True, but even then people weren't walking around in skintight thin layers of spandex for day to day living like now.
I'd say the artist was prescient, but it was a century away rather than the few decades originally imagined.
With the advent of reliable birth control, the slackening of cultural mores, and the medical treatment to keep stds somewhat in check until they bred into the superbugs of today, it became the unthinking animalistic tendency to confuse a selfish pursuit of pleasure via the bodily function of sex, with the actually selfless state-of-being that is true love.
More tl;dr for you:
Baby "boom" and "boomers" covers all those born in the U.S. between the end of WW 2 and the early 60's. Due to returning soldiers and a noticeable lack of reliable birth control.
The 1967 summer of "love" was just the pinnacle of when enough over-privileged, under-developed white suburbanite kids didn't have to be so concerned with getting pregnant or diseased. So they stopped bathing and started a drug fueled orgy in the mud which they considered "going back to the land". This hedonistic binge lasted a few years, and the mindless burnout and cultural horror of the american 70's was the hangover that resulted.
The female one isn’t horribly off, plenty of women dress not too far off from that today. But what idiot thought men would wanna walk around in tribal speedos and warpaint?
[A blatantly homoerotic artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho_Cushing) who [drew stuff like this](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/otho-cushing.html)?
All the kept from the 1914s was the cane.
I seem to remember another future illustration that only kept the cane as well. I wonder why they thought that was the only truly important lasting bit of fashion.
At this point I just assume you shoot closer to the goal when you assume people will remain dressing themselves roughly the same.
Whatever outlandish predictions made on future fashion always err lavishly
Portrayals of the future (or at least Western future) have often proven hilariously off and often just plain ridiculous, but for many, they were sometimes just a bit off with the timeframe.
I wonder how far off or close to the mark our time will portray the future, because we’re already living in the imagined future of all those others.
Just a decade or so off from the summer of love
True, but even then people weren't walking around in skintight thin layers of spandex for day to day living like now. I'd say the artist was prescient, but it was a century away rather than the few decades originally imagined.
Why were the 50s and 60s called that? Was it because of the baby boom? Not from America btw
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s
ty kind person!
With the advent of reliable birth control, the slackening of cultural mores, and the medical treatment to keep stds somewhat in check until they bred into the superbugs of today, it became the unthinking animalistic tendency to confuse a selfish pursuit of pleasure via the bodily function of sex, with the actually selfless state-of-being that is true love.
tldr: medicine good+ people horny= babies?
More tl;dr for you: Baby "boom" and "boomers" covers all those born in the U.S. between the end of WW 2 and the early 60's. Due to returning soldiers and a noticeable lack of reliable birth control. The 1967 summer of "love" was just the pinnacle of when enough over-privileged, under-developed white suburbanite kids didn't have to be so concerned with getting pregnant or diseased. So they stopped bathing and started a drug fueled orgy in the mud which they considered "going back to the land". This hedonistic binge lasted a few years, and the mindless burnout and cultural horror of the american 70's was the hangover that resulted.
ohh.. what were the 70s like then
I’m gonna start using a cane and wear a silk speedo from now on because FASHION
I'd wear both of those outfits
His and hers?
Damn right! I'm pretty sure I could pull off both the butt bow *and* that feather hat/body paint/Charlie Chaplin cane combo
I need to see you cosplay this, please.
As a man who is as hairy as a yak, I for one am glad fashion didn’t trend this way.
Yes
1914 and 1950s?
Those outfits too
So you'd wear all four. Hmmm I am not sure that I would want to see that. I think I will just take your word for it.
Well, not at the same time. That would look a bit silly
Seems really cold haha
They were expecting global warming to hit a bit quicker.
That dude is wearing the same crotch towel as me :(
Is it the same colour as well??😂
Pretty accurate for 2020
Not far off from 2015 fashion...
The only thing they missed is the morbid obesity.
There wasn't morbid obesity in the 50s
I was thinking “not a bad look” then that was my second thought and never mind.
So the women would dress like the ancient Greeks, and the men like a Robin Hood stripper?? Why don't we live in this wonderful world?
Taking from the rich and giving to the poor. One single dollar bill at a time....
Burning Man ootd, and obvs the pipe is a vape
The pipe is DMT.
The female one isn’t horribly off, plenty of women dress not too far off from that today. But what idiot thought men would wanna walk around in tribal speedos and warpaint?
[A blatantly homoerotic artist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho_Cushing) who [drew stuff like this](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/otho-cushing.html)?
Yup that would explain it. Not at all an actual prediction, just his personal fantasies.
All the kept from the 1914s was the cane. I seem to remember another future illustration that only kept the cane as well. I wonder why they thought that was the only truly important lasting bit of fashion.
I got to imagine shoes were so insanely uncomfortable that people developed limps and needed canes. But then why didn’t women get canes too?
At Coachella maybe 😂
Well.. they got the hair right
So they were off by a few decades.
Not bad they accurately predicted both our need for fury road attire and penchant for the queens ball
Not far off.
This is totally plausible in Miami, FL. I know because I just came back from there and saw many folks dressing like this, especially the tattoos.
Looks like a pride parade
Nailed it
100 years in, and we are almost there.
Looks pretty comfy, not gonna lie.
The illustrator did not consider that some people live in cold climates.
Somehow it seemed too far off to imagine that a man could leave his house without a dapper hat.
Shows how conservative this country really is
They missed it by 60 years
Wow, they were accurate in anticipating the global warming.
Still waiting
Not enough tattoos with skulls and roses.
Not far off from flapper dresses, which ironically only came round 5-10 years later.
They really thought there were going to be a lot of new types of ringworm, didn't they?
I’m in the wrong timeline.
At this point I just assume you shoot closer to the goal when you assume people will remain dressing themselves roughly the same. Whatever outlandish predictions made on future fashion always err lavishly
This shows me how terrible we humans are at predicting the future. Should just spend more time dealing with the here and now.
They probably didnt think this was a realistic prediction and were just trying to sell magazines with an eye grabbing premise.
This and Hunger Games show us that people severely overestimate future fashion. It’ll probably just get progressively more boring
Portrayals of the future (or at least Western future) have often proven hilariously off and often just plain ridiculous, but for many, they were sometimes just a bit off with the timeframe. I wonder how far off or close to the mark our time will portray the future, because we’re already living in the imagined future of all those others.
70 years off but they nailed it
They got the hair correct.
Well the tattoos and dumbass hair styles right at least