# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/121 "2021-04-11T14:58:13Z")
Ah! Frock coats; of course. That’s a term that has obviously slipped my mind Ascenray. And, Drsunflower1, good ideas. Thanks folks ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/122 "2021-04-11T16:38:30Z")
I don’t know if the clothes I wear are retro, but some of them have definitely gone out of style. I guess I wouldn’t mind if they all of a sudden became super-stylish and I became a fashion leader. I was having dinner a little while back with a woman who has known me my entire life (because she’s my sister), but who I don’t get to see all that often these days due to geography and other stuff. She was actually laughing at me because, as she said, everything I was wearing, without exception, was exactly the same as the clothes I wore in high school. Which was in the early to mid-seventies. Even including my glasses. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/123 "2021-04-11T17:33:42Z")
I’ve been wearing Dickies jeans, for women, just your typical fit in bootcut and straight leg. Fashion mags predict the low rise jean is about to return, along with the exposure of the wearer’s ass crack that inevitably gets flashed. ☹ ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/124 "2021-04-11T17:37:06Z")
They claim there will be a return to 20s style exuberance after the rigidity of Covid isolation. Though that sounds okay to me, I really hope it is also 1920s class and fashion sense and not the crasser sort associated with showing off underwear labels or worse. Suggestion is sexier than display. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/125 "2021-04-11T17:49:12Z")
Count me as another who would love for capes and formal men’s hats to make a comeback. (Basically, I’d be happy if men dressed more like my avatar). ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/126 "2021-04-11T18:11:48Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Count me as another who would love for capes and formal men’s hats to make a comeback. > **[Traditional Mens Coats - Frock Coats](https://www.historicalemporium.com/store/mens-coats.php?type=Frock%20Coats)** > > Mens Vintage Frock Coats By the mid-nineteenth Century, men's Frock Coats were full skirted at the knee and more loosely tailored with broad lapels. These remained popular throughout the American Civil War to century's end. The Prince Albert... You could always start here 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/127 "2021-04-11T18:15:48Z")
I like the cloak idea. I have a couple. Mens hats, especially real fedoras (not trilbies) (and to the idiot writer who based upon a handful a pictures on a dating site that men who wore “fedoras” were losers- first of all, those are trilbies not fedoras and did you actually meet those guys? Maybe they were great guys, real sweethearts, etc but didnt write good copy). I have to admit I go my own way and pay little attention to fashion. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/128 "2021-04-11T18:17:09Z")
Those can be a good “sexy but casual about it” look on the right person. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/129 "2021-04-11T18:18:11Z")
Look, see Czarcasm and I can agree! 🤪 😲 😱 🤫 ---
**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 11, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/130 "2021-04-11T18:19:27Z")
I found jeans I like, that fit well, on Amazon years ago. I wear jeans every day I’m not wearing shorts. When my jeans are getting ragged, I “BUY IT AGAIN”. I’ve done this so often that I get suggestions to buy new jeans right when I need new jeans. Same with soap, deodorant, toothpaste which I Amazon purchase in bulk. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/131 "2021-04-11T18:20:20Z")
Skimmers during the Season only, of course! ---
**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 11, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/132 "2021-04-11T20:30:00Z")
Amazon sells clothing that _looks_ great _online_. Often the cut or quality of material is much less impressive than expected. Of course, buying known brands from respected merchants helps immensely. ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/133 "2021-04-12T06:01:23Z")
Easy enough to get one from the people who cater to [Civil War](https://www.ccsutlery.com/store/civilian-clothing.html) and [Old West](https://www.spurwesternwear.com/c-149-mens-old-west-frock-coats.aspx) reenactors. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/134 "2021-04-13T04:25:06Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I still have a denim jacket, but they are a lot less comfortable than jeans. Sounds like you’re wearing it on the wrong appendages. ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/135 "2021-04-13T16:54:37Z")
It wasn’t preworn. The fabric is stiff and feels heavy. Nice having pockets though. Jeans get better the more you wear them and I am sure this also applies to anything denim. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/136 "2021-04-13T20:29:00Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Velco-enclosed sneakers That **tearing** sound! ---
**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 14, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/138 "2021-04-14T20:26:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have hat, cape and cane. Are you the Phantom of the Opera? ---
**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 14, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/139 "2021-04-14T20:32:33Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Are you the Phantom of the Opera? Some people do say the mask makes me look better. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/140 "2021-04-15T13:15:24Z")
My fashion sensibilities most closely align with the way women dressed in the forties. The tailoring, the long skirts…it looks so classy to me. Of course, I also have a soft spot for the eighties, a decade in which I was actually alive. I really miss the boots I used to have, similar to this > **[Victorian Mid-Calf Leather Wedding Boots in Nectar Lux](https://www.wardrobeshop.com/products/victorian-mid-calf-leather-wedding-boots-in-nectar-lux?utm_source=ShareASale&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=403774_1142340682&sscid=41k5_e8lox)** > > Wear these deeply romantic Mirabelle Victorian Mid-Calf Leather Wedding Boots in Nectar Lux by Oak Tree Farms to your next big party or event! I’m wearing a pair of shoes at the moment which badly need replacement, but nothing like them is being currently manufactured. It’s just a peep-toe pump, but the closest equivalents I find are on vintage sites. I guess I just have to wait until their time comes around again. If the fashion cycle would consistently be “good” every forty years, we should be due again… ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550/141 "2021-04-15T18:47:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I could go with a cane. As long as there was a sword in it. Pfft…[Air cane](https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2016/01/air-canes/) is way more useful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-retro-clothing-would-you-like-to-see-back/939550.md?page=8)