If you're dying for the Clark Kent glasses in the image to the right, or the Andy Kaufman hoodie in the photo that follows it, Nerd Boyfriend can help you out. This incredible site features styles from retro movies, photographs and TV shows and links to places where you can buy their modern-day equivalent.
Click through the gallery above to see some recent finds featured on Nerd Boyfriend. From Paul McCartney's military jacket--there are three options from Gilded Age, YesStyle and Oliver Spencer--to the work shirt and henley worn by Hannibal and Murdock in 'The A Team,' if you love retro fashion, you'll love this site.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Retro Fashion
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a subscription-based service that curates and delivers vintage-inspired clothing to customers.
- Nostalgic Style
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create an augmented reality app that allows users to virtually try on and purchase retro-inspired outfits.
- Retro Fashion E-commerce
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build a peer-to-peer marketplace platform where individuals can buy and sell authentic vintage fashion items.
Where This Applies
- Fashion Retail
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize artificial intelligence to create personalized recommendations for customers based on their affinity for retro fashion.
- Online Marketplaces
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Implement blockchain technology to provide transparency and authentication for retro fashion items sold on the platform.
- Virtual Try-on
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a software-as-a-service solution that enables fashion retailers to integrate virtual try-on capabilities into their e-commerce websites.
