Idols like Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn that inspired fashion over 60 years ago are having a renewed impact on clothing all over school, through the 50’s and the 80’s.

This popular trend, including mini-skirts, animal prints, and saddle shoes, has recently resurfaced among students; sparking thrift shop crazes, as well as appreciation for hand-me-downs, and vintage clothing.

“I really like shoes, you could have a pair for every outfit and situation,” junior Lourdes “Lulu” Horning said.

Everyone has a varying opinion on their favorite aspect of this trend.

“I love the shirts, they’re so crazy, they’re all different,” junior Miranda Moore said. “I have a lot of tacky shirts… It’s good to have fun with clothes.”

Having fun with clothes can extend beyond simply wearing them; thrift shopping has become very popular. “It’s fun, you’re just searching for things, sometimes they’re plain ridiculous,” freshman Callier Creedle said.

Other people see thrift shopping as an opportunity to stumble upon a great item of clothing.

“You don’t go in there with a mission, you go in there to find what you find,” Moore said.

Moore describes thrift shopping as an adventure, not as a time to seek out specific articles of clothing.

“Most of my best purchases have been ‘wow, this is so cool!’, while going to the mall is like ‘I need to get some jeans, let’s go to the mall’.”

Most of these extravagant styles have been drawn from a mixture of 50’s and 80’s fashion, though inspirations expand beyond Grace Kelley and Elizabeth Taylor. A good example of this is Horning’s fashion idol, Lady Gaga, who brings out her “inner monster”.

Moore is inspired by the “hippie” look, particularly of John Lennon. “Hippies gave me the weird clothing idea that I really like, I try to go for that fashion sense,” Moore said.

As a whole, the fashion of the 50’s was very elegant, though not completely, as jeans became popularized in the 1950’s. Much like the 80’s being very popular in the 2010’s, the 50’s “came back” in the 1980’s. Fashion in the 1980’s involved many extraordinary items of clothing and styles including neon, prints, crazy hair, and too many regrettable trends to list.

The future of fashion is an entirely different area for discussion.

“The only constant in life is change. You could either go back in time, or go futuristic, fashion is just a way to define who you are, and this is how I define myself,” Moore said.