Yesterday was National Retro Day. (What would we do without all the quirky holidays?)
Merriam-Webster’s definition of retro is:
Relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned [retro look]
Origin of RETRO :French rétro, short for rétrospectif retrospective
First known use: 1972
Oxford places the word’s origin in the 1960s.
So, retro fashion can be from any time period, from the Grecian style of 1800-1810 to 1950s styles being made today, although we only started calling it retro in the 1960s to ’70s.
Just a reminder: Vintage, in the clothing world, is considered to be 20 years old or older. Antique is at least 100 years old.
Pop quiz! Are these pieces vintage, retro or both?
3. This one is a bit of a trick! View
Did you guess correctly?
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