What fashion designers in 1939 thought we would be wearing now

[Quixote1818]

[Scuba]

1. What? No one predicted Lady Gaga's "meat dress"? How shortsighted of them.

[alfredo]

5. The depression was still hanging around, so I'd think the models and

Crew would have eaten any meat dress.

[valerief]

14. I remember the paper dresses back in the 60s.

http://www.textilecollection.wisc.edu/hlatc/exhibitions_pages/disposable_dresses.html

Another miss.

[alfredo]

2. The women looked elegant, for the most part, the guy

At the end looked like a dork.

[Quixote1818]

6. But he had coins, keys and candies for cuties!

They did predict portable phones but ONLY for men.

[ashling]

15. That was candies for Kitties

[alfredo]

18. It was for calling his lawyer after he was arrested for using candy to lure

underaged "cuties" into his van.

[JHB]

24. It's the hairstyle, and they're missing come accessories...

Gadgets? Check. No pockets? Check. Belt with compartments for damn near anything? Check.

Obviously, the well-dressed man of the future is Batman.




The guy in the clip needs to ditch the Elizabethan hair/beard style and get his cape & cowl out of the closet. But you already knew that.... didn't you, "alfredo"

[alfredo]

31. My first impression was of the professor in "The Blue Angel."

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Several of those looked fairly medieval.

Barring a few updates to accessorization.

But 'fashion' shows almost always seem to me to be showing clothes that will never be worn by the general public.

What people wear is pretty much always dictated by function. Does it keep you warm, cool, block sunlight? Is it easy to take care of, is it safe around machinery or fires? Is it 'subdued' if you're going to funerals or other 'formal' occasions? Does it 'show off' my best features, if I'm wanting to be looked at, or is it nondescript if I'm trying to avoid notice? Or does it fit 'the fad', is it worn by my favorite character in a book or movie?

[JustAnotherGen]

4. They were 15/20 years behind

John Paul Gaultier must have sneaked a peak at this back in the 1990's.

[alsame]

7. It looks like a season

of Project Runway

[bayareaboy]

8. when I was a kid...

I loved to see Pathe Newsreels in the local theatre. Sarcastic as hell, even the voice of the narrator was absolutely the funniest part of the day for me.

They beat Roy Rodgers all sorts.

[zeemike]

10. And now they are all online at you tube.

And I have enjoyed watching them, having never seen them before.

[femmocrat]

9. Clothing that adjusts to the temperature is a great idea!

No more "layering" for indoors and outdoors. I could use that!

[valerief]

13. I've been saying that for years. I don't understand why our clothing can't be

temperature controlled. Well, I do--not the science part but who it would affect. KOCH.

[Chellee]

11. I kind of like the first dress.

I like the way the interior of the sleeve is in a contrasting color and attaches to the dress.

[valerief]

12. Oo, swish! Love this!!!! nt

[Plucketeer]

16. Did anyone else...

pick up on the appearant "color" of the "attendant" person? Surely that wasn't accidental.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Face it. It's jeans and t-shirts.

[RebelOne]

20. True. I was born in 1939,

and am retired now, but jeans and T-shirts are my daily attire.

[AAO]

19. Hummina Hummina

[Crowman1979]

21. Why does the male model at the end look like the villain from a Three Stooges short?

[JHB]

25. Quite possibly that was what was filming on the next sound stage over...

"OK, Charlie, you're not in this scene, so go next door. Stay in costume, they need it for a few shots. Come back here after lunch."

[YOHABLO]

22. And no upper middle class white woman would be without her personal ''colored'' maid.

[Quixote1818]

29. No kidding! Everyone needs their maid to take their sleeves off. nt

[mtnester]

23. Totally interesting...looks like they nailed the telephone thing though..NT

[Squinch]

26. The exterior brain hair was fab! As was the Phineas Gage hair ornament!

It looks like they thought women would all be fairy godmothers by now, and men would be, well, guys who liked to keep snacks on their belts.

[spooky3]

27. The third designer was spot on!

[Quixote1818]

30. Was thinking the same thing. Wonder who it was? nt

[spooky3]

28. Interesting also that the models look of normal weight, unlike

the models of today, who are forced to starve themselves into health threatening proportions. These models are slim of course, but not frightening. Says something about our culture.