The Future of Fashion Predicted by the Past : 150 years of Retrofuturism

Looking for your own linen sheets? Head to and use my code RUDOLPH to get $20 off your orders over $100 Ever wonder how the world of the future will dress? It seems a popular subject reaching back at least to the Victorians. Some creative individuals looked into the distance to predict what strange and unfamiliar inventions we would embrace. Many of them predicted years that have now passed (or nearly so), so we’re able to better judge their accuracy. And the result is definitely a mix. Ranging from individualism to short skirts to antenna hats, every era had its own view of where we were headed. The 19th c saw a future of practical clothing that allowed us to be active and functional, but still highly decorative. Post-WWI expected technology to take over, changing our fashions to keep up with flight and adventure. In the Mid-century we can see plans for huge advances in inventions, taking us to space and broadcasting it to our wrists, all whi