Allison ([info]ms_muffet) wrote in [info]vintage_ads,
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1930s Futuristic Fashion Predictions

I found this on YouTube and thought it was adorable. Its how the 1930s thought we might dress in the year 2000.


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[info]mystical_chickn

May 23 2009, 08:11:53 UTC 3 years ago

Electric "head" light = XD

[info]keristars

May 23 2009, 08:12:13 UTC 3 years ago

Heh, oddly enough? the "cantilevered heels" for women's shoes has actually come true, though maybe eight years after they were predicted (I have no idea if they were big before, but I've been seeing them all over since last summer)

[info]pogodragon

May 23 2009, 08:27:21 UTC 3 years ago

"Ooh, swish!"

*giggling madly*

[info]hideko

May 23 2009, 10:01:51 UTC 3 years ago

Haha, same.

[info]pogodragon

May 23 2009, 10:04:53 UTC 3 years ago

:-)

[info]bitterlawngnome

May 23 2009, 15:33:07 UTC 3 years ago

omgay

[info]catharsisss

May 24 2009, 03:29:46 UTC 3 years ago

haha funniest thing i've heard all week. i'm wearing my aluminum dress right now.

[info]soralunii

May 23 2009, 08:45:27 UTC 3 years ago

I've seen this a few times before, but the "and candies for cuties" part still makes me laugh!

[info]squidb0i

May 24 2009, 00:05:52 UTC 3 years ago

"candy little future girl?"

[info]randomneses

May 23 2009, 09:38:37 UTC 3 years ago

They had to have been disappointed.

And ooer at the candy for the cuties part. He may as well have been driving an unmarked white van.

[info]hideko

May 23 2009, 10:06:40 UTC 3 years ago

Not necessarily.

Some people DO wear mesh; skirts aren't nearly as popular as in the '30s; we DO have "atmospheres that are scientifically controlled"; we're fitted with telephones and radios (if you count MP3 players); and then there is that frightful thing: the fannypak.

However, the men's fashion really hasn't changed very much.

[info]lazzchan

May 23 2009, 12:48:39 UTC 3 years ago

The one fashion designer about the lack of skirts was more dead-on. They haven't vanished completely, but the girls don't wear skirts all the time. How cute of a clip there. :)

[info]silera

May 23 2009, 20:40:12 UTC 3 years ago

same! That's the designer with the heels...I think his prediction was the closest....now where can I get me that electric bulb to find an honest man!

[info]captain_boots

May 23 2009, 15:30:11 UTC 3 years ago

As well as the other items people have commented on, the afterthought at the end where it says men will carry a phone and a radio with them is also entirely accurate. (even if their depiction is amusingly off)

[info]miss_october

May 23 2009, 16:01:03 UTC 3 years ago

So THAT'S where my icon came from. Thanks for posting this!

If only they knew how bland most clothes are now.

[info]silera

May 23 2009, 20:42:50 UTC 3 years ago

oh also..the first dress...granted we don't wear anything like that, but dresses and outfit you can dress up or down are very popular. It's the sleeves!

[info]silera

May 23 2009, 20:43:32 UTC 3 years ago

one more...sorry!!

only pedophiles conveniently carry candy :P

[info]meleth

May 23 2009, 20:44:52 UTC 3 years ago

Well, they got the cell phones and wedge heels right.

[info]squidb0i

May 24 2009, 00:05:14 UTC 3 years ago

OOh!

Swish!

[info]nokomarie

May 24 2009, 01:38:02 UTC 3 years ago

Not really that far off when it comes right down to it.

[info]thudpucker

May 24 2009, 19:46:27 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  May 24 2009, 19:46:49 UTC



So women looked pretty much the same in 2000 as they did in the thirties, but guys wore Batman's utility belt and hats shaped like steering wheels?

Funny - you'd think I would remember that :)


[info]vp19

May 25 2009, 03:48:15 UTC 3 years ago

How amusing!
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