Tom Knights

I love the revival of '80s fashion and music that has been gathering steam over the last few years. From the grimy electro of East London's Shoreditch, with its punked-up indie kids, all bandannas, bangles, colored leggings (translated to the catwalk by Herve Leger this season) to camp retro glamour displayed by Emanuel Ungaro, the '80's are transgendering their way into the mainstream. Who would have thought the turban would be making a comeback? The greedy glamour of this generation looked upon the Hollywood golden age of the '40s to get style inspiration, a trend which is repeating itself with the pinup making a comeback. High-waisted short shorts from Prada, and (thank the Lord!) legs are back in! Thank you Chanel! Although this is not to say everything that's hot right now is also retro. We're looking back to look forward with the future observed through Star Wars tinted spectacles, with metals, robotics and space age designs all on the spring runways, Stella McCartney providing A-line dresses, and Versace showing us how to wear plastic. Not very high street friendly but a sign of what to come....I love Retro-Futurism.