https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:18:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look/page/2#post-997637 Sat, 03 Aug 2013 03:25:26 +0000 rae 997637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My retinas! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997627 Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:58:26 +0000 ManidipaM 997627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hedgiehog, nope. Sorry. Does not count as clown suit. Not without the pantaloons. ;-)</p> <p>Gaylene, my money is on bib necklaces, boyfriends and spiked toes worn with hectic pattern mixing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997623 Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:40:54 +0000 hedgiehog 997623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh goodness. I had a dress back in the 80's that had a top/collar like that. Lace and crochet monstrosity....and the fabric was big purple and green flowers. I actually wore it to work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997617 Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:22:08 +0000 Beth Ann 997617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh....I actually remember seeing this pattern in the pattern books in Neuwelt's Fabrics, probably in high school.&nbsp; I had a dress that was a little like this --- but I found this was too "out there" even for my Priness-Diana-loving self.&nbsp; Heck, that collar is like a napkin at a lobsterfest! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997455 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:28:15 +0000 Alexandra 997455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, too funny! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997451 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:25:33 +0000 rachylou 997451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Girl, you are on! </p> <p>How could I resist pine green, a black velvet collar, and white lace? </p> <p>Plus, if this romper doesn't qualify for circus fashion, I don't know what does... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997448 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:22:09 +0000 T-Rex 997448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes, I remember those. I called them "clown suits". My cousin and her young daughter even had matching ones. *shudder*</p> <p>This was a fashion craze that I truly never understood. At all. And if you happened to catch a comment I made in a recent thread, you will know&nbsp;I was rather fond of the Flashdance look. So it's not like I'm easy to scare or anything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997446 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:21:40 +0000 cobaltblue 997446@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene, yes, the spike shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997443 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:19:02 +0000 cobaltblue 997443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, rachy, I'll sew you one as long as you promise to wear it to work and post a WIW. We could do pine green with a black velvet collar and white lace! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997387 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:58:19 +0000 jayne 997387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have tears in y eyes, ha ha ha ROFL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997386 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:58:02 +0000 Gaylene 997386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not a stellar fashion moment from the 80s, I'm thinking. But I'm with Bagaline in wondering what will be making people shake their heads in 2043 when they look at our 2013 fashionable outfits? Huge platform stilletos with spikes? Enormous plastic "statement" necklaces? Half-tucks on everything? Crazy pattern matching? Giant handbags embellished with metal, tassels, and logos? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997335 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:51:48 +0000 Raisin 997335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Holy smokes! They can't be serious? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997333 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:50:04 +0000 rachylou 997333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, I don't remember such a thing. I mean, how would I ever be able to forget?</p> <p>But that is so awful, I sort of can't help but take it as a personal challenge. Where can I get one? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997302 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:55:41 +0000 AviaMariah 997302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never say never!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997209 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:21:48 +0000 ManidipaM 997209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diana, I fear I had the fraternal twin of your dress. It was a drop-waisted black and red kameez. The bows had ghungroos (miniature dancer's bells) attached. On a black yoke. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997126 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:00:50 +0000 Diana 997126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, I don't think I had a romper but I did have a dress like this, complete with drop waist and bubble skirt. Oh, and giant polka dotted Minnie mouse bows down the front. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997118 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:45:38 +0000 Transcona Shannon 997118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE this thread Manidipa :)</p> <p>Ornella and Bagaline - LOL!!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997076 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:42:51 +0000 Bagaline 997076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>. . . and in 30 years, something that we wear today will be seen as ridiculous and ugly as that romper! Bit frightening in fact. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997028 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:17:18 +0000 Anonymous 997028@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha I had an outfit made by a friend of my mother's like this when I was little. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997021 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:02:28 +0000 Suz 997021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with you, Denise. Let's see someone make this one cool again.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-997011 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:38:58 +0000 Mochi 997011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, Ornella.&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, I need a drink now.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996996 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:15:38 +0000 Anonymous 996996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ROTFL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996995 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:15:04 +0000 CocoLion 996995@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And I dare Leandra Medine of Man Repeller to make this look cool again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996994 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:13:59 +0000 CocoLion 996994@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>80s right? &nbsp; Just hilarious. &nbsp;I don't recall the bloomers very well but I do remember the drop waists and the big, big bib collars. &nbsp;Plus all of the Laura Ashley inspired pastel prints. &nbsp;You needed the big hair back then to balance all of the other bigness going on below the neck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996993 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:11:43 +0000 Hil 996993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This made me laugh out loud. Was that really ever fashionable? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996976 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:20:08 +0000 Ornella 996976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would.<br />&nbsp;<br />It's all about figure flattery for me,&nbsp;so I instantly saw how that huge bib and puffy sleeves&nbsp;would balance out my hips nicely. The buttoning would make going to the loo impossible, so I'd have to watch what I drink and eat - perfect to get my summer figure in shape. I even like the fabrics suggested - the soft florals and pastels would add a nice novelty to my wardrobe.&nbsp;And look, you can actually make them as long as you needed - what's not to like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996950 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:31:44 +0000 lyn* 996950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear. I had a dress like that when I was growing up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996948 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:23:45 +0000 goldenpig 996948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"A" might not be PPL... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996942 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:10:49 +0000 kellygirl 996942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, the princess sleeve, bib romper with harem bottoms. I remember it fondly </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-retro-look#post-996939 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 05:58:44 +0000 RoseandJoan 996939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...speechless </p>