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Haute Retrocessories

Fanny packs and other old school accessories become luxury fashion goods

Implications - The 80s revival is in full swing and that means everything from fanny packs to visors are back on the fashion scene. While in the 80s and 90s hip-slung wallets, plastic head-toppers and multicolored socks were shunned by fashionistas, today they have found a new market in high fashion.

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6 Featured, 23 Examples: 1,347,038 Total Clicks

Date Range: Jan 09 - Mar 10

Trending: Hot

Consumer Insight Topics: Pop Culture Fashion Hip Fashion Jewelry

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Fashionable Fanny Packs - Elle France Shows Sexy Beach Accessories

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Warm 57,325 Clicks Pub: Mar 26, 10

Fashionable Fanny Packs

Elle France March 2010 Shows Sexy Beach Accessories

Brunette stunner Behati Prinsloo looks beachside sexy in her latest shoot for Elle France March 2010. Sporting oversized accessories and giant hobo bags, with wrists full of rubber watches and even a pair… [More]

Designer Fanny Packs - Lululemon Could Make Rear-Worn Bags Hip Again

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Warm 165,797 Clicks Pub: Jan 5, 09

Designer Fanny Packs

Lululemon Could Make Rear-Worn Bags Hip Again

Take back the pack. Lululemon Athletica, a growing athletic apparel company, has reinvented the convention of fanny packs. The name ‘fanny pack’ is derived from the fact that they were worn traditionally… [More]

Funky Scrunchies - American Apparel Brings Back 80s Hair Ties

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Warm 42,588 Clicks Pub: Jun 7, 09

Funky Scrunchies

American Apparel Brings Back 80s Hair Ties

American Apparel has decided to create a scrunchie comeback with their new collection of brightly colored hair accessories. Although some may think this 80s trend should have remained in the past, I personally… [More]

Fashionable Fanny Packs - The Ratna Ho Runway Show Rocks a Fashion Faux Pas

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Warm 47,422 Clicks Pub: Jul 30, 09

Fashionable Fanny Packs

The Ratna Ho Runway Show Rocks a Fashion Faux Pas

In the latest Ratna Ho runway show, the oddest accessory was added to some of the outfits that strutted down the walkway--oddly fashionable fanny packs which were done to the nines and included bows. The… [More]

Fanny Pack Revivals - This Rihanna Louis Vuitton Hip Pouch Proves Tourist Fashion is Haute

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Warm 47,395 Clicks Pub: Nov 19, 09

Fanny Pack Revivals

This Rihanna Louis Vuitton Hip Pouch Proves Tourist Fashion is Haute

These paparazzi Rihanna Louis Vuitton fanny pack shots from Just Jared show the diminutive fashion diva rocking an accessory that hasn't been considered hot since, well, ever. No longer just for awkward… [More]

Frilly Bum Bags - The Kinies Fanny Purse is Practical, Unique and Ultra Chic

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Average 36,419 Clicks Pub: Feb 6, 10

Frilly Bum Bags

The Kinies Fanny Purse is Practical, Unique and Ultra Chic

Ladies, the fanny pack has been reinvented for a new decade. Behold the fanny purse! These bags by Kinies look like the chic ruffles you’d imagine Cinderella to wear on the back of her gown at a ball…… [More]