In this post since I’m not trying to make a hypothetical all-occasions capsule wardrobe, just wearing a bunch of stuff I have already, I’m not going to get suuuper into this to make sure there are the correct proportion of items suitable to different activities and weather. What is the lifestyle of the person this wardrobe is for?.What makes this distinct from other similar styles? What subset of the visual elements should we focus on to keep the wardrobe cohesive?.Colors, fabrics, silhouettes, styling choices.What are the recurring visual elements in the style board?.Here we’ve even got some modern outfits included which should make distilling things down even easier.Īs in other inspiration -> items -> outfits posts, I like to consider the following points in the process of actually materializing all of this into styled looks. So we have a bunch of themed images we like and want to make outfits based on. Also the fabric wasn’t that nice.)Ĭlick here to get the PDF guide to translating inspiration boards into wearable wardrobes Urban Outfitters button-down midi dress (I actually tried one of these on in a store but it was hilariously oversized all around on me because I’m not 6 ft tall.1930s hiking boots ad (lots more vintage hiking clothes images at the link)Īnd here’s crowseyeproduction’s video on the Women’s Land Army uniform, which goes more into details than the wikipedia article.(NPR) Lillian Yonally, one of the few women with a camera during her WASP service from May 1943 to December 1944.Women camping/hiking(?) 1924 (Wikipedia).Woman working at the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California during WWII (Library of Congress via Buzzfeed).1932, Chinese-American pilots Hazel Ying Lee and Virginia Wong.Sourceless-Pinterest photo of a female hiker from the 1930s(?).Screencap of the character Evelyn Carnahan from the cheesy 1999 comedy-adventure classic The Mummy (set in 1926).Check them out here! They have loads more scans as well as photos of some of the actual items and store interiors. These images are all scans of catalogs from the 1980s from the Abandoned Republic site. For many people, a linen camp shirt and twill khaki pants may only bring up association with Indiana Jones, this sort of clothing was worn by more than just fictional archaeology professors. While I think 1980s BR is generally more associated with safaris, for me, what I call vintage adventure style is clothing inspired by styles from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s worn for many types of more rugged outdoor activity – hiking, camping, flying, and traveling all included. I find that people tend to ask for links to all the items in inspo albums anyway so I just provide them when available by default. As usual, unless I specifically say I recommend it, any images of actual shoppable items are not a recommendation, just visual inspiration. You can view my Pinterest board with all these inspiration images and more here. Is the real star of this collage the outfits or the potted plant? □□ Inspiration I wore most of these out but some of the ones more suited to cold weather I just photographed for this post. Read on to see my thought process on distilling mood board images into some actual outfits. TL DR here are some outfits I made inspired by the catalogs’ aesthetic. Click the photo to check out Adweek’s article for more on the store’s history It feels more like a ye-olde outfitters catalog. The hand-drawn illustrations are a major part of the charm of the scans. Safari had a big moment in the 1980s in part due to the Indiana Jones movies and Banana Republic was here for it. A few weeks ago commented that one of my outfits reminded her of the old Banana Republic catalogs from the 1980s, which send me down a rabbit hole of the mother of all eighties-does-thirties-explorer-style clothing.įor real, Banana Republic used to be a safari/explorer themed store! They started out selling military surplus (from all over, not just the US), but then expanded into producing their own items, particularly after they got absorbed into Gap.
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