Word: chic
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Post-'50s chic, however, tends to fall under the "recycled," not the "vintage," label. Youth countercultures during the last ten years have created a new market for used clothing, and stores that provide the crucial accoutrements for their wardrobes have flourished. The 1970's revival, the punk style of the eighties, and the recent Seattle 'grunge' look have combined to move used clothing out of small, intimate boutiques and into opera- tions of a warehouse scale...
...willing to shell out the cash for a commemorative t-shirt. First-years Mike C. Jung and Bryan M. Prutkin have each chosen the popular Calvin and Hobbes design. Although Elizabeth M. Thomas and her suitemates have not purchased any thus far, they're certainly in the market for chic Gamewear: "They're selling them all over the place and I'm sure...
...urbane, goat-cheese-and-endive types discovered bowling alleys, pool halls, tattoos, Harley Davidsons, diners and restaurants that looked like diners but served goat cheese and endive. All of a sudden the pastimes, artifacts and style of low-rent America, in all their glorious white-trashiness, had become chic. The fashion continues to flourish...
Seventies style has been rekindled for the alternative music scene. But the alternative retro-movement has forgotten the 70s' most lasting effect on contemporary pop culture: the music. Groups like Chic and Kool and the Gang paved the way for artists such as Cameo, Chakka Kahn, and even Tina Turner's 80s chart-toppers. Seventies music, as a whole, had a major influence on the succeeding decade...
...Freak" Chic...