It is not necessary to be a real fan of fashion and keep a close eye on her novelties to notice that every year modern couturiers offer the public an increasing number of retro-style models. This trend is another bright confirmation of the golden rule that everything new is a well-forgotten old. Because today it is not necessary to look fashionable and stylish at all, it's not necessary to go to an expensive boutique for new things, but just look into the grandmother's wardrobe and pick up for yourself a few dresses of that era. To create the most appropriate retro image, let's take a closer look at what women were wearing at the time.
Retro fashion of the 30s
The retro fashion of the 30s is a rejection of the ostentatious luxury of the 1920s, elongated dresses and feminine silhouettes. The main material that was used for sewing clothes was knitwear. From it created sweaters, cardigans, pullovers, jumpers. Dresses, especially evening dresses sewed their silk, satin, velvet, chiffon, guipure. The products were decorated with numerous draperies, folds, feathers, embroidery, rhinestones, beads, crystal stones were used as decoration elements.
A distinctive feature of the retro-style dress is the length below the knee, since at that time fashion focused on femininity. The upper part of the product is more voluminous due to the shoulder pads, flounces and numerous assemblies. More extravagant models are dresses on thin straps with bare back or deep decollete.
By the way, very popular in our days clothes for girls in polka dots and stripes, with floral and chess prints , in a cage - this is the trend of retro fashion of the 30s.
At the end of the decade, military fashion was reflected in fashion, and clothing became more simplistic.
Retro fashion of the 80s
Retro fashion in the style of the 80's suggests a close intertwining of different directions and first of all it is sports and street styles. It is the active interest of the population in various sports, dances, aerobics, which influenced the formation of the main accent in the clothes of this time.
The end of the last century was remembered by bright striped leggings, leggings, baggy sweaters, multi-tiered skirts, windbreakers. Also very popular among the younger generation were T-shirts with different inscriptions, sweaters with bright patterns - they were successfully combined with leggings or jeans.
A more restrained version of clothing - sweater with sleeves "bat" or V-neck, decorated with beads, rhinestones, applications and other elements of decor.
For business women extremely fashionable were square-shaped jackets with broad shoulders.
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