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Justine Picardie on the latest reincarnation of the 1970s bell bottoms look like.

Justine Picardie | January 28, 2011

Big rocket, big hair and skirts mid-calf, orange, yellow, purple mustard, ... None of you know? If your heart is already sinking at the thought of another revival of the 1970s?

To be honest, I grumble in the previous cases now, with the rest of us old enough to remember the reality of the 1970s fashion in the first round. But somewhat to my surprise, is the latest reincarnation of the view would be much less frightening than you expected. And adolescents will probably love - just like those of us who were born in the 1960s were to dress in her hand-me-down from the love of our mothers and grandmothers dressing rooms.

Perhaps out of fashion a bit better in hindsight or nostalgia when I horrible for my own 1970-combinations as ugly as the current versions of polyester Chelsea Girl and C & A. produced today look more consumers buy ready chiffon skirts Midi-Slick Topshop, such as Vogue in the February issue, and while it's a style I have some suspicion (folds fishing really?), quality and choice in the High Street are still certainly better than 35 years ago.

That the original designer: I came to this generation of children's clothing shopping impressed spectators kindergarten level) is interesting for adults Glamour Biba (feather boas, pink mini stripes and literary figure of 1940 prints, seen from the knee .

But the great other founders of the 1970 Yves Saint Laurent look was well beyond the mother and the budget for my not known to me, except for occasional glances on the pages of Nova, her favorite magazine. However, Saint Laurent finally ran its way to influence me by, but flattened in a manner that I recall, a velvet jacket and wide leg flares up, it completely covers my shoes flat platform to achieve the desired effect.

A few decades later flares are suddenly everywhere again, and we must consider how to hem pants, take the case under the rain. As a girl I never had mud seemed the road drawn opinion, but the maturity has given him a sophisticated approach to the utility, with the certainty that the white pantsuit, or seemingly decadent but pleasantly reminiscent of the 1971 wedding of Mick and Bianca Jagger in St. Tropez is doomed to failure if taken in Britain on February 1.

Not that I do not totally unrealistic, especially if the Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2011 collection contains within itself the flame of silk perfect ...