Retro-futurism: fashion predictions from the 1930’s
October 9, 2008 by UltraFuture
The following video features predictions by top American fashion designers from the 1930s. The designs created ‘futuristic’ garments and accessories for ‘Eve’ and the ‘well-dressed man’ in the year 2000.
An amusing and very cool piece of retro-futurism. Some of the forecasts, like climate control and mobile phones, are very accurate. CuteCircuit has designed a dress called Mystique that changes shape and length during the course of an evening. It grows longer as the evening progresses (though some may want to program it to do the opposite!)
Ooh… Swoosh!
Astonishing! It is almost as if Cutecircuit is a direct realization of the 1940’s World Fair. Check them out: http://www.cutecircuit.com/about-cutecircuit/