# Fictional Future Fashion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799 "2021-04-11T16:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/41 "2021-04-19T07:49:23Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > both vintage fashion and streetwear are by definition comfortable clothes. A lot of vintage is not comfortable. Either it’s made from uncomfortable fabric, or it’s not cut for comfort. I’m not talking about a fringed jacket, I mean stuff like vintage suits, or puffy rockabilly dresses, or beaver fur coats. And I did not say _all_ fashionable clothing is uncomfortable, anyway. And anyway, “covers your arms and keeps you reasonably warm in the winter” is not a hard bar to clear - but the standard I was initially responding to was “simple tops, basic pants with pockets, and a comfortable shoe” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/42 "2021-04-19T08:04:45Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > A lot of vintage is not comfortable. Either it’s made from uncomfortable fabric, or it’s not cut for comfort. I’m not talking about a fringed jacket, I mean stuff like vintage suits, or puffy rockabilly dresses, or beaver fur coats. This is stuff I’m really not familiar with. Do people actually wear these sorts of things on a day-to-day basis? > [@MrDibble](#): > > And anyway, “covers your arms and keeps you reasonably warm in the winter” is not a hard bar to clear - but the standard I was initially responding to was “simple tops, basic pants with pockets, and a comfortable shoe” “Simple tops, basic pants with pockets, and a comfortable shoe” covers a near-infinite variety of cuts, fabrics, colors and patterns. It’s like saying that a car has to feature four wheels and a windshield. It sounds limiting, but in fact it contains multitudes. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/43 "2021-04-19T09:49:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Where are the half-head haircuts I mean, we do have those asymmetrical haircuts that tend to really short on one side, and longer on the other. The ones that have a full on buzz cut on one part could be argued to be “half head haircuts.” [![](https://i1.wp.com/hairstylesweekly.com/images/2012/12/Modern-Asymmetric-Haircut-for-Women.jpg?w=630&ssl=1) ](https://i1.wp.com/hairstylesweekly.com/images/2012/12/Modern-Asymmetric-Haircut-for-Women.jpg?w=630&ssl=1) > **[The Hairstyle Review](https://www.thehairstylereview.com)** > > Explore the latest women's and men's hairstyle trends to find the best haircuts and styles! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/44 "2021-04-19T09:56:29Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Do people actually wear these sorts of things on a day-to-day basis? Rockabilly subculture was all over the place a short while back, so much so that if someone told me they were into “vintage clothing”, that would have been what I assumed they meant. It’s a little bit less so, but Dita Von Teese-esque women still abound. And yes, the adherents tend to wear that as their everyday clothing. It’s somewhat Goth-adjacent, so I know at least 5 people around here like that. In my remote provincial city. The beaver jacket, I think, would be strongly weather-dependent. > [@Alessan](#): > > “Simple tops, basic pants with pockets, and a comfortable shoe” covers a near-infinite variety of cuts, fabrics, colors and patterns. No argument here. BUT there’s a lot of clothing that it _doesn’t_, either. Once could even say a near-infinite variety of exceptions, even in common clothes, from yoga pants to Hammer pants (neither have pockets) to tailored jackets (not so “simple”) to cowboy boots (not a shoe). ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/45 "2021-04-19T10:23:46Z")
In the 1960s they thought that the women of the future would wear beehive hairstyles. 😄 Probably in a few decades our 2010s and 2020s SF movies will be just as easily identifiable by the hairstyles, clothing, and story tropes. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/46 "2021-04-19T10:32:05Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Probably in a few decades our 2010s and 2020s SF movies will be just as easily identifiable by the hairstyles, clothing, and story tropes. It’s actually been a thing since the 80s, but modern SF is nearly-uniform in depicting a lot of the future as a dingy and dirty grey/brown-clad land lit by neon, or else banal beige Trek adult-onesie-land. So much so that the exceptions really stand out. I blame Blade Runner. When a movie or series bucks that aesthetic, I stan for it even if it’s otherwise unloved in fandom - like I think the live-action _Aeon Flux_ had a gorgeous aesthetic. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/47 "2021-04-19T10:47:11Z")
The other thing that bugs me is the washed out colour of so many recent movies. Here’s a good technical commentary on that problem, looking at Marvel movies specifically. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hpWYtXtmEFQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Why Do Marvel's Movies Look Kind of Ugly? (video essay)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpWYtXtmEFQ) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/48 "2021-04-19T18:25:12Z")
I believe there are a couple of different understandings of “fashion” at issue here – fashion as in what you wear _to make a deliberate point of being seen wearing it_, even if it’s a PITA to wear it; and fashion in the sense of a trending form/style that dominates how clothing looks once you get past the purely practical application. > [@MrDibble](#): > > It’s actually been a thing since the 80s, but modern SF is nearly-uniform in depicting a lot of the future as a dingy and dirty grey/brown-clad land lit by neon, or else banal beige Trek adult-onesie-land. So much so that the exceptions really stand out. I blame Blade Runner. Ever get the feeling they are trying too hard to overcompensate to be taken seriously? ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799/49 "2021-04-19T18:41:19Z")
I’ve mentioned it before, but I think _Back to the Future II_ had some great future fashion ideas (even if 2015 was a bit too soon) – perhaps the best I’ve seen. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d68yRIE9OvQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Back to the Future Part 2 (2/12) Movie CLIP - Hill Valley, 2015 (1989) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d68yRIE9OvQ) There is a definite ‘look’ with bright colours and patterns, and weirdly different style trends. But there’s a _lot_ of individual variation, far more than today, and the clothing is generally practical as well as stylish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-future-fashion/939799.md?page=2)