| It’s no big secret that fashion recycles its old | | | | hippie look. It’s all the rage again, only now |
| trends. Ask any fashion slave, and she’ll be | | | | it’s called bohemian style. |
| happy to confirm that the styles are cyclical. | | | | Feel silly wearing this look? Give it to your trendy |
| Currently, this fashion practice seems to be taking | | | | daughter in college, she’ll know what to do |
| place more than ever. Recent fashion is taking its | | | | with it. |
| clothing cues from numerous 20th century styles, | | | | All of this fashion “borrowing” from past |
| running the gamut from the 1950s through the | | | | trends may seem to cast current style makers in |
| 1980s. | | | | a lazy light, but it has been common practice for |
| What does this mean for us Baby Boomers? | | | | ages. The hippie and Mod looks of the 1960s |
| Whether you once wished you were old enough | | | | borrowed elements from the 1920s flapper style. |
| to be a Beatnik or a teenybopper, or as a | | | | The 1980s “big shoulders” look was a |
| teenager turned into a hippie or a Mod, you’ll | | | | throwback to the 1940s. |
| easily spot some of the fashion elements from | | | | Yes, the term for hip huggers is now low-rise |
| your formative years in today’s trends. | | | | jeans and Mohawks became faux-hawks, but |
| Still have a pair of cigarette pants stashed away? | | | | everyone knows they come from our generation. |
| Go find them, because they are today’s | | | | Remember what your mother said? Imitation is |
| skinny jeans. Same goes for 1960s-era pyramid | | | | the sincerest form of flattery. |
| coats, A-line shift dresses, and pea coats. | | | | Baby Boomers, consider yourselves |
| If tracksuits, tweeds or fringed boots from the | | | | complimented. |
| 1970s were more your style, you’re in luck. | | | | Have something to add to this story? Continue |
| Those are back in, too. You might also want to | | | | your trip down memory lane at Boomer |
| look through your closet for 1970s granny skirts, | | | | Yearbook. |
| peasant blouses, and anything resembling the | | | | |