eldyjah: 2011

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Western fashion trends have been driven by World War II military-inspired clothing, with trenchcoats, dress uniforms, combat boots and epaulettes on casual button-down shirts and jackets. Madras shirts with tartan prints and bright colored casual clothing are popular for both men and women in the West. Vintage clothing remains popular, although it is becoming increasingly common to remake older garments into something new (for example, by sewing white cotton tape around the lapels of a navy blue 1990s blazer and adding a vintage boating crest) or cut unused stock of older fabric to modern patterns. The early 2010s, so far, have seen many recycled fashions from the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s such as acid wash skinny jeans, bell-bottoms, tunics, baseball jackets, denim print leggings, oversized cardigans, 1940s New Look dresses and trenchcoats, leg warmers, aviator sunglasses, Tube tops, western shirts, Perfecto motorcycle jackets customized with studs, job skirts, floral camisoles worn with matching hot pants, sundresses, pencil skirts, jean skirts, small handbags rather than the large designer It bags of the early-2000s, alpaca wool Peruvian hats, geek chic inspired nerd glasses, high top sneakers, and baggy one-size-fits-all Empire line skirts shirts and dresses. In America it is also very popular to wear designer brands like Gucci, A & F, Baby Phat, Dooney & Bourke, neon colors such as pink, green, teal, black, purple, and yellow. Ballerina flats, cavalier boots, Uggs, flip-flops and gladiator sandals are very popular footwear for women. An increasingly popular type of nightwear is the sleeved blanket: a sleeping bag combined with a dressing gown known as a "Snuggie" in America. In the early 2010s, many scene kids abandoned the cartoon print hoodies, skinny jeans and studded belts in favor of a more hardcore/skate punk look with wifebeaters, plain hoodies, combat boots, Vans, tapered jeans, and stretched earlobe piercings. Hip-hop fans wear tactical pants, Nike Air Jordans, Ralph Lauren Polo Boots, Hollister T shirts, and goggle jackets. Rocker and skater kids usually wear converse all-star shoes, vintage tees, plain tees with contrasting edging, checked shirts, denim jeans, hoodies, and Vans. In Mexico many members of the cholo and lowrider subcultures combine hip-hop fashion with Western shirts, traditional charro jackets, Stetsons, skinny jeans, and Cowboy boots with elongated toes: an extreme version of the 1960s-inspired pointy boots popular in mid-2000s Britain. An American and Japanese take on the Neo-Edwardian fashion popular in Britain draws heavily upon the steampunk genre, including goggles, respirators, brass gears, pocket watches, leather, silver or brass jewelery, and darker colors like brown, grey and black. In England vintage clothing, especially checked shirts and homemade jewelery, remain popular among girls and boys alike. In America, preppies have moved away from the hip-hop influenced fashions of the early 2000s and begun to dress in a more classic 1940s Ivy League style, with sweaters, boat shoes, Oxford shirts, wingtips, stripy polo shirts, hats like the fedora, and khaki or pastel colored Vineyard Vines slacks. Many teenagers, especially indie teens and preppies, continue to wear the mid-length surfer hair and wings haircuts in the early 2010s, while British chavs wear a type of short mullet or fauxhawk with a single blonde stripe down the center and patterns known as train tracks shaved into the sides. Undercuts, pompadours, wide unstyled mohawks, beards, side-banged hair and long 1970s hairstyles are popular among older hipsters. Emo style fringes decreased in popularity and an increasing number of scene kids began to cut their hair short for a hardcore punk look, a move away from the androgynous big hair popular in the late-2000s.