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Fashion Repeats Itself: Saint Laurent Lights Up

March 1, 2019 by WendyB

The 1980s were a decade of DayGlo, and I’ve never lost my love for neon colors.

Neon pink and dog friends in 1984 (left), and 2010. Click for original post.

Those hot ’80s hues were inspired by 1960s fashions. I spoke about that with some experts when I wrote about neon for the Huffington Post in 2012:


“Ingrid Johnson, professor of textile development and marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology, says a vivid orange-red that was a signature color of designer AndrĂ© Courrèges in the 1960s was a predecessor of the DayGlo colors that the influential late designer Stephen Sprouse used in the ’80s. Paul Cavaco, [then] creative director of Allure magazine, helped launch Sprouse’s signature line. He says Sprouse custom-ordered fine Italian fabrics in fluorescent colors previously seen in ’60s psychedelic posters and ’70s punk hairstyles. ‘He made [neon] part of the vocabulary of fashion.’ Cavaco says.”

Another 1960s trend that I enjoy — and that’s come around before — is clothing that lights up. I wrote about electrifying ’60s designer Diana Dew in 2010 after singer Katy Perry wore a multicolor CuteCircuit gown to the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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So I’m totally here for the light-up, DayGlo finale of Saint Laurent’s fall 2019 show in Paris this week, for which creative director Anthony Vaccarello went full-on ’80s. Neon shoes? Sign me up!

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Fuzzy green jacket? Hell yeah.

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Yes to all-neon everything!

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As I like to say, fashion repeats itself — but I’m totally okay with my old favorite being another generation’s fresh new thing, because fuck that “if you’re old enough to have worn it the first time …” rule. I’ll wear what I want, and what I want is to be seen in the dark! Time to add to my neon collection.

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Filed Under: 80s style, clothing, designers, Dogs, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion shows, fashion trends, pictures of me, vintage WendyB photos, wear what you want Tagged With: dayglo, diana dew, neon, saint laurent, stephen sprouse

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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