19th Century Fashion Comes Back in the 21st Century
The New York Times has a very interesting article that talks about how much fashion from the late 19th century era is making its way back to the 21st century. The piece observes that vest, tweeds, plaids, trousers, military jackets, boots and the Victorian era style are now part of this season’s runway collections, meant to be worn by as everyday clothes today.
I actually like this type of style. Regardless of how uncomfortable the original and actual clothes look, they do come in very stylish detail. And we’re in luck though since the cuts and styles we have now are updated versions of this fashion trend, made from materials and fabrics which are now more comfortable to wear.
This come-backing trend is not only evident with clothes, but as well as home designs and other areas where prettification and styling is needed.
Here are just some of the points the article says:
Not long ago, big brass-buttoned military coats looked a bit extreme. So did high-button, high-lapel vests and slim tweed trousers. And so did guys who tucked said trousers into high, old-fashioned hunting boots. Now these clothes (along with those ever-present beards and mustaches) look like downtown defaults compared with fall runway looks like cardinal-red tailcoats at Ralph Lauren, capes and bowlers at Alexander McQueen and knee breeches at Robert Geller.
As with home design, where curio cases, taxidermy and other stylish clutter of the Victorian era have been taken up by young hipsters, many of today’s popular men’s styles have their roots in the late 19th century. There are the three-piece suits once favored by mustachioed Gilded Age bankers; the military greatcoats and boots of Union officers; and the henley undershirts, suspenders, plaid flannel shirts and stout drill trousers worn by plain, honest farmers.
Just ask Taavo Somer, whose restaurant Freemans, with its mounted animal heads and antique oil landscapes, has been one of the trend’s most active petri dishes (and who lives the fantasy sufficiently to enjoy shooting skeet on weekends upstate). Even his eyebrows went up recently when he saw a young man dressed in a bowler, cape, breeches and knee socks on the Lower East Side.
“We’ve already seen the comeback of the butcher and the baker,” he said. “Next thing is going to be a hipster candlestick maker.”
Read more of this in the New York Times
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- Posted in Fashion News on November 13th, 2009
