Trends we admire, Trends we dispise
 

I've always been a big fan of "retro" clothing and style. I always felt I was born in the wrong era or, perhaps, reincarnated from some 1930's vixen or vamp.

As I get older, I find the stuff that I remember and experienced becoming chic again - especially the swank from the 50's, 60's and even 70's (shock!). I find myself wanting waterfall mumu dresses and gowns out of The Ice Storm.

But, what things from today will survive and be fawned over in decades to come?

Will Mediterranean Tract Homes be as ooohed and ahhed over as, say, an Eichler House? Will my already-retro Puma's be Double-Retroed? Surely the ubiquitious Butt-Writing will not be dearly loved in the year 2040?

So, place yourself in the future and fondly remember the past. Then, from that same vantage point, think about what you hope never to see again.

All forms of culture are open game - music, design, architecture, fashion, film, television, etc.

Well, the avocado green refrigerator (and matching stove and oven) I hope never to see again! :)

That said, I do wish I had my parent's barware, it was fabulously swank and stylish (as was the TV lamp found in the attic when the house was cleaned out)

I'm fond of some of the bright fabric patterns, tropical, natch! :snap:

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I confess (wrong thread?) that I hope the 50s style dress with petticoat/crinoline (see this and that ) makes a return. I'd also like to see hats make a comeback.

I was hating the jeans with heels trend, and then I finally found jeans with a low enough rise (I have such a short rise that "low-rise" hits my waist) that are still long enough for me to wear them with heels. And I have cute new sandals!

I *despise* butt-writing (good call, NA), what the fugly site deems "formal shorts," and blatantly visible "I'm so not even trying to hide them that they constrast with my miniscule top" bra straps. May they be forever banished from my sight.

I hope the ultra-low-rise pants with high-rise thong underwear goes away--forever. Talk about tacky.

Men's fashion doesn't seem to enjoy the same resurrections as women's fashion does. I wonder why? All I know is that it's probably for the best that Magnum P.I.-type shorts probably aren't going to come back.

I lived in the swankiest house ever when I was 3, complete with black and white checkerboard floor, orange-red potatochip chair, spindly-legged end tables - but of course, I never appreciated it at the time. Heh, it was near the neighborhood Shag lives in today.

I'm not sure what will endure, everything I can think of right now seems so derivative of other past era's. I'd love to see something cool and innovative, like the monsanto house of the future, or dome homes - but everything is so out of the box to me right now.

I hope Reality TV goes away.

I still have the oven/separate broiler AND kitchen sink in Avocado (as well as the tub/toilet/sink in Harvest Gold) if you're ever in the neighborhood and find you're missing them!

From today, I hope the trend of not writing full words goes away and never comes back (the IM/text messaging shorthand that is creeping elsewhere). Oh, and the ultra low rise pants/butt writing previously mentioned!

Hmmm, I can't think of any current trends I hope to see back (unless they are currently in vouge because they are retro of some sort).

Sigh...it seems that "braless" doesn't ever stick around for long. It's gone already, if it ever really was mainstream, for a second or two. A revival of the 70's look, of course. For me it's a comfort issue, not a political/sexual statement.

On a similar note, I hope the trend of getting cosmetic surgery goes out of favor. I keep seeing women with these oddly shaped eyes, cheeks, lips, etc etc. They are UGLY! I don't care what they looked like before, there's no way that that's an improvement. Same goes for fake looking dyejobs. It's one thing if you go for blue or green or something obviously not attempting to look natural, that's cool. But pretending you're a blonde with a dye job that looks like sht, yeech.

Oh, and those 1989 frozen vertical bangs. I hope they never come back.

I hope dyed hair NEVER goes away (of course it won't). I love changing my hair color on a whim and, at this point, it's soooo much better then how dowdy grey would look on me (although some women can pull grey off beautifully without then look 20 years senior). As much as I like things of the past, I sure love our options.

I've been thinking about appliances a lot. I love my 1950's white stove (which really belongs to BossRadio) and my white Refrigerator with the freezer on the bottom. I got a retro-looking Red Kitchenaid Mixer and I lust after other '50s appliances on a regular basis.

In the future, will the avocado green & harvest gold appliances of the 60's and 70's be super chic? What about Robin's Egg Blue, Poopy Brown and Titty Pink Bathroom fixters and tiles? Will they be as desirable as my houses' 1920's hexagonal tiles and pedestal sink?

Will the fugly wedding dresses of the 80's be beautiful again some day? Will the brides all want blue and gree shag carpet to go with the avocado green appliances? I have a hard time imagining these things being beautiful again. Do we only "redo" the good stuff? Are low cut jeans one of the good things from my childhood that they're back again? It's such a mystery.

Oops, guess I wasn't clear. I dig a good dye job, where you can't even tell. I also dig dye jobs that are supposed to be "unnatural", like odd colors. But I dislike bad ones that are supposed to look natural but don't.

When you go to DLP, you'll see this color red that the scandinavian women seem to use - afterwards your perspective on bad dye jobs will change dramatically.