Comments on: Revisiting trends we’ve worn before http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/ Look fab, feel fabulous. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:15:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fringe trend: Slouchy 80’s inspired trousers | youlookfab http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-56087 Fringe trend: Slouchy 80’s inspired trousers | youlookfab Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:49:48 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-56087 [...] trouser has been an integral part of haute couture collections for the last year. Very 80’s. The revived silhouette trickled down to a few high fashion chain stores, but it’s by no means a mainstream [...] [...] trouser has been an integral part of haute couture collections for the last year. Very 80’s. The revived silhouette trickled down to a few high fashion chain stores, but it’s by no means a mainstream [...]

]]> By: Not so fab neon | youlookfab http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-53583 Not so fab neon | youlookfab Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:58:50 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-53583 [...] enough neon clothing, footwear and jewelry as a teen in 1983 to last me a lifetime. So this is not a trend I’m revisiting. As much as I adore saturated bright colours, blindingly fluorescent items get my thumbs down [...] [...] enough neon clothing, footwear and jewelry as a teen in 1983 to last me a lifetime. So this is not a trend I’m revisiting. As much as I adore saturated bright colours, blindingly fluorescent items get my thumbs down [...]

]]> By: Angie http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-53151 Angie Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:15:37 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-53151 I really enjoyed everyone’s road down memory lane. Shiny, good question and I’ll devote a blog post to my thoughts on that one. Allie, you are spot on. We have seen watershed changes in fashion over the last three years and it all started with the resurgence of leggings and skinny jeans. It’s refreshing. SusanD, I’ll see what I can do. I’m warning you though! When I post my outfits in stirrup leggings they shan’t be everyone’s cup of tea :-) I really enjoyed everyone’s road down memory lane.

Shiny, good question and I’ll devote a blog post to my thoughts on that one.

Allie, you are spot on. We have seen watershed changes in fashion over the last three years and it all started with the resurgence of leggings and skinny jeans. It’s refreshing.

SusanD, I’ll see what I can do. I’m warning you though! When I post my outfits in stirrup leggings they shan’t be everyone’s cup of tea :-)

]]> By: Phoebe http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-53102 Phoebe Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:39:33 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-53102 Fashion is all about fun, isn´t it? So - the perfect way of expressing a little irony is revisiting trends you´ve already worn when you were young! A young girl wearing 80s fashion and a 40-year-old wearing 80s fashion: both do look fab, but the message is completely different: our generation wears the looks with a wink of the eye, with a certain seen-it-all-before-attitude: This time it´s all about the fun and the great memories we have: Look at us, fifteen years later and still looking fab!!! Fashion is all about fun, isn´t it? So – the perfect way of expressing a little irony is revisiting trends you´ve already worn when you were young!
A young girl wearing 80s fashion and a 40-year-old wearing 80s fashion: both do look fab, but the message is completely different: our generation wears the looks with a wink of the eye, with a certain seen-it-all-before-attitude:
This time it´s all about the fun and the great memories we have:
Look at us, fifteen years later and still looking fab!!!

]]> By: Meream http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-53025 Meream Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:01:42 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-53025 I can answer that in 20 years. But I've worn clothes these days that my mom has worn decades ago. :D I can answer that in 20 years. But I’ve worn clothes these days that my mom has worn decades ago. :D

]]> By: Wanderlusting http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-52980 Wanderlusting Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:22:25 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-52980 Well that's annoying - comment was TOTALLY EATEN! Anyway, what I was saying before the above comment was that I just touched on this briefly today in my blog: I wear what I like, whether it's passe, trendy or what have you. I like what I like, and if I still like old trends, of course I will where them...I probably never stopped. :) Well that’s annoying – comment was TOTALLY EATEN!

Anyway, what I was saying before the above comment was that I just touched on this briefly today in my blog: I wear what I like, whether it’s passe, trendy or what have you. I like what I like, and if I still like old trends, of course I will where them…I probably never stopped. :)

]]> By: Wanderlusting http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-52979 Wanderlusting Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:20:40 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-52979 Did my comment just get eaten? Anyway, I was going to add that there are SOME things that are trendy that you grow past, such as shiny polyester clubbing clothes...if you have evolved past the trend, then why would you wear it again? Did my comment just get eaten? Anyway, I was going to add that there are SOME things that are trendy that you grow past, such as shiny polyester clubbing clothes…if you have evolved past the trend, then why would you wear it again?

]]> By: cciele http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-52971 cciele Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:11:07 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-52971 I would totally wear some trends that I've worn before (leggings, stirrups, bellbottoms, boho), but avoid others. Our tastes change through time, so I can see incorporating whatever is "on trend" that works with our style--at that moment. shiny, you bring up an interesting point. I think our fashion ideals change through time, and whether a trend is "improved" or not is really up to the eye of the beholder. I would totally wear some trends that I’ve worn before (leggings, stirrups, bellbottoms, boho), but avoid others. Our tastes change through time, so I can see incorporating whatever is “on trend” that works with our style–at that moment.

shiny, you bring up an interesting point. I think our fashion ideals change through time, and whether a trend is “improved” or not is really up to the eye of the beholder.

]]> By: Sher http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-52969 Sher Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:07:19 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-52969 You know what I wish would come back again? The romantic poet blouse. It came back a short time with lace or floral versions. But I would like the simple cream or white blouse. fashionafterforty.blogspot.com You know what I wish would come back again? The romantic poet blouse. It came back a short time with lace or floral versions. But I would like the simple cream or white blouse.

fashionafterforty.blogspot.com

]]> By: Gina http://youlookfab.com/2009/06/05/revisiting-trends-we%e2%80%99ve-worn-before/comment-page-1/#comment-52965 Gina Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:51:38 +0000 http://www.youlookfab.com/?p=3582#comment-52965 I will totally do trends over again. If I loved them the first time around, I'll probably love them this time too! I was still a preteen when the 80's ended, so I didn't get to fully enjoy the 80's styles the first time. I love leggings with jackets! I love legwarmers coming out of boots over skinny jeans or with short shorts or skirts. I love the neon colors, although back them I'd wear multiple neon colors and/or neon head to toe, where as now, I would just wear one neon color at a time, and in much smaller doses per outfit. Even trends I didn't love the first time around, I'd try now. Partly b/c I am a bit more creative and experimental with fashion now than I was 10 years ago and I have more confidence to wear whatever interests me, and partly b/c I have a different body now than I did as a teen/preteen (obviously), so things that didn't work on me then, might look better now. I will totally do trends over again. If I loved them the first time around, I’ll probably love them this time too!

I was still a preteen when the 80’s ended, so I didn’t get to fully enjoy the 80’s styles the first time. I love leggings with jackets! I love legwarmers coming out of boots over skinny jeans or with short shorts or skirts. I love the neon colors, although back them I’d wear multiple neon colors and/or neon head to toe, where as now, I would just wear one neon color at a time, and in much smaller doses per outfit.

Even trends I didn’t love the first time around, I’d try now. Partly b/c I am a bit more creative and experimental with fashion now than I was 10 years ago and I have more confidence to wear whatever interests me, and partly b/c I have a different body now than I did as a teen/preteen (obviously), so things that didn’t work on me then, might look better now.

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