bell bottoms came back into style a few years ago, and I now realize how naive I was to think that this just was not true. Nearly any style that is on the clothing racks in stores today can be somehow traced back to styles that were vogue long ago.
What drives us as people to keep turning the clocks backwards when it comes to fashion? I think on some level it is that we are trying to reclaim our youth. If not directly in the clothing we wear, then through the clothing our children wear. We may also be looking to recreate parts of our lives to reflect a quieter time in history altogether. Consider the retro style clothing that is so popular. It actually brings reminiscing about style back to the early 1920's. On the other hand, is it possible that designers from days gone by did such a great job, that there really is no need to create brand new? No, not at all, as new designers will always be creating new styles and designs, and building on the well grounded designs from past times. However, you will also have your fashion aficionados who just recognize a good thing and keep putting the old out as new.
As a mother and grandmother, I do find it a bit ironic that the clothing my grandson wears is oftentimes decorated with many of the same characters that have been popular on and off for decades now, including the likes of Spiderman, Batman, and anything and everything Star Wars. It is as if our generation of current adults is stuck in a time warp when it comes to children's clothing as well as our own.
Is there anything wrong with any of this? I would vehemently answer definitely not. Why should we be looking to create new, new, new of everything, when there is nothing wrong or bad about the old or already done. Fashion is such a personal thing anyways, that an outfit on one person is viewed very different on the next person in line.
Take those bell-bottoms for instance. No matter how much I would like to turn the clocks backwards every now and then, I have to remind myself that did not look good in them in the sixties and I still do not look good in them now!
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