I have to say I am a closet Rockabilly, and if I hadn't been pressed into the strong belief that Tattoo's were a defilement of the skin, I would have probably been a strong Rockabilly. Today I was watching a favourite movie of mine, and I must say IMHO an underrated classic, "Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow" starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. It occurred to me as I watched it that this movie and others has brought Rockabilly styling and the romantic 1940's look back to mainstream fashion. This got me to wondering about the actually culture, obviously in 1940 the look was considered mainstream, as millions of Wartime women rolled their hair into victory rolls, painted their legs with tea and glazed their lips with red lipstick. By the 1960's with the arrival of Twiggy and Mary Quaint, the boyish looks and the fashion classic mini skirt, the popularity of the Rockabilly styling's had waned. However, by the late 70's and early 80's the style had a major revival and once more the teddyboy hair and pin-up style had drawn a following. However it was still consider a subculture, and had not affected mainstream fashions, or even the catwalk. Until it seems the new Millennium when movies like the one mentioned above showed the stylised 1940's looks and culture once more. Others worth mentioning such as "Charlotte Gray"(2001) "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) and "Leatherheads"(2009) depict retro style settings, and World War 2 storytelling. Soon we were not only seeing Rockabilly looks in our movies but also in our television, "Miami Ink" beginning in 2005 starlighted the talents of one Kat Von Dee, a tattooed lady of exceptional inking talents and by 2007 we were seeing 1940's style in our popstars, example Katy Perry with her music video "I kissed a girl" and the hit song that accompanied it. Slowly but surely we were being exposed to the charm and elegance of that bygone era once more. Now even the highstreet clothing manufacturer's are getting in on the act, selling us 1940's styled pieces and the dream of a more gentler time, when all fun was innocent, dancing was energetic, when men were men and women were female. As for me I've been a pin-up fan since my early teens with the idolization of the great and delicious Marilyn Monroe, whom I have tried my hardest to imitate over the years. So now you might say I was in my fashion element, enjoying the shapes and looks that have become so popular. Over and out!
I have to say I am a closet Rockabilly, and if I hadn't been pressed into the strong belief that Tattoo's were a defilement of the skin, I would have probably been a strong Rockabilly. Today I was watching a favourite movie of mine, and I must say IMHO an underrated classic, "Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow" starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. It occurred to me as I watched it that this movie and others has brought Rockabilly styling and the romantic 1940's look back to mainstream fashion. This got me to wondering about the actually culture, obviously in 1940 the look was considered mainstream, as millions of Wartime women rolled their hair into victory rolls, painted their legs with tea and glazed their lips with red lipstick. By the 1960's with the arrival of Twiggy and Mary Quaint, the boyish looks and the fashion classic mini skirt, the popularity of the Rockabilly styling's had waned. However, by the late 70's and early 80's the style had a major revival and once more the teddyboy hair and pin-up style had drawn a following. However it was still consider a subculture, and had not affected mainstream fashions, or even the catwalk. Until it seems the new Millennium when movies like the one mentioned above showed the stylised 1940's looks and culture once more. Others worth mentioning such as "Charlotte Gray"(2001) "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) and "Leatherheads"(2009) depict retro style settings, and World War 2 storytelling. Soon we were not only seeing Rockabilly looks in our movies but also in our television, "Miami Ink" beginning in 2005 starlighted the talents of one Kat Von Dee, a tattooed lady of exceptional inking talents and by 2007 we were seeing 1940's style in our popstars, example Katy Perry with her music video "I kissed a girl" and the hit song that accompanied it. Slowly but surely we were being exposed to the charm and elegance of that bygone era once more. Now even the highstreet clothing manufacturer's are getting in on the act, selling us 1940's styled pieces and the dream of a more gentler time, when all fun was innocent, dancing was energetic, when men were men and women were female. As for me I've been a pin-up fan since my early teens with the idolization of the great and delicious Marilyn Monroe, whom I have tried my hardest to imitate over the years. So now you might say I was in my fashion element, enjoying the shapes and looks that have become so popular. Over and out!
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