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What's on your Vintage Trends wishlist?
January 25th 2008 05:30
7 Vintage Trends and Items I wish would make a new millennium comeback.
The Hula-Hoop
Fashions come and go, but there are certain “vintage” items that have a timeless appeal. Plenty of trends and faces of days gone by have had a second wave of popularity, sometimes subsiding forever, other times recurring with each new generation.
Slowly a few dedicated followers increase the public consciousness and the masses embrace something from yesteryear. Sadly today when it happens it means commercialization, that’s why brand names like Elvis, Sinatra and Monroe never fade.
For instance, in recent years Burlesque, The Rat Pack and Betty Page have resurfaced in the mass media and the general population. That’s not say that they ever disappeared from view, but their just seems to be a heightened enthusiasm occurring.
Certain trends that were born long before me have captured my imagination over the years. Shaped by a romanticism of more innocent times here is a list of defining obsessions from the past I wish would make a comeback.
Fedora hats
Fedora Hats
Indiana Jones wore one and ever since I glimpsed pictures of their hey day I have been waiting for the stylish felt headwear to become haute couture.
Sleek and easy to exit
Sideboard runners on cars
More than just Gangster favourites, the retro appeal look of these built to last beasts makes me wonder why they never returned after the Tommy Gun ceased to be an optional extra.
Radio Shows
From the comedy voices of the Goons to the exciting adventures of Superman, listening to a story told purely through voice over the radio may sound quaint. With the advent of CD several long lost gems reappeared on the market and they have captured my imagination. The concept is simple but having skilful talent on the other end of the microphone means you can listen to the tale told with emotive passion and inventive sound techniques.
Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
Everyone seems to worship Marlon Brando and James Dean as the end word pioneers of method realism in acting. I’m the first to bow humbled to their talents but the truth is they both were inspired and enamoured by one man, Montgomery Clift. He was more sensitive and powerful at physically communicating the extremes of the human condition. He sacrificed for his craft as few have and bared his turmoil filled psyche onscreen to birth what Dean and Brando imitated.
Sense of Community
Idealism is a powerful thing and when I think back to the first half of the 20th century it is not history that tells me things were better before civil rights, but stories that I heard from the older generation all my life. They tell of a time when people still respected one another and contributed to the neighbourhood they lived in without thought for retribution or rebuke. Crime was less rampant and there was a sense of kinship with those around you, oh to dream.
Skat
Now I know that if you go to a jazz bar you may here someone skatting up and down the scales to some groovy beat. What I want is for the style to make a return to mainstream pop and with it an infectious rhythm may sweep the music world once more.
SpeakEasy Bar
Speakeasy Bars
Granted we would need another prohibition era or extreme political upheaval to truly capture the essence of the depression era speakeasy bars. That doesn’t change the fact that flashing back to an age of underground jazz, Burlesque and sipping on illegal brew sounds appealing. Uncensored discussions about cultural problems, beliefs and personal quagmires, shame the image is probably a far cry from reality.
So do you have a vintage trend that needs a comeback?
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