#60S SPACE FASHION MOD#

The jacket in question is a vinyl leather cropped jacket that comes with a matching headpiece, in varying bright colours, taking inspiration from the astronaut look. Tiktok user explained in her video that it took her 3 years to find her dream vintage Courrèges jacket.

With stars like Dua Lipa wearing the sought-after vintage pieces, it comes as no surprise that the TikTok fashion obsessed have been trying to get their hands on it as well. One specific brand is reigning in the new subculture: vintage Courrèges. This shows how the trend (within social media) not only applies to clothing but is becoming a lifestyle/aesthetic. For her, it’s an expression of her artistry as she explains: “I took all these inspirations and made it into the song you’re listening to” referring to the song playing during her TikTok. Though she takes inspiration from the old space-age, her makeup especially brings in a modernness with colourful eyeshadow looks and even her whole face painted green. Her videos include her own extravagant outfits with experimental shapes, makeup and headpieces. The pieces are made from sparkly material and into dramatic silhouettes with big shoulder pads. She shows her 60s space era influences, especially vintage Mugler. TikTok users, such as British artist eloisemp3_universe, have been getting into what she describes as alien fashion. On TikTok, fashion fanatics are showing the new aesthetic by wearing plastic boots, shiny dresses, extravagant silhouettes, and unusual headwear. Balmain's F/W 21/22 was staged as a rocket hanger with the moon hovering over the models, while Chanel had a life-size model of a rocket in the middle of their runway. Collections shows were also inspired by the space craze. Fashion brand Commes des Garçons designed inflated garments which seemed like space debris floating through the air. Micro skirts, white boots and PVC material have made a comeback in the 2020s. The retro futurism inspired designers such as Courrèges, Paco Rabbane, Rick Owens, Mugler, Loewe, and Marine Serre. This 60s trend revival has also appeared in runway collections in the 2020s. While explains that vintage Paco Rabanne and Courrèges, clothing with dramatic shapes and go-go boots with an edgy twist will become very popular. They mention that the trend has taken over both runways and social media but that there is a “tension between this trend on the runway and the subversive theme ” as both sides interpret their possible future differently, depending on their social class.

#60S SPACE FASHION MOD#

In TikTok they argue that the 60s mod trend had a comeback in 2021, but in 2022 it’s time for the futuristic space-age to be revived. TikTok trend analysts thealgorythm and oldloserinbrooklyn agree and are explaining the comeback in various TikToks. The trend was inspired by the developments in space travel in that era leading to experimentality in designs.įor 2022, Lyst predicted in their “what’s next section?” of their “year in fashion 2021” report that the current space tourism developments “will continue to inspire more future-minded designs'. It was mostly led by European fashion houses such as Courrèges, Paco Rabanne and Crawford but pioneered by French designers André Courrèges and Pierre Cardin.

The original space-age trend focused on experimental designs with unique silhouettes while using unconventional materials such as chains, PVCs, metals and plastics. Although fashion houses picked up on the revival, TikTok trend-setters are giving the blueprint for the extraterrestrial fashion comeback. The fashion community on TikTok has found a new trend from the past to revive: space-age fashion! The trend from the 60s is getting a 2020s makeover.

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