in the year 2000..

1930’s futuristic fashion video

i love anything to do with what the world was like in the 1900’s before i was born.  this video is from the 1930’s and gives predictions on what fashion will be like in the year 2000.  some of their ideas made it sound like we were going to be the jetson’s – “an electric belt will adapt the body to climatic changes,” but one of the ideas was spot-on for fashion in 2010 – “another designer goes so far as to say skirts will disappear entirely.”

this as we know has been true for many years, but what’s interesting is in this video the woman is wearing a jumper (or romper, or whatever you want to call it), which has become the hot new trend of the season.  it’s not something i would be able to pull off and i haven’t seen anyone wearing one, but i found these jumpers/rompers online and think they are beautifully made and look good on these models.  what do you think of the jumper?

jumpers fashion image

Lisa Rietz : Laura Dawson : Miss Mars

thank you to the always fabulous free people blog for posting this video!

7 Responses to “in the year 2000..”
  1. ER 28 May 2009 at 6:11 pm #

    WOW. some of those predictions are spot on! transparent clothes ‘to catch the males’, dresses to adaptable to ‘morning, afternoon or evening’, television, radio and phone in the menswear! hilarious! I definitely need some of the ‘cantilevered heels’ oh wait… I have plenty. thanks for the thursday laughs!

  2. kristen 28 May 2009 at 6:20 pm #

    haha, i know – there are some great quotes in that video, huh?

  3. Allie 29 May 2009 at 2:38 pm #

    hahaha this cracked me up.

    actually they weren’t too far off on some of their guesses. first off, i love the narrator’s voice. secondly, i love how men will be wearing nothing but “a worried smile”. are women really THAT bothersome?

    they were spot on with shoes. i mean, look at the RIDICULOUS heels madonna recently wore on the red carpet

    http://itsawomanthing.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/madonna-heels.jpg

    (not wishing this becomes mainstream at any point in time)

    cool video!

  4. kristen 31 May 2009 at 10:08 am #

    haha, woah – those heels are crazy!

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