Retro
Vintage inspired threads, classic designs from companies & pieces with a vintage feel to them.
Retro is usually associated with vintage pieces but also expands to vintage looking items & items considered to be retro from past decades, particularly up to the 80’s.
Retro styles can cover those into vintage chic but also those after pieces that are merely distressed or designed to look old whilst being brand new.

Retro in recent years has also expanded to cover items such as cartoon print tees; most recently with the Rainbow brite & Care bears designs on tees in stateside alternative chain store Hot topic. Which has passed on over here with UK diy’ers picking 80’s cartoon prints for clothing & old 80’s toys for jewellery.
Elsewhere in the UK you can find retro distressed tee’s with Ed Hardy’s range of faux vintage band t-shirts to brands like Pop boutique who have been designed retro clothing for years

with their vintage inspired cords to vintage looking t-shirts.

Places to shop for Retro & inspired gear in the UK include Pop boutique , Cx London & Junk shop

Article: Leona, Images: Pop boutique.

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