| post modern era, or perhaps this should simply be | | | | One relatively new addition to the clothing style list is |
| called the current age, has many wonderful attributes | | | | goth. From its humble beginnings as a lowly step |
| not enjoyed by early days. One of the most | | | | sibling of the punk and new wave movements, goth |
| welcome is the far more relaxed approach to | | | | has risen to permanent status as both a musical style |
| personal styles of dress. Once upon a not so long | | | | and a clothing style, even having spawned offspring |
| ago time people were pretty much expected to | | | | of its own. Speaking of punk, the style still remains, in |
| wear more or less what everyone else wore. Not | | | | fact it has gotten a recent lift with the popularity of |
| long before that, there really was not any choice | | | | the faux-hawk that has recently swept the country. |
| unless you were amongst the wealthiest of society's | | | | Then too, it has given rise to a sibling, the vegan |
| members. Thanks perhaps goes to the beatniks and | | | | punk look, which does its best to replicate the hard |
| hippies for busting open the constraints on attire. | | | | punk look, just without all the leather. Speaking of |
| So what are people wearing today? The range | | | | leather, your basic biker look continues strong with its |
| crosses the spectrum. These days the vibe seems to | | | | classic leather motorcycle jacket, t-shirt, jeans, and |
| be wear what suits you. Western apparel, with its | | | | bike boots. The list goes on, and on with mods, |
| cowboy boots and hats, western shirts and stove | | | | conservatives, upper crust, fahionistas, shoe gazers, |
| pipe or boot cut jeans is and always will be popular | | | | pocket protector intellects, athletes, professionals, |
| with many folk. Seems cowboy apparel will never go | | | | playboys, jet setters, gold diggers, floozies, blue |
| out of style, and that is fine. There are of course | | | | collars, and the ubiquitous big box store basics. |
| plenty of people still rockin' the classic 70's jeans, | | | | Yes, the faces of the fashion industry are many in |
| t-shirt, and athletic shoes, same goes for variations | | | | today's world. Still it must be said that at the end of |
| on the hippie clothing style. The penny loafers, | | | | the day it is the western wear style of dress that |
| straight leg jeans, khakis, and button down shirts of | | | | has endured the longest, having continued in an all but |
| the collegiate style truly seem to be here to stay, | | | | unbroken era that started as the west was won in |
| having kept their grip on the northeast since its | | | | the mid-19th century all the way through to today. |
| 1950's heyday, as well as a good many other | | | | That is an unparalleled accomplishment in the modern |
| pockets across the states. | | | | fashion world, congratulations to it and its adherents. |