10 Fashion Trends With Staying Power By Ingela Ratledge
Experts predict which fads have come and gone―and which will come back again.
Leather Bomber Jacket
Why it keeps coming back: Strictly for the cockpit set when it debuted during World War II, the bomber jacket, which saw plenty of action on terra
firma after it caught on with 80s-era trendsetters, like Madonna, is "chic and a little tough at the same time," explains
Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York City.
Keep it if: The cut flatters you and the style sticks as close to the original as possible, as any major variations tend to look passé.
Take stock of the cuffs, too: "Leather cuffs are more classic than the ones with the knit ribbing," says Kathryn Finney, author
of How to Be a Budget Fashionista (Ballantine Books, $13, amazon.com).
Toss it if: It's exaggerated in any way. "No tight sleeves, loose bodies, or belts," cautions Robert Verdi, a fashion stylist based in
New York City. "And if it's red with an embroidered eight ball on the back, ditch it."
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