| post modern era, or perhaps this should simply be | | | | list is goth. From its humble beginnings as a lowly |
| called the current age, has many wonderful | | | | step sibling of the punk and new wave |
| attributes not enjoyed by early days. One of the | | | | movements, goth has risen to permanent status |
| most welcome is the far more relaxed approach | | | | as both a musical style and a clothing style, even |
| to personal styles of dress. Once upon a not so | | | | having spawned offspring of its own. Speaking of |
| long ago time people were pretty much expected | | | | punk, the style still remains, in fact it has gotten a |
| to wear more or less what everyone else wore. | | | | recent lift with the popularity of the faux-hawk |
| Not long before that, there really was not any | | | | that has recently swept the country. Then too, it |
| choice unless you were amongst the wealthiest of | | | | has given rise to a sibling, the vegan punk look, |
| society's members. Thanks perhaps goes to the | | | | which does its best to replicate the hard punk |
| beatniks and hippies for busting open the | | | | look, just without all the leather. Speaking of |
| constraints on attire. | | | | leather, your basic biker look continues strong |
| So what are people wearing today? The range | | | | with its classic leather motorcycle jacket, t-shirt, |
| crosses the spectrum. These days the vibe | | | | jeans, and bike boots. The list goes on, and on |
| seems to be wear what suits you. Western | | | | with mods, conservatives, upper crust, fahionistas, |
| apparel, with its cowboy boots and hats, western | | | | shoe gazers, pocket protector intellects, athletes, |
| shirts and stove pipe or boot cut jeans is and | | | | professionals, playboys, jet setters, gold diggers, |
| always will be popular with many folk. Seems | | | | floozies, blue collars, and the ubiquitous big box |
| cowboy apparel will never go out of style, and | | | | store basics. |
| that is fine. There are of course plenty of people | | | | Yes, the faces of the fashion industry are many |
| still rockin' the classic 70's jeans, t-shirt, and | | | | in today's world. Still it must be said that at the |
| athletic shoes, same goes for variations on the | | | | end of the day it is the western wear style of |
| hippie clothing style. The penny loafers, straight leg | | | | dress that has endured the longest, having |
| jeans, khakis, and button down shirts of the | | | | continued in an all but unbroken era that started |
| collegiate style truly seem to be here to stay, | | | | as the west was won in the mid-19th century all |
| having kept their grip on the northeast since its | | | | the way through to today. That is an unparalleled |
| 1950's heyday, as well as a good many other | | | | accomplishment in the modern fashion world, |
| pockets across the states. | | | | congratulations to it and its adherents. |
| One relatively new addition to the clothing style | | | | |