PLANNING TO SIP SOME
BUBBLY THIS SEASON?
NewWHAT’S
LOOKS LIKE MORE OF US ARE. THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS 50+ WHO ABSTAIN IS DECLINING. 45%
43%
38%
2005 2010
SOURCE: GALLUP
2001
INFOGRAPHIC: CHI BIRMINGHAM; PHOTO, STYLIST: DUANE DIBARTOLOMEO; HAIR AND MAKE UP: LEIF KNYPER/VUE USING MAC
Trends
Old
Styles–
They’re
Back!
Your ’60s favorites
are cooler than ever
BY LAURA DAIL Y
PHOTOGRAPH B Y JENNY RISHER
Now is starting to feel a lot
like then. From Mad Men–
inspired clothing to remakes of
classic movies and television
shows—including True Grit and
Hawaii Five-0—boomers are
leading a nostalgia trend that
could make the new decade feel
like the New Frontier. The key
factors? A tough economy, our
fondness for the familiar, and
the buying power of people
50-plus. “Any time the economy gets shaky, we get nostalgic
for nonshaky times,” says Lori
Gann-Smith, an assistant professor at Brenau University in
Gainesville, Georgia, and the
curator of its Historic Clothing
GET THE LOOK
Old-school fashions are back, but how do you wear them now?
Check out our photo gallery at aarp.org/retrofashion.
