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Bring Back the Glamour. Top Story - May 2021.
Downton Abby did more than reawaken my love for tea time. It reminded me of how much I loved the fashions of the 1920’s. We called them the roaring 20’s, but why can’t the new century have its own “roaring 20’s”? We are, after all, we are living the 20’s…..just a century later.
By Patti Marrs Magill5 years ago in Styled
MULLET
On the back wall of the NU2U thrift store in Laramie, Wyoming, below a bull elk mount, was the most majestic effing thing I have ever seen. It was a black leather jacket with white sleeves and red stripes with a blue "USA" on each arm. On the back- an American flag. It was so high up on the wall that I was convinced it was not for sale. Not that I would blame the thrift store for not parting with such a work of art. Like a moth to flame, like drunks to Taco Bell, like democrats to free shit, I was hypnotized by the jacket. I floated to the wall. When I reached it my heart was pounding. There was a tag on it. So it was for sale, but at what cost? I assumed they would keep the price so high that buying it would be entirely unattainable without a bank loan. I conjured the courage to look at the price. It said "36-". I was shocked, confused, happy, then infuriated. Was that the jacket size? Was it the price tag but missing a zero or two? But no, it really was only 36 dollars. It didn't matter that it was two sizes too small. I had to have it. But I had to be worthy of it as well. That's when I knew I had to grow a mullet.
By Jay Robbins5 years ago in Styled
Fashion Time Capsule: Nostalgia I Didn’t Know Existed.
an example of 80s fashion. picture uploaded from Google Images. I was born in the late 90s (‘99 to be exact), but I never really experienced the 90s era, because mainly I would’ve been too young to mentally remember and also because I was born at the end of the decade. Growing up, I mostly saw fashion in the late 2000’s and 2010’s. I wore the matching tracksuits, merch from TV shows, and vests with jeans growing up. (whenever I wasn’t wearing the school uniform)
By Christina Brown5 years ago in Styled
Bring back the flappers
I believe the style of dress that should make a return is the "flapper". This frock was straight in style, light in fabric, and came with a bonus. There was no need to wear a corset with this fashion statement and that made it much easier to do dances such as the tango and the Charleston. I enjoy the old movies where a row of dancing girls is wearing flapper dresses, a feather in their hats, long bead, and are doing the Charleston. It looks like so much fun. The flapper dress is just right for women who enjoy being feminine and accessorizing.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Styled
OH THOSE 70’S
Take me back to the 70’s, the era of beads, flowers, free-love, hippy-dippy hippies and let us not forget free love. “Make love not war” was the rally cry against the war in Viet Nam where a lot of young men died needlessly for “the man”. Although the awareness of antiestablishment was raised and fashion made a statement or no statement back then, it didn’t really matter because everything was cool man. Dudes had long hair, fu Manchu mustaches and some beards were as long as Methuselah’s. Many of the chicks resembled California blondes, long straight locks hanging down their backs that swished across their heart-shaped derrieres with every step, even though many of them would have looked sensational in a tattered flour sack.
By Len Sherman5 years ago in Styled
Reality Bites for the Empire Records of Singles
The ‘90s were the epitome of nostalgia for me. I was in college, and I was starting my adult life while still having tons of fun. My friends and I would hang out, and we’d go to shows and concerts constantly. The music was incredible with the birth of grunge as well as some amazing hard rock bands. We were introduced to bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, and Mother Love Bone. Music festivals were everywhere, from Lollapalooza to the Warped Festival and the H.O.R.D.E. tour to OzzFest. Being out and about was what we were all about.
By Christy Eidson5 years ago in Styled
