What is it that conjures up this romantic, racy image of men in loose suits and women in dresses adorned with fringe seated at a bar drinking the forbidden fruit of the early twentieth century?
Woody Allen's film "Midnight in Paris" took that image. Ran with it. Made a movie of the smoke filled cafés in Paris where the très chic discussed and mingled and thought.
But its not only the film industry that is exploring the past. Taking cues from the popular lifestyle of the '20s. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has come to a close for this year. But as models prep their skin for the next photo shoot and we prep our wallets for the shopping extravaganza that inevitably occurs after the Spring/Summer 2013 fashion shows, it feels only right to take one last nostalgic look back at the Spring/Summer 2012 collections -- A time one year ago when the fashion industry presented one of the most daring styles for our era of tight, tight, tight. Designers took a 180 and landed at loose, landed in a speakeasy in the 1920s crowded with women in short pixie cuts and drop waisted dresses. The flappers were back.
Gucci's 2012 Spring Collection
Models came down the runway sparkling from head to toe. The difference from the 1920s? Everything is just more dramatic. The necklines are more dramatic, the makeup is more dramatic, and the hair is more dramatic (though I didn't realize that was all that possible). Hair stylist Luigi Murenu crafted sleek pulled back styles that emphasized the higher than high cheekbones of the models. Fashion show goers raved about the flapper-esque styles. (Read and see more here )
Ralph Lauren's Spring 2012 Collection
Once again, loose fitting, pastel colored, light and airy clothes float down the runway. Models wore short hats and drop waisted dresses remnicient of the 20s. Not nearly as dramatic, but equally as beautiful as Gucci's collection, Ralph Lauren captured the wistful, dreamy, I-can-do-anything-despite-what-everyone-says feel of the era.
Watch the video of the show here:
(Read more here and here)
Marc Jacobs Spring 2012 Collection
“[The show] will ignite a half a dozen new movements in the world of clothing and style…the most influential show this season … the best presentation in New York in many seasons,” said Fashion Wire Daily of the world renowned designer's collection. Shiny details paired with light, pastel colors dancing with fringe came as yet another homage to the fashion of the 1920s.
Gone but certainly not forgotten. And I'm not only talking about the 1920s. The styles that walked down the runway last September were echoed again as Vogue headlined "Prohibition-era Style at Billy Reid Spring 2013" (Read more right here)
I made a typo, you say? Yes, I was wondering when you'd call me out on that statement I made earlier.
The flappers ARE back.
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