As we face the millennium, designers seem to be stuck in the past, content to replay riffs from yesterday’s closets.
Rewind a couple of decades to the ’70s, a time when the Self was supreme and the Shirt-sexy, form-fitting and enhanced with an eye-popping print-was the must-have item on everyone’s list. Then fast-forward a couple of decades to now, when-surprise-the sexy, form-fitting Shirt is the must-have item on any fashion-forward list.
Which can be a very good thing for the budget-conscious out there-and these days, who isn’t watching the bottom line?
So if you’re aiming to look up-to-the-retro-minute without paying the price of a Gucci shirt, then look no farther than your own local vintage shop.
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There you’ll find a plethora of cool-o, neat-o shirts, from polyester “Saturday Night Fever” knockoffs to original Pucci prints that look as though they just stepped off a runway in Paris, Milan or New York.
When this little trend is gone with the wind-again-your wallet will thank you for it.
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From left: Vintage Pucci silk blouse, $75, at Flashy Trash; Jean Paul Gaultier tiger shirt, $220, at Ultimo; vintage airplane shirt, $25, at Flashy Trash.
On pg. 6: Vintage tiger stripe shirt, $36, at Flashy Trash.