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What Decade Are We Doing Now?
I’m sorry, I’ve lost track.
If my casual observations are correct, here’s where we are:
-People are dressing like its the 1990s
-Except the people who are dressing like the early 2000s
-And actual people in the 1990s were emulating some things from the 1960s
-Although some of that inspiration was also sort of 1970s style
-And the early 2000s had some 1970s elements
-Others are committed to a 1950s silhouette, but the volume skirt look, not the tailored with white gloves on a Sunday style
-Also a whole lot of people are dressing like their grandma
None of this is probably provable, and is based solely on my memory of who wore what and when. There is a lot of crossover, and since not one of these decade specific articles of reproduction clothing are worn by people sporting decade revealing hair, its got no flow chart follow-ability.
If you are wearing a flared pant, and your hair is cut like Dorothy Hamel, I know what I’m looking at. But if you have flared bottoms, a Rachel cut, and John Lennon sunglasses, I’d be able to call that a 2021 person doing the late 1960s with a mid-90s lens.
