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anglophonic: Worst Vintage Revival of 2011: 90s Mall Fashion - According to Beverly over at Vice Fashion: OK, I get it. I’m getting old. I now know how my old boss at my old vintage store gig felt when her staff got all hyped on the 80s Reeboks and popular girl sweaters that traumatized her on the bods of childhood bullies. The whole phenomenon flipped on me recently. I own a vintage store so I can’t deny that I participate in perpetuating some pretty heinous vintage revival trends, but when someone grabs an All That Jazz dress and squeals, “This is my favorite line,” I die a little inside. I mean, there is nothing wrong with wearing some mesh-paneled spandex now and then but when a high-schooler came into my store and held up a plaid schoolgirl skirt and said, “I love this, it’s so Cher!” and I realized she was talking about Cher Horowitz from Clueless I wanted to crawl into a hole.Vintage revivals are cyclical, it happens every 20-30 years. The 90s did the 70s, which in turn did the 20s and the 40s, and sometimes the 50s. There is always a period piece or a cultural event that makes fashion and popular culture turn to the past, but instead of historical revisionism, rewriting the benign and mainstream edgy, what about a celebration of the avant-garde of yesteryear? http://www.vice.com/read/best-worst-fashion-2011 Normally I drink the Viceland Kool-Aid, but this time I’m going to have to disagree with the author.  Speaking only for myself (and only about fashion) the return of 1991 was one of the only bright spots of 2011. I’m waiting for platform maryjanes to come back! I’m fucking tired of 80s fashion. It’s so damn tacky.

anglophonic:

Worst Vintage Revival of 2011: 90s Mall Fashion

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According to Beverly over at Vice Fashion:

OK, I get it. I’m getting old. I now know how my old boss at my old vintage store gig felt when her staff got all hyped on the 80s Reeboks and popular girl sweaters that traumatized her on the bods of childhood bullies. The whole phenomenon flipped on me recently. I own a vintage store so I can’t deny that I participate in perpetuating some pretty heinous vintage revival trends, but when someone grabs an All That Jazz dress and squeals, “This is my favorite line,” I die a little inside. I mean, there is nothing wrong with wearing some mesh-paneled spandex now and then but when a high-schooler came into my store and held up a plaid schoolgirl skirt and said, “I love this, it’s so Cher!” and I realized she was talking about Cher Horowitz from Clueless I wanted to crawl into a hole.Vintage revivals are cyclical, it happens every 20-30 years. The 90s did the 70s, which in turn did the 20s and the 40s, and sometimes the 50s. There is always a period piece or a cultural event that makes fashion and popular culture turn to the past, but instead of historical revisionism, rewriting the benign and mainstream edgy, what about a celebration of the avant-garde of yesteryear?

http://www.vice.com/read/best-worst-fashion-2011

Normally I drink the Viceland Kool-Aid, but this time I’m going to have to disagree with the author.  Speaking only for myself (and only about fashion) the return of 1991 was one of the only bright spots of 2011.

I’m waiting for platform maryjanes to come back! I’m fucking tired of 80s fashion. It’s so damn tacky.


  1. karmajesus reblogged this from anglophonic-blog and added:
    waiting for platform maryjanes...80s fashion. It’s so damn tacky.
  2. anglophonic-blog posted this