Playing Catch Up: It was acceptable in the 80's..

And apparently it's acceptable now! Catching up on the fashion whilst looking back on it, i came to a slight conclusion that maybe this years A/W collections are going back a few decades, to the curly haired, top heavy, print fanatic, working girl 80's?

Men's tailoring being one of the huge successes thanks to the Annie Hall character giving inspiration to the next lot of iconic designers to come out of the wardrobe, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Versace a new lease of creditably. Which has paid of due to influence that is now in this years A/W collections by numerous designers.

1..Annie Hall (1977) 2..Giorgio Armani (Prive) A/W 2011 3..Working Girl (1988) 4..Dior A/W 2011

Women were making a comeback and what better way to stand out from the men but with shoulders the size of an american footballers, we weren't bad at playing the mans world either with mannish tailoring looking effortless on the female frame. This day and age it's not so much as a struggle however we can still pull of the mannish inspired with prints and colours giving them a new lease of life for the modern era.

But not all women want to dress like a men? With the 80's it was the wild and colourful world, where business meet street and people didn't care as much. Enter the puffball, ra-ra skirt and Viv's favorite the mini-crini, due to it giving her international success. I still love her designs and textures she uses in her work, and maybe a little dejavu with her circus themed 1980's collection and this years A/W Red Label? Chanel's A/W two piece looking a little like Christian Lacriox 'Pouf'?

1..Vivienne Westwood Mini Crini (1985) 2.. Vivienne Westwood A/W 2011 Red Label 3.. Christian Lacroix (1987) 4.. Chanel A/W 2011

Just one last resemblance that caught my eye was the tight leather, corset, underwear as outerwear vibe we have had and are going to have more of once autumn comes (might be a bit chilly though). Obviously with stars such as GaGa it has become a bit of a phenomenon even though Madonna did it first!