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Are The 1950's Back?

20-somethings appreciate retro, notes Kim Kadlec. Look at Pan Am, Ad Men, older music, Glee. They appreciate the good old days. it's a comforting trend.
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  1. Ellen Lebowitz from Ellen Lebowitz Press, September 27, 2011 at 4:18 p.m.

    No, I just looked at my calendar and it's definitely not the 1950's, which is a good thing, particularly if you're a woman.

    Nostalgia may be comforting in some sort of way but it is not, in my opinion, the future.

    Thank you.

  2. Linda Bonanno from OmnicommediaGroup, September 27, 2011 at 4:19 p.m.

    Actually, Mad Men and Pan Am are retro 60's. I would be appreciate retro 80's ala Dynasty.

  3. Karl Greenberg, September 28, 2011 at 3:48 p.m.

    Yes, I definitely agree with that. My mother had an awful time raising us in the early 60's, which, in Champagne, Il, was really the 50's. She kind of had to raise the three of us boys alone in the middle of nowhere and she was from Manhattan. kind of a Revolutionary Road scenario in a way

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