Paleo-Future

The February 1, 1939 issue of Vogue ran this photo of the 21st Century man. The caption appears below. The picture can also be found in the...

The October 12, 1961 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) ran a story titled, "Disposable Clothes Seen Just Around The Corner." ...

The December 24, 1949 Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, MO) ran an Associated Press article titled, "Authorities Predict Gals Will ...

The January 28, 1910 Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois) ran portions of an interview with Thomas Edison titled, "We Are Animals, Says ...

As we see over and over again, the abstract concept of "the future" has been sold many different ways over the years. An article f...

According to part 4 of Flowers by Alice , in the future, all brides are ditzy Valley Girls with neck spasms. Be sure to check out part 6 o...

The May 15, 1957 Chicago Tribune ran a piece titled, "Tell Future of Fashions in Exhibit." The story described the apparel on dis...

This illustration is from a beautiful 1981 edition of the 1883 Albert Robida book Le vingtième siècle. La vie électrique . The edition I...

The play Railroads on Parade was featured at the 1939/40 New York World's Fair. It told the story of railroad transportation progress f...

Apparently the ability to throw away your clothes is worthy of more attention than the commuter helicopters everyone's flying around in...

In the future, kids will be so dumb that they'll forget the year (and spooky music will swell on cue). How does the computer know every...

The photo below ran in the May 7, 1939 Chicago Daily Tribune. What the waitress of the year 2000 may wear. Marjorie Hannon, W-G-N actress, m...

The June 9, 1939 Hammond Times (Hammond, Indiana) ran a story titled, "Envision Odd Styles in 1950." Below is the article in its e...

While browsing the Chicago Tribune archives this past weekend I came across this feature from May 4, 1952. It highlights fashion designs fro...

I came across this New Christy Minstrels album cover in the Retro Records Flickr Group . Clothes of the paleo-future are often impractical...