Fashion Designers in the 1930's Thought We'd Be Wearing Some Pretty Crazy Stuff in the 21st Century
With Elon Musk's announcement late last month that in 10 years time he wants to go to Mars, people have been talking a lot about the future. It's been a nice change to look beyond the presidential debates and thinking about a future that's among the stars, and not those stars of reality TV.
When thinking about the future people often imagine what things will look like in 100 years. Will there finally be flying cars? Will drones be more prevalent than birds in the sky? How high will the seas rise and our daily lives affected by global warming? These are all thought provoking questions to ask, but probably the question that has been asked equally over history is "what will we be wearing?"
Well if history has taught us anything, it's that when it comes to questions of fashion we'll probably be pretty far off. I mean we go from Elizabethan England in 400 years to today's modern dress. What's so radically different? Which is more unusual? Which is better? (Ours, lets be honest).
In 1932 this question of what people will be wearing 100 years from now was posed to top American designers. Thankfully technology in film was such that we were able to get all recorded so we could laugh at later. Here are some shots in the dark!
Why oh why would people opt for clothing with netting? And what's with the pattern? Also it seems silly to think that people in the future be any more obsessed with Archimedes Spirals than they were in 1920. This designer clearly phoned it in.
This designer thought that every environment would have perfect warm temperature, thus all dresses could be light and flow-y. With global warming this one is probably the most accurate.
Welp, maybe she can use the light bulb on her head to help her find her dignity.
Looking at this pic, I don't understand why this hat didn't catch on. Oh I know! It has no purpose!
Check the full video here. It's especially fun to listen to the old Mid-Atlantic Accent of the narrator in full form.
