Look over there!? Those girls are wearing the same dress....

Vintage fashion seems to baffle most young people, I mean majority of young stylings who chat about clothing online or on the street seem to have an ‘idea’ on what vintage is but appear to conform with dressing all the same and proclaiming how original they are?

There is an obsession about vintage clothing at the moment and I think it originates from the past ideals and psychographic impacts bringing a certain nostalgia. Wearing these clothes enables the person an escape from the contemporary stresses. Vintage has the ability to reconnect yet there is a distinction within the eras; Grunge wearers can at least remember running around a playground in the 1990’s but most vintage wearers didn’t live through the 1920’s. One is a matter of celebrating one’s younger years, and the other celebrating points of historical pride.

Remember, women gained new rights and roles in society (ability to vote) revolutionary events occurred when these designs were living their life. Women from those eras seized and celebrated these freedoms by dressing differently.

British philosopher Francis Bacon said “Fashion is the only attempt to realise art in living forms and social intercourse”. This living form of art holds power- power to control a part of one’s image. People can play a role, embody a story, or represent an era based on what he or she chooses to wear.

You might think choosing to wear blatantly out dated apparel seems counterintuitive? I disagree. Not only is vintage economically accountable and environmentally sustainable it encourages women to pursue freedoms- from choosing how they dress to where they work. As the great Coco Chanel said “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud” How better to keep the spirit alive and the decades relevant than through the living art of fashion.

I end here with one of my favourite quotes

“Vintage fashion will never be abandoned by time- it will be respected by its future possibilities…..”

Enjoy some of my favourite inspirational images below