# What retro clothing would you like to see back? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550 "2021-04-07T14:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/1 "2021-04-07T14:50:52Z")
Come Covid and everyone seems to be wearing sweat pants and Crocs. Comfortable and low maintenance. Even banking commercials are joking about not wearing pants. It won’t last forever. **What previous clothing style would you want to see revived?**. Perhaps you like parachute pants with Members Only jackets. Me, I would like to see a slightly more formal look for men — jeans with a tie and sport coat. Maybe hats which lack a team logo. It’s hard to argue with yoga pants on women. But I saw a movie last week which showed a women wearing the briefly fashionable jeans with large rectangular leather patches on the bum and inner thigh. I always thought those were sort of sexy. Probably not so practical, but at least they have pockets. I don’t know how women can live without pockets… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/2 "2021-04-07T15:03:22Z")
I keep telling my kids “You’re so lucky. You can listen to new music _and_ the old stuff.” Same with clothes. Want to be a '60s fashion plate? A preppie? A schlub? A mod? A rocker? A mocker? I know kids in their 20s who try SO hard to look like 1969… I would HOPE people are learning that comfort is a way to be more relaxed, even at work. So my hope would be that the necktie would become “retro clothing”. As the owner/CEO of our ad agency (classy suits, but never a tie) used to say “Why would you trust your business decisions to someone who’s willingly cutting off the blood supply to their brain?” Me, I stopped wearing a tie, then started wearing black jeans and comfortable shoes (trainers or Rockports) at work. The wife was sure I’d get fired, but no one ever said a thing. So my answer is… _No ties, jeans and tennies!_ But not sure if that fits the OP, since it doesn’t have to “be revived”… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/3 "2021-04-07T15:34:59Z")
I’ve worn jeans and a shirt since high school, never saw a reason to change. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/4 "2021-04-07T15:55:34Z")
Fringed leather jackets and hippie headbands Plaid sportcoats Velco-enclosed sneakers (I mean, they probably exist still, but they’re really hard to find) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/5 "2021-04-07T15:56:56Z")
Hooded cloaks. Snoods. Yes, I am serious. ---
**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/6 "2021-04-07T16:15:01Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Velco-enclosed sneakers (I mean, they probably exist still, but they’re really hard to find) This. People say Velcro (generic: hook-and-loop) is ugly but that’s because it hasn’t been fully explored yet. It can be done in all kinds of classy ways. If we all already had Velcro sneakers and someone said “Hey, I just invented a new kind of shoe securing method, it uses tangly, twisty laces that have to be threaded complicatedly through 8 holes and you get used to retying them a couple times a day and when they untie they’ll drag along the sidewalk and get COVID on them and people will reprimand you for them being untied. Want to try it?” you’d say they they were crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/7 "2021-04-07T16:16:37Z")
> [@blabbermeister](#): > > Velcro (generic: hook-and-loop) If we’re going to be precise, then “hook-and-loop _fasteners_” 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/8 "2021-04-07T16:26:42Z")
Plate armor. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/9 "2021-04-07T16:28:08Z")
I’d like to see kids wearing 70’s style punk clothes, combat boots and mohawks. Me, I’ll continue to dress age appropriately as I’m slightly cringed out by the re-introduction of the 80’s mock neck tees and sweaters. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/10 "2021-04-07T16:31:43Z")
Neon clothes. Also, off the shoulders sweatshirts. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/11 "2021-04-07T16:44:56Z")
I want blouses with biggish collars and fullish sleeves. Not a Seinfeld puffy shirt, but approaching that. I hate blouses with tight sleeves and weensy little collars. I had several blouses (usually crepe) like that, and I miss them all the time. Indian bedspread print dresses. Dang. I wore the hell out of those. And now all I can find are _expensive_ vintage ones. 60s styles are back, right? Why can’t I find those dresses? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/12 "2021-04-07T17:02:47Z")
Leg warmers. Those things work. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/13 "2021-04-07T17:07:17Z")
That’s just what I was going to say, but I don’t much care much if they legs warm. Women look good in leg warmers. Some look damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/14 "2021-04-07T17:08:21Z")
Bell bottom jeans. Made short legs look longer and you didn’t have to struggle to slide them off when time was critical. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/15 "2021-04-07T17:10:08Z")
And you need blouses with bigger sleeves to balance that extra volume at the bottom of the legs! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/16 "2021-04-07T17:14:37Z")
Please bring back hats…and I don’t mean baseball caps, either worn backwards or forwards. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/17 "2021-04-07T17:24:32Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > find those dresses? > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Please bring back hats…and I don’t mean baseball caps, either worn backwards or forwards. Definitely. Baseball caps are the biggest fashion curse of the last century. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/18 "2021-04-07T17:31:10Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Definitely. Baseball caps are the biggest fashion curse of the last century. Homburgs, panamas, fedoras, trilbies, even a decent flat cap. Nothing with a cute slogan or business name emblazoned across the front. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/19 "2021-04-07T17:33:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So my hope would be that the necktie would become “retro clothing”. As the owner/CEO of our ad agency (classy suits, but never a tie) used to say “Why would you trust your business decisions to someone who’s willingly cutting off the blood supply to their brain?” 100%. If people feel a need for a neck adornment on men, bring back the cravat/ascot (casual, not formal) or a turtleneck under a sport coat (see, retro clothing to bring back 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/20 "2021-04-07T17:38:51Z")
I liked Members Only jackets. Although I always wished I could find one without the Members Only logo. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550.md?page=2)